> And good as the high tech solutions are may I also suggest ring binders
> with printed copies
Go for them meself, Lawrence, but my paranoia is now extending to nuclear
bomb proof shelters, let alone fire proofed ones (wink)
Best
Dave
David Bircumshaw
Leicester, England
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence Upton" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 12:57 AM
Subject: Re: URGENT: LOST FILES ANF POEMS
> I think Erminia's thing about sending poems to friends is a good one, too
>
> You get feed back, that way, too
>
> And good as the high tech solutions are may I also suggest ring binders
> with printed copies
>
> They have to be edited, just like electronic records, or you get the
> archival nightmare that hangs overoneside of my study even, as they say,
as
> I write
>
> but paper tends to be more stable than floppies + can be scanned in if
needs
> be
>
> with the added advantage that scanning provides interesting variations
>
> now, go on, someone suggest a fire proof safe
>
>
> L
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "david.bircumshaw" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: 27 January 2002 00:01
> Subject: Re: URGENT: LOST FILES ANF POEMS
>
>
> | That is a good notion, David, but you have to remember that a) hotmail
has
> a
> | 2meg limit on storage and b) that you have to remember to access the
> | account(s) at least every 30 days now else they're expunged.
> |
> | I think the best advice to Erminia for the future would be to make
> multiple
> | copies, in print, on floppies, on hard disk, of everything she does, so
> that
> | she would have 'insurance' against any future tragedies. That's my
normal
> | practice, altho' of course like any other inconsistent human being I
don't
> | always keep to it myself.
> |
> | I'm starting to have paranoid thoughts about safe deposit boxes now so I
> | better shut up on this.
> |
> | But my heartfelt sympathies to Erminia on this.
> |
> | Best
> |
> | Dave
> |
> | David Bircumshaw
> |
> | Leicester, England
> |
> | Home Page
> |
> | A Chide's Alphabet
> |
> | Painting Without Numbers
> |
> | http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/index.htm
> | ----- Original Message -----
> | From: "David Howard" <[log in to unmask]>
> | To: <[log in to unmask]>
> | Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 11:40 PM
> | Subject: Re: URGENT: LOST FILES ANF POEMS
> |
> |
> | > Dear Erminia,
> | >
> | > This cannot ease your grief, however it may be useful in the future.
Set
> | up
> | > a (free) hotmail account and e-mail manuscripts as attachments to it
> | weekly;
> | > because the material can be accessed from any computer you cannot lose
> it
> | > (providing you stay under the account maximum for storage) - even if
> your
> | > hard drive is destroyed and your floppy discs or CD roms melt in a
fire.
> | >
> | > Blessings,
> | > David
> | >
> |
>
|