

Saving the floppy disk.
Here’s an interesting video showing technicians from the Carnegie Mellon Computer Club (working with the Carnegie Museum of Art) rescuing digital images from 1980s era floppy disks from Andy Warhol’s collection.
A nice article about the project can be found here.
Jason is an IT specialist and systems engineer who stares frequently at screens of various sizes, often with a puzzled expression on his face. He presses buttons with letters and numbers on them until tiny dots illuminate on a flat screen in front of him and appear in a manner and order that he (or someone who is paying him) finds pleasing.
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