June 1, 2020
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Author Archives : J Michel Metz
June 1, 2020
May 22, 2020
The Name Game and Spam Connections: The “Jaweed Scenario”
I have an unusual name. I like my name, but I admit that it’s unusual. I often get people that I don’t know me try to fudge by using my middle name – and often get it wrong. While my middle name is Michel, I can understand why people (non-francophones, obviously) will call it “Michael.” But I don’t go by my middle…
May 21, 2020
Being There: First Hand Accounts of Mt. St. Helens
First-hand accounts of what it was like being on the mountain when it erupted on May 18, 1980.
May 19, 2020
Is Disney’s “Song of the South” Really A Problem?
Disney will not release Song of the South on Disney+, no matter what. This is a shame.
April 13, 2020
Storage Short Take #28
Online conferences, new technology reaching the product stage, and some tectonic-sized industry ecosystem movements.
April 1, 2020
New Disk Drive Encoding Scheme Solves Data Reliability Problem
Illuminosi Inc. announces a revolutionary software product to improve the data reliability of a hard drive.
March 27, 2020
March 26, 2020
Hidden Treasures: Unknown Favorite Movies
I asked Twitter what some favorite movies that no one had ever heard of. Got quite the list back.
March 13, 2020
Storage Short Take #26
Lots of time-sensitive articles this time around, new standards specifications up for public review, really interesting webinars (and not enough time in the day). A rare treat: being able to talk a little bit about my academic research thanks to the Coronavirus. Oh, and please don’t miss the Bonus section this time around. As always, links were active at time…
February 28, 2020
Storage Short Take #25
What is and is not a “NVMe drive,” understanding fio tests for storage performance, a shooting-fish-in-a-barrel survey, some very high-quality webinars, and more. As always, links were live at the time of publication. Storage Media and Technology Storage Companies in the News Webinars and Conferences Bonus Round