Right now, I am typing this using Windows Live Writer, as my land line and broadband Internet are down. I, like many people, are reliant on the Internet. This outage, is a eye opener.

I use a lot of web applications in my daily life, including Google Mail, Google Reader, Remember The Milk, Skype and Windows Live Messenger. These are just a few of the applications I use. As I am nearly always on the phone or on VOIP using Skype, I use these for my Job.

I have been without the Internet nearly all day now, and I am expecting a lot of emails, and a very late night tomorrow for myself catching up.

I use Remember The Milk to create tasks for each project, each with their own due date, and priority. Now, I’m going to have to do two days worth of tasks in a day.

But, its not all bad. As I couldn’t do my work, I took this time to do some other things, so not wasting any time.

A few things to do when you cant get on the Internet that I have done is the following:

• Clean up the house
• Clean up / Organise your computer(s).
• If it’s a nice day, go out with friends, take a day off.
• Do some things that don’t need the Internet, in my case. Creating things offline for a website I am building, e.g. Planning things, creating graphics.

What can you do?

To stop being as reliant on the Internet. I had set up my Google Mail account to, on one computer, download all the mail using POP3, and on my laptop, use IMAP.

If you use Google Doc’s. Use Google Gear’s. For now, you cannot create new documents using it. But, if you find yourself without a Internet connection, at least you can view your documents.  There is also rumours of Google Mail getting Google Gears.

Remember The Milk, can also use Google Gears.

Are you reliant on the Internet? Comment below on your views, and if you are reliant on the Internet, and if so, how?