If you’re new to data hoarding and have been reading about it on blogs, forums, Reddit, etc. you’ve probably seen people talking about shucking hard drives. Most people on the scene are familiar with shucking but quite often newbies will ask “what does it mean to shuck a hard drive?”. Put simply, shucking means taking … Read more
If you’ve ever wondered what it means to “rip a CD” then you’re not alone. This question is asked at least once a month on the various datahoarding forums and subreddits. For some people (like myself) who have been on the datahoarding scene for years, it’s sometimes seen as a silly question but we need … Read more
If you’ve ever tried to download or install JDownloader (aka JDownloader2), you may have been surprised to find that either the download was blocked by your Web browser, or that the installation file was quarantined by your Anti-Virus software. In fact, this is exactly what happened to me and it made me worry that the … Read more