Yep! Fences is awesome, seems like it should have been something built into the OS in the first place.

Ohhh, that's awesome. Thanks for sharing!

The ability to send them an initial backup on an external device is definitely an advantage, I think CrashPlan offers something similar. Been taking digital photos since 2000, it would weeks if not months to upload 'em all :O

Terrific post, Alan! Very thorough, everything's covered from why to journal to how to do it across multiple platforms and formats. Terrific suggestions in the comments, too.

Thanks! :) Krull was great back then and was pretty imaginative despite the obvious comparisons to other sword & sorcery movies at the time. I remember playing a Vectrex in a store somewhere, and mind = blown. Parents said no way, since we already had 2600. D'oh!

Merlin was also great! I remember playing that as well and having fun with it, plus didn't it have quite a few built-in games?

Mine still works for the most part as well, but I've noticed similar problems...always afraid to mess with it too much. Wonder what they're worth now?

I LOVE the fact that games I grew up with in the 70s through the 90s are more popular than ever and still playable on multiple platforms. Anyone else have one of these back in the day? They were portable, had cartridges, and rocked 16x16 LCD screens :D Can't recall seeing an emulator before, but I'm sure it'd be…

Yep, same here. $5 for 20GB is absurdly great, but bumping up to 100GB is pretty much a no-brainer :D

Awesome, the timing of this is perfect. Thanks for the heads-up, Melanie!

That's a great deal on the Anker charger, definitely grab it if you've been considering buying one. I bought the Astro E4 for travel use last year, and can't believe how long that thing holds power to charge multiple devices.

Yet another informative entry in this series, thanks! That Scansnap sounds pretty great, especially the duplex scanning capability. Mr. Rubin definitely has a good handle on effective data organization.

This explains why my cat sits there and waits for me to finish Q-tipping my ears after a shower. She loves playing with it, I thought it was just one of those weird cat behaviors :)

The Fail Army channel on YouTube will never let you down if you need cheering up!

That's awesome, thanks!

Computer games back in the day not only had instruction manuals, they often had awesome supplementary material. Ultima III (and others in the series) had spell books and even cloth maps! You definitely got your money's worth :)

This is hands-down one of if not THE best entries in this series, thanks for sharing! Evernote, Trello and IFTTT are indispensable. Fellow introvert here as well (INFJ) :D

Awesome idea, I've never really used tags in Pocket either but will try this. Thanks!

Great article! I've used both for years like others have mentioned here, but haven't thought about combining them this way. Brilliant :D

Really enjoyed this entry in the series, he took time to write out his thoughts and ideas thoroughly instead of providing simple one-sentence responses. Seems like a humble, hard-working guy who appreciates everything in life.