The Cranium Cabinet

Dads like this separate the men from the boys:

And true.

There are no words:

If you are like me, and mostly every other user in the world, you don’t backup your files. You may have an external hard drive, DVD burner, or CD burner, but how often do you really back up your files to those mediums? Further more, once you have backed it up to CD or DVD, do you really know where it is a year from now? The answer is probably “no.”

Well, Microsoft has a little known tool just for you called “SkyDrive.” SkyDrive is a free 25GB worth of storage that will always be there for you. It is definitely more reliable than CD, DVD, or even your external hard drive because it is housed on Microsoft’s Data Architecture. This is most likely a SAN with tons of fault tolerance built in that is worth more than what I will make in 10 years before taxes. No, I’m not joking.

So, how do you sign up you ask? Well, first you will need to go to skydrive.live.com. If you already have a Live ID, you pretty much don’t have to do anything else but sign in. If not, you will have to create a Live ID, which is no big deal, it’s free, they don’t spam you, so it’s all good.

After signing in, you will see four basic folders. Click on any one these and begin adding your files. If you do not want them to be public, by all means DO NOT PUT THEM IN THE PUBLIC FOLDERS. From here, you can assign permissions, share with other people via email addresses, etc. They have also added a nifty feature which allows you to download everything in a directory to one .zip file. COOL!

So there you have it, 25GB of free space that will be there whenever you need it, from whatever computer you are logged in to (so long as you have internet access).