Calm before the storm

ZipZoomfly had these drives for fairly cheap with a rebate and 20% Bing cashback.. so I snatched one up for backing up my data.

It came neatly packaged in a box with packing peanuts and out foam encasing the drive.

Here’s a shot of the drive head-on with the serial numbers removed.

Side SATA connection and power.

And here it is installed with my other drives. For a moment I thought the manufacturer forgot a screw on the bottom left corner for a second. It turns out they’re made that way.

Looks like the Black series does have a performance increase. That Maxtor does not look too great..

Stumbled across this while browsing MyOnlineTeam’s (my crunching team) thread over at World Community Grid.

Kiva’s mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty.

Kiva is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs around the globe.

$25 an individual.
$25 to make someone’s day.
$25 to make a change in someone’s life.
$25 to better the future.
$25 because we care.

http://www.kiva.org/lender/blizzie