USB Sticks

One of the things about working in at least two offices on any given week is that I do tend to carry a lot of current stuff around on a USB Stick (Memory Stick, Pen Drive, whatever) so that I’ve got the information where/when I need it.

Fortunately, it’s all encrypted – and for a good reason. Basically, I find that while they’re really convenient to use, I occasionally lose or mislay them.

It’s happened again today. I know the damn’ thing is in the house somewhere. However, ‘somewhere’ is the operative word. I’ve already checked the places where it should be, so it’s definitely somewhere else. The only real concern is that it may have been in a pile of papers which went in the recycling bin, which will have been collected today.

All told, it’s a pain. There’s nothing that I don’t have backed-up, and in multiple other locations. It’s just a pain for the moment. With luck I’ll find it when I get home. Otherwise, it might turn up in a month’s time. Or maybe never. There are at least two silver ones that I had back in Bracknell, and have never been seen since.

Maybe I should attach the drive to my keys or something – but then it just becomes more of a pain to use the stick. I don’t know, I’ll think of something, I’m sure.