Ten years in Tag Clouds

Ten years in Tag Clouds
Being an avid user of the Delicious bookmarking service for over 10 years, I have collected a significant amount (over 5K) of tagged bookmarks. Lately I have been doing some cleanups on this data-set. Being a big believer in automation, this repetitive task brought me to try the Delicious API. A few node.js scripts later ...

Dissecting a broken hard disk drive

Dissecting a broken hard disk drive
A year ago I had an unfortunate accident, in which I dropped a barely used 2TB WD Green drive. It fell from about 30cm height onto a hard surface, creating a noticeable dent on the outside. It stopped working on the spot, making unusual sounds and cycling down instead of operating normally. On the one ...