data recovery/ old web pages

The old splorg dot org server has been down for some time now. The domain itself has been picked up by squatters, and as for the machine--there was a snap, crackle and pop and the smell of dead electronics in the air. However, I pulled out the disks and they've sat on my shelf for a few months. Today I received in the mail an awesome little USB-to-IDE gizmo (ebay, ten bucks!) and, presto! access to my old disks again.

Some stuff recovered:

• Berkeley Steamtunnels web page (1999)
• San Juan Capistrano Hot Springs web page (1999)
• Splorg Potato Cannon web page (1997)
• ... other stuff that's really best left to the bit bucket

(Whenever I recover long-lost files (or old journal entries!) I'm discouraged by how boring they are.)

I have another disk, this one left over from the brief reincarnation of my BBS (!), which (the reincarnation, that is) I ran at Berkeley for a month or two, just long enough for everyone to get in one last game of TradeWars 2002. That disk, however, emits a pitiful click-click when I power it up.

The Internet says I should put it in the freezer.