http://mathewingram.disqus.com/enSun, 10 Feb 2008 09:52:03 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/09/hey-the-cloud-took-all-my-data/#comment-138129That's true, Jeff. Thanks for the comment.mathewiSun, 10 Feb 2008 09:52:03 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/09/hey-the-cloud-took-all-my-data/#comment-137857on the flip side - I bought a new laptop monday, downloaded my gmail contents into a local mail app. i had to return the laptop because of the fan and forgot to wipe the data. <br><br>seems either way - data is always at risk to carelessness.Jeff SchmidtSun, 10 Feb 2008 01:57:53 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/09/hey-the-cloud-took-all-my-data/#comment-136968I agree, Matthew -- all it takes is one disaster to make you think<br>hard about backups.mathewiSat, 09 Feb 2008 13:31:02 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/09/hey-the-cloud-took-all-my-data/#comment-136962I'm a nut for backups, I have a local copy of all my music/e-mail/photos on my laptop, which I back up once more onto an external hard drive once or twice a month. It only takes one hard drive crash in which you lose data to make you think twice about these things. Fool me once...Matthew GallantSat, 09 Feb 2008 13:27:34 -0000