Holographic Filesystem

In preparation for the end of this phase of my life and the start of the next, I've been digging through the files on the computer I mothballed several years ago when I bought my present one - looking at organizing them and archiving so that my old projects won't be lost.  I've found that the hard drive on that machine has developed some bad blocks, and that reminded me of an idea I once had for an holographic filesystem.  I've also been painfully reminded that I used to do a lot of cool things and I haven't done very many lately, so that it's time to start some interesting new projects, and this might be a good start for one. [2897 words...]