The amusing thing about those devices is that their data had been long since copied elsewhere, but for whatever reason that data hadn't been deleted. As for why they were kept around? Well, you ever attended art school, found materials you thought'd be useful and just hung onto them?

Here's a great question for everyone: How many redundant data devices do you have lying around your house? As in you're not using them but they're there for... reasons. At this moment, I'm counting two external hard drives and two USB flash drives. Three of these devices are from my college days.

When you've had social media in your life for as long as I have (imagine if you will, creating Twitter posts with a T9 flip phone), joining and using a new platform like BlueSky is an... unusual experience. Especially when you've been accustomed to a somewhat offline existence for so many years.

Q: Who's this Brenton Barnes character? A: I'm an independent illustrator who's working on getting his groove back. If you like independent comic art from the aughts and like experimentation, the odds are strong that you'll like what I make.