Interesting day with "free" internet

I'm sure most of you have heard about the significance of this week's internet protest.

I found out from my husband ,who's in IT, over coffee this morning he was ranting about how he hoped that he'd be able to work because "today the internet is going to be dark".  I thought right away, how could this be possible?  Google down for the day? What about my email?

I remember I could barely survive the 4 days we lost power in September due to a hurricane - no weather, no news, no email, no facebook. I felt so disconnected  - yet I was more in touch with myself. It was peaceful and calm not having to have the pressure to check everything and know everything. Once upon a time, I lived without internet.  I remember my first attempts at navigating world wide web and the modem using dial up to connect.  It all seems so long ago and ancient, I'll probably be with my grandchildren talking about how I once used a manual typewriter and it was it the coolest thing when you worked on an electronic one that you could type your sentences and read them before they printed.

Today, Google made a stance and put a black sticker over their name. Not as bold as wikepedia.  A part of me does wish that Google was more daring in their stance and actually show us, so we could taste what the internet would be like with SOPA and PIPA enacted.  I think that those desiring to have this policy would certainly experience a difference and realize that we've come to far with the internet and world wide web.  Parts of this policy would certainly set us back.  Not to mention that it could restrict us from freedom of speech...there goes facebook, twitter, blogs and all the other social networks.  For those of us who have embraced this technology, it was be devasting. My 4 year old wouldn't know the difference on the other hand.  I voted against SOPA and PIPA,  take your vote on Google.