The Bits Are Willing, but the Batteries Are WeakHere is a look at the darkside of digital. A reporter tracked down some Internet addicts during the New York blackout, to see how batteries and tempers where holding up. Bloggers were bedeviled as they rushed to post about their blackout experiences, only to find laptop batteries low, no DSL or dial-up available. It brings to my mind McLuhan's discussion of Figure and Ground. The fish never notices the water until its gone. The blogger doesn't notice the electricity behind the technology until it is unreliable....