Monday, January 12, 2009

What's next after WWW?

Recently, I do my regular blog hopping while tiring my neck with left and right head turns making sure that no supervisor is lurking near me. They've been quite strict in the office lately.

I still check Alternati's blog despite being idle for almost a year now. I am always amazed by his impeccable talent at writing, and I read his posts like I've never read them before, well, specially if my name is in it, or if I was part of the story. It's amazing how the virtual world has kept those memories, complete with a date. It entices me to count years...and realize that it's been 2 or 3 something years since. I miss those days.

I've seen blogs with posts dated back to 5 years ago, and still active. When googling, I get to access files that were online since the late 90's.

I treasure every single picture I take with my camera that for backups, I save them in USB's, computer hard drive, and upload them to Friendster, Photobucket and Multiply. I've had terrible experiences with diskettes before and that makes me feel like there's a need for a lot of backups. I hope to see those photos, and read my blogs again years from now. I'm imagining my old self showing my kids a blog I've written or photos I've taken, years before they're even conceived.

Which makes me think, what if the internet will crash? Could that even be possible? Remember Y2K? What if all things that we have in the entire world wide web will disappear?

I'm imagining chaos.

16 comments:

The Scud said...

magrerebolusyon ang mga internet users. haha. mahilig din ako mag back-up. my photos are stored in shutterfly, cds, and in an external hard drive. segurista. :-)

aajao said...

"blogs posted five years ago and still active"? merun ba nun?

:P

my-so-called-Quest said...

i think i need to back up my files now! kaya din ako nagblog, virtual diary ika nga ng mga rants ko. hehe
pero baka tawanan ako ng mga anak ko pag nabasa nila. hehe

Dakilang Islander said...

kelangan ko na rin umaksyon..walang backup lahat ng mga photos ko kung sakali masira laptop ko goodbye lahat...

sa office ko din kahit may camera sa likod ko nakisilip pa rin ng mga paborito kong blog...heheh

Abou said...

you're thinking way ahead.

baka yung susunod e mas advance pa sa worldwide web hehe

Unknown said...

that's (one of) my top priority (-ies) as a programmer. BACKUP. haha... hirap na eh.



naku ayokong isiping mawawala ang Internet. Tama ka, chaotic nga ang mangyayari.

wanderingcommuter said...

madaming magsasarang internet cafe... tsktsk...sad

lucas said...

i remember that Y2k...and how it turned out to be an elaborate hoax which was bought by many...nakakatakot kaya. akala ko end of the world na..hehe!

maganda tong blogging...in someway it makes us immortal :) (ayun eh kung forever na tong www..hehe)

Ely said...

The Scud, haha. klangan talaga madami storage. Mahirap na.

Aajao, I mean, active pa ung blog. Kumbaga 5 years old na. Bihira nagtatagal ng ganun eh...

my-so-called-quest, malamang tatawan nila. at makokornihan na rin tayo that time. hhehehe.

Dakilang Islander, sayang pag mawala, mga memories yun...
So far, ndi pa naman ako memo na nahuling nagbblog while at work.

x said...

oh, my! i would also panick!!!

Ely said...

Abou, napa-isip lang. Kasi worried din ako bakaw mawala lahat ng mga pinag-uupload ko. LOL

Reyn, wala ako alam sa programming. hehehe. Dapat i-program niyong may auto-backup pag nagcrash ang pc. :P

wandering commuter, wawa naman. ngayon pa nga lang meron na ibang nagsara...economic crisis.

lucas, panic mode mga tao nun, pero ako no worries kc ndi pa naman ako active user ng internet tas wala naman ako mga bank accounts. hehe...
Ung nga eh, forever na kaya to?

Lantaw said...

I don't think we could live a day today without the Internet. The first thing I do after an outdoor trip is check my email and flickr accounts :D

aajao said...

huhuhu.. akala ko pa naman blog ko yung tinutukoy mo *sniff* :,(

Ely said...

Allan Barredo, i think so too. :) A lot of businesses are relying on the internet.

aajao, hehe,. nakita ko kasi blog ng isang lolo sa Baguio. 2004 pa ung first entry niya.

Ambo said...

Hanu ba yun ang haba ng sinabi biglang nag error buset! hahaha.

Sabi ko i can't imagine pag lolo na ako at ipakita ko sa mga apo ko ang pinag gagawa ko sa internet! Sana me internet pa nga by that time hehehe.

Ely said...

Ambo, LOL, un ung topic eh, pano pag nag-error na? may internet pa nga kaya by that time? hehehe