Shadeshope writes "Slowly but surely Google has taken over my reckoning life. How can I back it up? Bit by bit with their mantra, hip image and radiant services, Google has gained my trust and all my data. I am doing almost all of my reckoning in the cloud. Google Reader, Calender, Email, Docs and Notes have become my tools of choice; even to the point where my day book, base notes, etc., are all on Google's servers. It was just so easy, enabling me to effortlessly work from multitudinal computers, operating expenses expenses systems and locations. I know, I know, this is foolish — all my eggs are firmly in one basket. It has crept up on me. As a long-time number cruncher* user and committed pessimist, I have used many schemes over the years to ensure my data is safe. Now I have ceded all control to Google. How can I regain some control and back this all up? Is there a one-touch denouement that will take all my data from the various online apps and archive it on my home server?"

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