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My name is ... and I am an Information Hoarder. Sometimes I think somebody should set up an IHA (Information Hoarders Anonymous) I have a large 'archive' hard
by simonblack 4y ago
My name is ... and I am an Information Hoarder.
Sometimes I think somebody should set up an IHA (Information Hoarders Anonymous)
I have a large 'archive' hard drive on my computer which is 'write once, keep forever'. Periodically, as that hard drive gets filled, I replace it with one at least twice as large.
I have music on there that I have never listened to. I have browser-bookmark lists that contain links that are probably non-existent in today's World Wide Web that I never visit.
I have program files that I wrote 40-odd years ago. I have program files from my first computer that I assembled back in 1978 from a huge box of components and which were written by a 'Home Computer' manufacturer that has disappeared 40-odd years ago from the face of the Earth.
I have books that have hung around on my bookshelves for decades before computers were a glint in my eye.
I have audio files which were transcribed from analog audio cassettes, LPs and 45s. Ditto for thousands of photos.
And that hard drive gets redundantly backed-up every day, "just in case".
Why do we do this? I have no explanation, apart from the standard FOMO that I will no longer be able to listen to, read, see, or run something which might no longer exist in my world.