Peg

tape recorder is a boon but it is best as a transfer device. The data is recorded serially and older material harder to find and slower. Transcribe thoughts from it reglarly or use a selection of tapes to shorten the finding process.

I now have a silicon device and it numbers and date/timestamps the tracks. Access is quick. Shame I am not musing much now.

Not that I am trashing the medium, but chat rooms are a bit like TV's in their propensity to fill the mind which could be being creative. My writers block pre-dates chat room activity though.