Comments on: I Really Have Stopped Budgeting (and it's not fun) http://www.youneedabudget.com/blog/2008/i-really-have-stopped-budgeting-and-its-not-fun/ You haven't budgeted like this. Thu, 17 May 2012 23:30:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Chris http://www.youneedabudget.com/blog/2008/i-really-have-stopped-budgeting-and-its-not-fun/#comment-632 Chris Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:06:54 +0000 http://www.youneedabudget.com/?p=504#comment-632 Just a thought. Why not purchase one or two things. 1) Thumb drive - dedicated ONLY to budget and your financial life. It could be the best $20 you spend. Even if you loose your computer, it's all right there ready to go (including the YNAB software if you want). 2) External hard disk (you mentioned this) - back up your personal data files ONLY to this about every 3 months or so. I have 1 that is used primarily for family pictures/movies using a digital camera. Caveat Emptor: Don't leave this thing plugged in the whole time. It causes the device to fail prematurely if you do (since there is a large spike in voltage, and the disk is spinning for so long with no reason) ... this information comes from a professional photographer who has lost the digital pictures that he has taken of other families because of this. Just a thought. Why not purchase one or two things.
1) Thumb drive – dedicated ONLY to budget and your financial life. It could be the best $20 you spend. Even if you loose your computer, it’s all right there ready to go (including the YNAB software if you want).
2) External hard disk (you mentioned this) – back up your personal data files ONLY to this about every 3 months or so. I have 1 that is used primarily for family pictures/movies using a digital camera. Caveat Emptor: Don’t leave this thing plugged in the whole time. It causes the device to fail prematurely if you do (since there is a large spike in voltage, and the disk is spinning for so long with no reason) … this information comes from a professional photographer who has lost the digital pictures that he has taken of other families because of this.

]]> By: steve http://www.youneedabudget.com/blog/2008/i-really-have-stopped-budgeting-and-its-not-fun/#comment-631 steve Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:15:59 +0000 http://www.youneedabudget.com/?p=504#comment-631 Hi, former YNABer here just happening to read your blog. I'm sorry you lost your file. I thought I would share what I do for files that I absolutely don't want to lose *no matter what*. I simply use my Gmail account and send myself an email (I address it to myself, so it ends up in my inbox) and attach the file in question. You could do that with your budget file and be sure that no matter what happened, Google would have a copy of the file saved for you in your inbox. In some ways I think this is better than a backup on an external hard drive, because it's in a different physical location and can't get stolen or otherwise destroyed. Hi, former YNABer here just happening to read your blog. I’m sorry you lost your file. I thought I would share what I do for files that I absolutely don’t want to lose *no matter what*. I simply use my Gmail account and send myself an email (I address it to myself, so it ends up in my inbox) and attach the file in question. You could do that with your budget file and be sure that no matter what happened, Google would have a copy of the file saved for you in your inbox. In some ways I think this is better than a backup on an external hard drive, because it’s in a different physical location and can’t get stolen or otherwise destroyed.

]]> By: Michael Moore http://www.youneedabudget.com/blog/2008/i-really-have-stopped-budgeting-and-its-not-fun/#comment-630 Michael Moore Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:08:58 +0000 http://www.youneedabudget.com/?p=504#comment-630 Jesse, If they didn't get everything off your hard drive, send me an email. We're still in town here and I can get everything off it for you. Michael Moore Jesse,

If they didn’t get everything off your hard drive, send me an email. We’re still in town here and I can get everything off it for you.

Michael Moore

]]> By: Fernando http://www.youneedabudget.com/blog/2008/i-really-have-stopped-budgeting-and-its-not-fun/#comment-629 Fernando Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:44:17 +0000 http://www.youneedabudget.com/?p=504#comment-629 Hello, Jesse. So, is it there still? Hello, Jesse. So, is it there still?

]]> By: Josh http://www.youneedabudget.com/blog/2008/i-really-have-stopped-budgeting-and-its-not-fun/#comment-628 Josh Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:25:39 +0000 http://www.youneedabudget.com/?p=504#comment-628 I've been running parallels on my mac at work, and one important tip I learned from our techs is too keep all data on the mac side, not "in" the windows data partition, which can easily get corrupted. I've been running parallels about a year and already had it fail on me once, and windows had to be reinstalled. ... Fortunately all my data was networked on the mac side, and was easily restored to my windows apps after it was reinstalled. I’ve been running parallels on my mac at work, and one important tip I learned from our techs is too keep all data on the mac side, not “in” the windows data partition, which can easily get corrupted. I’ve been running parallels about a year and already had it fail on me once, and windows had to be reinstalled. … Fortunately all my data was networked on the mac side, and was easily restored to my windows apps after it was reinstalled.

]]> By: Jesse http://www.youneedabudget.com/blog/2008/i-really-have-stopped-budgeting-and-its-not-fun/#comment-627 Jesse Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:41:18 +0000 http://www.youneedabudget.com/?p=504#comment-627 You ask too much of me Mike. I do have a backup system now in place...too little too late though. Here's hoping it's safe on the external hard drive. You ask too much of me Mike. I do have a backup system now in place…too little too late though. Here’s hoping it’s safe on the external hard drive.

]]> By: mike http://www.youneedabudget.com/blog/2008/i-really-have-stopped-budgeting-and-its-not-fun/#comment-626 mike Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:03:59 +0000 http://www.youneedabudget.com/?p=504#comment-626 quit worrying about your budget, and start worrying about a Backup regime quit worrying about your budget, and start worrying about a Backup regime

]]> By: Pam Fingerle http://www.youneedabudget.com/blog/2008/i-really-have-stopped-budgeting-and-its-not-fun/#comment-625 Pam Fingerle Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:58:34 +0000 http://www.youneedabudget.com/?p=504#comment-625 Hi Jesse - greetings from Germany. Hope, you are doing fine. Hope to hear/read from you. Pam, Tobias and the kids. Hi Jesse – greetings from Germany. Hope, you are doing fine. Hope to hear/read from you. Pam, Tobias and the kids.

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