I spent a day earlier this week at a site where they lost their Internet connection. I was amazed at how difficult it was for me to adapt to life without Internet access. I am so used to checking e-mail on a regular basis, blogging, and using social networking sites that I felt lost. Even preparing PowerPoint slides was problematic because I lost access to my photo service. Making the matter worse, this site has a VOIP telephone system that went down with the rest of the network.