thanks perna, i personally dislike photobucket but have used it in emergencies and for pictures that don't have to stay online in the long term, but tonight i also came up with the idea that i should have a back up for my text documents as well.
registered with the blackapple host, which seems to handle pictures and .txt documents well, but won't accept .rtf - and not music either
(not looking to illegally share music, but those were funny sound clips i had recorded. sigh

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if anyone has any more suggestions, they will be greatly appreciated.
until then, i'll resort to CDs and USB sticks...

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