Thank goodness for foresight
I was actually going to blog about how thrilled I am to be a part of the Launching a STAR contest this year. My entry was received today and I have two months to hear results. Yay me! I got it in just under the wire. Almost perfect planning.
I was not planning to send What a Bargain until the last minute. But it was closer to being ready than my historical, and it just ‘felt’ right. Something preternatural prompted that change. And it will be good. Come what may…
But when I came to my search engine and looked for a quick link to my site I faltered. Oh no. I erased the cookies. But why are my bookmarks gone? I clicked one folder after another to find the link which used to be RIGHT there. Where’d it go?
What’s this? A folder I don’t remember setting up that is clearly labeled blogs? Click.
Wow. All of the blogs on which I post. Right. There. Hm.
Either this is spectacular planning on my part (which is not likely…), a stroke of luck, or the smart computer figured out I need a blog folder.
It’s a mystery. But it got me here.
That cold bottom of belly drop feeling is not good. This was only a link. Have you “lost” or “misplaced” or “deleted” a whole chapter? scene? book? I have. That’s worse. And you MUST have good foresight in on that. I save to my computer, a thumb drive and my email. That way, if one method fails, I have backup.
Just like what doctors tell you if you are going to take antibiotics with your birth control. Ok. that was a bit much. But it’s true. You can never be too careful.
Really.
You can’t.
So. Now I’m off to solve a problem of the future by storing left overs in the fridge. Dinner tomorrow night, I have my eye on you….
Hey Leigh.
I had this happen, but for real. I lost ALL my bookmarks, really important ones that I had spent hours sifting thru the crap to find the best research info. Afterwards, I found this fantastic thing called FoxMarks. You use firefox (and can use it on apple as well as pc) and it backs up your bookmarks automatically. You can have the same account on multiple comps, which I do, so that each of the three if I bookmark something, backs up. You can access those bookmarks ANYWHERE in the world as long as you have internet access.
There was a time I lost all my internet bookmarks. I just never bothered to actively seek them out again, I was too annoyed with myself. I may look into this FoxMarks, you mention, Rachel. I also need to start backing up my files more – I think about doing it, but for some reason, the actual action of clicking the stupid button to do so never happens…oy…
Why do I have to enter a captcha if I’m loggedc in?
Oh well. I haven’t looked at Firefox. Google chrome has a good bookmark keeper too. (i think it has really helped me organize my agents/publisher/guidelines links. Plus my historical research.