{"id":1238,"date":"2012-09-01T14:32:17","date_gmt":"2012-09-01T21:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/?p=1238"},"modified":"2012-09-01T14:32:17","modified_gmt":"2012-09-01T21:32:17","slug":"digging-through-the-virtual-garage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/archives\/1238","title":{"rendered":"Digging through the virtual garage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I finally got around to archiving some old Iomega Zip and Jaz cartridges before the media they&#8217;re on goes bad or, more likely, I can no longer get the drives to function on a working system.<\/p>\n<p>While digging through the disks, I ran across the following commercial from when I worked at EntryPoint (before RedZone\/Sony). I was involved (off-screen) in the production which was done at a church in Santa Barbara. It was an interesting experience that went all day and into the night before wrapping. 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