Line of Credit Increased and Late Fee Assessed

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Last weekend I was paying credit cards like I always do around the 15th of the month.  I was able to log into my Chase account, but they were doing some kind of maintenance on the site and balances, the option to pay, see statements, etc. was not available for the weekend so I thought I'd just make the payment in a few days, since all of my accounts are due in the first week of the next month. I… Read the rest

Retrieve Your Deleted Photos Using Card Recovery

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During the Great Backup Accident of 2010, I ended up losing 200 to 300 photos.  I don't take photos a lot and my camera card holds 4GB.  But lucky me, just about ten days prior to the incident my card was full and I sat down and moved a bunch of photos onto my hard drive – for safekeeping, of course. Heh. I did contact a local company, Data Doctors, to see if it would be possible to retrieve data… Read the rest

How To Get a Copy of Your Federal Tax Return

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When I lost my data last week, I was a little freaked out over having lost our tax returns, since I had neglected to print out a hard copy. I've always admired those folks who have paper-free offices and would love to cut down on my paper collection. Unfortunately,  I always seem to get myself in trouble when I try to go paperless. That's probably because there's a right and a wrong way to do it… maybe I should research… Read the rest
Remember to Backup Your Data!

Write 5000 Times In Notepad “Do Your Backups”

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Today's True Confession is about computer backups.  We all know to do them, but how dedicated are you to keeping your data backed up?    I'll go first.  I suck at doing routine backups. That's one reason why I decided to sign on with Carbonite. However, as it turns out, I excel so highly in not doing backups that I managed to have a backup accident during the time when my Carbonite backup service had been interrupted (by my own stupidity).… Read the rest