You know how it's a good idea to keep an inventory of serial numbers for all the junk one accumulates? This list could be used if the items were ever lost or stolen. I have a spreadsheet of this data and every once in a blue moon, I update it.This time, it dawned on me that I should be able to include a photo of each item too. It doesn't cost anything to take a digital photos; I don't know why I hadn't thought of it before. I ran around and snapped a low-res picture of each item on the list. Then, I created a single zip file which included the .xls file and all the photos. I was able to fit everything on a floppy disk. (Like, what else can do with one of those nowadays?) I can easily keep copies of these documents in multiple locations. Ouch, I'm getting sore from patting myself on the back so often!
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