So with the effects of Hurricane Sandy many people have been left without power.  This obviously leaves people without computers or television, but it makes you wonder about the other technologies people are without.  People are without power for their homes.  They have no gas for heat and no electricity.  They cannot use a stove to cook or hot plate or microwave.  Yes it stinks to live without a computer or television for a while, but that is nothingin comparison to the simple technologies we take for grantted every single day.  Things we do not even think about anymore because we have gotten so used to them, things we take for granted, these are the technologies that people miss the most.  It makes me think about the ipad and all the new smartphones and the like and how little they mean when people are really suffering from power failure.  That internet access and wifi would be the least of their worries.  Its a time right now to reevaluate what technology means and what technologies take priorities in our homes.  For me now, the most important technology is a generator, in case another natural disaster strikes so that my family is taken care of; not getting the next and newest iphone.