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theobromophileTim at the Daily Cup of Tech has a great article on how to program your USB drive in the event it gets lost…. including a free download. Check it out.
I shudder at the thought of losing my USB drive. As you could tell from my Zen and the Art of the USB Drive Series, my entire life is on that USB drive. “So,” I thought, “what could I do to help ensure that I get my lost USB drive back?” After some consideration, I came up with a few ideas.
Hello, My Name Is USB Drive
The very first thing that I thought of was to put a luggage tag on my drive. This seemed like a pretty good idea on the surface since pretty much every single USB drive comes with a lanyard and/or keychain attached to it. Why not put on a luggage tag in it’s place?
Unfortunately, the luggage tag was too bulks and took away from the convenience of the drive. I then put label with my name and address on the drive but there was so little space on it that it was hard to get my entire message on the drive. There had to be a better way.
Use The Tools At Your Disposal
I then got thinking that the USB drive has a lot of storage space. I could easily fit an entire novel on the drive. A “Send Me Home” message should be simple.
I figured that if I created a text file with instructions on how to return the drive on the drive root, the finder would probably be able to open it and read the instructions.
But what do you call the file? “Readme.txt”, “Help! I’m Lost!.txt”, and “Reward If Found.txt” all came to mind but there was nothing that really grabbed your eye. People often gloss over and ignore text files.
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I still don’t even understand what those thingies do, so losing something I’ve never had is a potential problem in the future.
I do like gadgets, though.
http://img309.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sexygadgetfreakrb2.jpg
Well, now. They are portable hard drives that plug in to your USB connection. It allows you to be able to transfer work, music, photos, videos, whatever, from one computer to another without missing a beat.
Oh my. You do like gadgets, don’t you.
OH YEAAAH!
In and out…college football is on.
Me too
Hmmm…maybe that’s why I don’t know anything about those usb thingies. I only have the one computer. Next up, find out what those ipod and mp3 thingies are, and what they are for.
To be honest, I still prefer my home entertainment/theater system more than anything else. What I want more than anything else is to upgrade my surround system, starting with this below..maybe I should write Santa.
http://www.klipsch.com/products/details/thx-ultra2.aspx
most mp3 players will have an adapter that you can plug your usb drive into, to carry your tunes around.
Whenever we go to a shopbot jamboree, USB drives are everywhere as people come up to share their saved pictures of their projects.
SwampMan would be lost without his USB. If I had one, I would definitely lose it so I just skip that intermediate step of actually buying one and putting stuff on it before I lose it. This way, I’m in the same situation I’d be in anyway, but without the stress.
/Because I like efficiency.
But I carry my tunes…on cd.(?)
I have grandparent duties today with grandson.
I took him out to breakfast at IHOP this morning, and he stared suspiciously at my plate when the server set it in front of me. He had a couple bites of French toast and bacon, then told me “Watch out, MeeMaw! SNAKES!” pointing at my plate. “No, those are sausages, not snakes.” “Yes, MeeMaw, SNAKES.” Like those dirty bastards in the kitchen snuck a snake on MeeMaw’s plate instead of real food.
Guess you better show that boy a snake…and that they don’t taste so good either.
He’s seen snakes!
/That’s why he recognized the shape.
Hmmm…then those must have been some weird looking sausages they put on your plate.
D’OH! I’ve been running around all day chasing the grandson since 7:30 a.m. and just now discovered that the reason that Doberman wasn’t underfoot is that she is feeling really REALLY bad. She’s always eating weird things; the sheep corn, the horse food, miscellaneous turds from horse to cat, and now the bundle of energy is just lying around looking miserable.