In the past, people I know have lost blog posts and entire blogs, which sparked me to think of a way to back up all of my posts. But see I'm lazy and I don't want to have volumes of .doc files on my pc, or 1000 little discs full of bloggy stuff either, so I came up with the idea of a Gmail account solely to use for blogger back-up.
Now, every time I hit "post" a copy of the post is sent directly to said gmail account, and I never have to worry about it, thanks to the ingenuity of the blogger folks who thought up the idea of having the email option, and the massive storage capacity of gmail accounts. They're even automatically listed in chronological order, which would be super simple when it came to having to repost, should I ever lose my blog.
Here's the thing, once you have a gmail account for a certain length of time, it gives you
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E- I would love for you to send me one... I need a more "grownup" sounding email address for business and stuff anyway....
ReplyDeleteYou got it girly!
ReplyDeletewoo hoo, I can be a big kid now!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea. Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteI am so stupid! I have a gmail account that I use only for correspondence with a few special people (e.g., my mother). Yet, I have Blogger send my posts to the public aol account. I am going to swith it over right now!
ReplyDeleteI tried to preserve my blog by copying the entire content onto a hidden Frogger blog. That did not work out very well, so I abandoned the project.
I am still clueless about gmail, but I would love to have one if there are any left.
ReplyDeleteLove your blog, by the way. You are a very talented writer.