This fells so weird.
The lamp in my home office blew out today, and I don’t have any other bulbs around the house. So I’ve lit a candle to have some light in here while I work in the 'puter.
This must be how they used to surf in the olden days.
Ha! You were reading my mind.
I decided to pull out a candle last night and read. Abraham Lincoln didn’t have it so bad – it was easy. Then I thought “I wonder how much electricity I’m saving”. After all, a candle puts out about as much light as a tiny light bulb. Then I thought: “Wait a minute, the candle wax was probably collected and processed by electricity. So even if I don’t pay the electricity, somebody did.”
Any guesses as to whether burning a candle is cheaper than running a very low wattage lightbulb?
Well, the power went out in my room except for the overhead lights, and I’m working off of a laptop, so I’m working off of battery power. Yay for batteries, otherwise I’d be bored shitless with less than a full day until I visit for a long weekend. [my fall break starts tomorrow in the middle of the day and I’m going home.]
The UnaServer, my router, firewall, and DSL modem are all on a big-assed UPS, and I’m on a laptop. Via testing, I’ve found I could surf for at least 100 minutes by candlelight with the UnaServer still running. If I turned the server off, I could likely go for half a day. :eek: 
Just a quick word from first-hand experience:
Never, never surf by candle-light if you’ve been drinking.
At least, not if you value your home! :eek:
Sunday night the overhead light in the room where my computer is set up went out. Unfortunately, the room has a high ceiling and I recently twisted my knee, so I’m afraid to take a chance on climbing a ladder to change it. Since the desk lamp I used to have next to the computer has a broken base, I am currently working by the light of a lamp laying on its side on top of a box on my desk.