(Published on my Tumblr acct 2013)
Here’s the deal. I’m not being alarmist by any means. I’m presenting a thought based on this link that caught my eye. What happens when the internet goes down? You can jump in and read the link, but come back and let’s talk about this.
I’ve got stuff in the “cloud” if you do I bet you’ve really never imagined the possibility of losing the internet. If you did you might have a back-up on a hard drive someplace, but what if the hard drive crashes. In the old days, we’d put everything on physical media. Yes, those round plastic things that store things. But if you’re like me I have a few devices that don’t have a drive. So then maybe a USB stick might be your choice. Okay, so how prepared are you?
Wait there’s more! What about your music, your movies, your web-based email where would it go? What about your contact list? Here’s another one…what if the cellular network went down. Okay, that’s enough for one day.
…just one more thing. I remember the little old notebook my mom kept her list of names and addresses, in fact, I still have it. Maybe that’s the backup? Because even this blog is just stuck in a server somewhere if the internet goes down.