I use iDrive (and previously used Moxy) both of which give you reasonable
amounts of storage online (unless you are a photographer) for free with the
option of paying for more. The first backup takes days, but after that they
just back up the changed things more or less as you work. I have had to
restore files from both of them (the ultimate test - in one case after
getting water in my laptop and using everything) and they worked perfectly!
On 1 September 2011 21:00, <> wrote:
> A timely warning - it's always a good idea to have important data in
> several places. With the amount of free web hosting around, that shouldn't
> be too difficult. I use Dropbox and Evernote daily, and I'd hate to see
> either of these disappear, but if they do, I have data backed up
> elsewhere.
>
> A little different, but related, is the issue of backing up your own
> computer. Lots of people in the Victorian bushfires (and others) told how
> they had backed up their family photos and other important data - but the
> backup drive was sitting next to the computer when the fires hit. The only
> way to do this safely is to buy two external drives, and put them in
> different places, e.g. work and home, and backup as often as you can.
>
> Of course, if half your bird records are still in dozens of notebooks
> awaiting digitising, like mine, then I guess your goose is cooked, so to
> speak ...
>
> Russell
>
>
> On Thu, September 1, 2011 5:58 pm, Dave Torr wrote:
> > Unfortunately websites come and go - it takes money (and passion!) to
> keep
> > a
> > website up and running, and there have been many instances (not in the
> > birding field) where one or other runs out. I guess sites run by
> > "organisations" are less likely to go under than those run by individuals
> > (and I don't know who ran this site) but even then I would never entrust
> > my
> > data solely to a website!
> >
> > Of course it may be a slight technical problem which can sometimes take a
> > day or more to fix, so worth trying again in a day or two I guess.
> >
> > On 1 September 2011 17:24, Peter Ewin <> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Bert,
> >> I have looked at Travelling Birder over the last few days and it just
> >> comes
> >> up with amessage saying that the Domain is hosted by UnoEuro.com. Links
> >> to
> >> any of the existing reports which I have bookmarked don't work any more.
> >> It
> >> may be that the website has been shut down which would be a shame as it
> >> is a
> >> very useful website for looking at recent trip reports.
> >> At one stage last year the website was hacked by a group who appeared to
> >> randomly select sites that had Israel within their contact and give you
> >> a
> >> message when entering. I contacted the moderator at the time and they
> >> were
> >> aware of it and eventually fixed it a couple of days later. Not certain
> >> if I
> >> have the correspondence but will have a look and see if I can track it
> >> down
> >> and contact them again.
> >> Cheers,
> >> Peter
> >>
> >> > Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 11:42:19 +0930
> >> > From:
> >> > To:
> >> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Travelling Birder trip report website down?
> >> >
> >> > Hi all,
> >> >
> >> > Does anyone know what has happened to the Travelling Birder website? I
> >> have
> >> > not been able to access it for over a week now. Does anyone have
> >> contact
> >> > details for someone who works with TB?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks!
> >> > Bert Harris, Adelaide
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