Blue Tooth Vs. The Floppy: An Epic?

Neil Gaiman, one of my favorite authors, posted a funny little blog today. I was perusing through my RSS feeds and noticed that Neil gave a nod to technology.

First of all, I was happy to hear that Mr. Gaimain has finally started the drafting process of Beowulf, along with Roger Avary. The epic of all epics has landed into the hands of a prized writer and I am anticipating a bloody good product. Moving on...

Neil was sending files to Roger's powerbook via bluetooth technology and Roger, as comical as this is, was sending them back via e-mail. In his blog, Neil reveals his conversation with Roger: "How did we get files back and forth back in 1998, when we did the first draft?" asked Roger, puzzled, the other day. "There were these things called floppy disks," I reminded him. "Oh yes," he said.

And I have to admit, I was thinking the exact same thing. How did we transfer files without e-mail or FTP or bluetooth?

I can't recall the last time I used a floppy disk. It was probably 1998....you know, the days of yore.