The Marin Independent Journal
September 23rd, 1997

Why? What were you thinking?

I grew up as a "geek". Being into computers and electronic music immediately thrust me into that category. I came in contact with many different companies, friends, musicians, 'hackers' and 'pirates' all sharing a common transfer medium. The 5 1/4" floppy disk. Now many years later, playing with my ancient Apple ][ computer, I realized that every time I reached for a different disk, it's sleeve brought up a past memory. I was amazed to feel the waves of nostalgia run through me and thought, "Wow, this is pretty amazing for a piece of printed fiberous jacket material. I wonder if anyone else would be affected by such a display.

How does your page add to the betterment of society?

It's a historical museum. The Disk Sleeve represented a time in human existance when computers became affordable for the public. Games, Utilities, Hobby programs, humor and even sleeze made their way onto home computers. Eventually, the Disk Sleeve became an icon for various companies and programs. In effect, the disk sleeve became the first iconoclastic representation of computer history in the flesh.

How many hits are you getting?

We're now averaging around 300 hits per day. In a week, we receieve 30 new disk sleeves either via US Mail or e-mail. We've been placed on both the Useless Site of the Day and Geek Site of the Day.

What's next for your page.

We just recently added "The Back Side", a list of icons found on the back sides of disks. It's pretty amazing what they think we'll do to these things. We also plan to open a new 8" disk sleeve area soon. Eventually, I would like to get a history on each sleeve and create a data spec for it, including who designed the artwork. This would require quite a bit of time but it would contribute to the betterment of mankind and to saving the history of this now-forgotten era.