http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2005/10/19.html#a1324
Life-hacking your attention economics
*This nested set of links and arguments would probably make a great distraction for you, if you are, for instance, in South Florida right now, sitting behind plywood sheeting on your stores of bottled water, waiting for the storm hammer to get around to falling, so that you can be surrounded by blown-off roofs, imprompu swamps and soldiers for, well, a good long time.
Since it's pretty much vital to keep your attention diced to mincemeat through the 21st century practice of blogging and surfing, despite the annihilation of your local infrastructure, I'd recommend one of these solar-powered post-disaster uplink modules. With a laptop.
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/003647.html#more
"(...) combining modular solar panels, wind microturbines, batteries, and plug-ins for fuel cells and biofuel-friendly diesel engines, the MPS can generate a constant 150 kilowatts, can operate both off-grid and in parallel with grid power, is rugged enough to be dropped via parachute, and requires so little maintenance that a solar/wind unit has been operating continuously without being touched for over a year.
The MPS and the inevitable competitors will see abundant use in the post-Katrina era."
*Yeah. That makes sense. Okay, it's no beachside McMansion, but at least you've got your email.
I have an increasingly strong premonition that I'm going to be passing my so-called golden years in one of these. I always wanted a modest little retirement shack by the sea, and nowadays, you don't have to go to the ocean; you can just sit still where you are and the ocean will come up and get you.
