DROP BOX

Former head of the CIA General Petraeus, a married man, had a fling with his biographer, Paula Broadwell. In order to keep their relationship secret, instead of sending their billets doux to each other over traditional email, they used a drop box. Unfortunately Paula had sent some anonymous threatening email to Jill Kelley, who reported it to the FBI. The FBI traced to threatening email to Paul Broadwell’s computer. While they looking around, the also found the drop box with the love letters to and from the general.

I learned later that Drop Box is a computer app which allows users to share documents online. For example, if a group of people are working on a project together, they can post it on the internet. That way, anyone who has the password to the Drop Box can access the project.

You don’t have to share your Drop Box account with anyone else. You can just use it to save information that you don’t want to carry around with you, but you want to be able to get at. For example, you can create a file on your PC and access it with your cell phone when you’re away from home. That’s the way I use it.

Book List

I have a list of books I want to read. When I read a review of a book that sounds interesting, I put it on my book list. It’s an excel spread sheet, arranged alphabetically by author. I used to print that out and take it to the library with me, but I kept losing the printout. Now I have it in Drop Box. When I go to the library, I just take out my cell phone, and there’s the book list.

Shopping List

This is a list of those little sundries that I want to get when I am at Target or Walmart or some other store: notebook paper, pocket calendar, pens, stuff like that. I used to write those things down and a piece of paper and take it to the store with me. But sometimes I would forget my list. Now I have it in my phone under Drop Box.

Pass Code

I have the pass code for the WiFi in the computer room. It is on paper in my brief case, but if I don’t have my brief case with me, I can get it from Drop Box

Computer News

I give a talk every week about computers in the news. I get the news articles from the internet and save them on my PC. Before I give the talk, I put the news articles I want to talk about on Drop Box. At the meeting I open Drop Box on my tablet because it’s easier to read than the cell phone.

These are some of the ways that I use Drop Box, There are hundreds of possible ways to use, other than carrying on a torrid affair with some hottie.

Maybe you’re wondering if I am planning a General Petraeus, if I am going to have a wild fling with some red hot mama. To that question, I have to say, “It is highly unlikely that at my age (85), I would have enough energy to attempt such a thing.”

Also Janet told me that if she catches me up to any hanky panky, she will kill me, and I am much too young to die. So if some of you women are eager to have your way with me, you can just fugetaboutit.