Before Microsoft’s software takes over the electrical grid, let’s hope they get backup figured out – or, when the lights go out, there may not be a way to get them back on again. Yeesh.

I’ve been thinking about a new phone recently, as my mobile is old (Samsung A707) and not smart enough. (Will I get an iPhone? I doubt it. I’m already on AT&T, but haven’t been wowed by all the problems I’ve heard about with the iPhone reception, dropped calls, etc.)

One thing that I need to do before I go looking at a new phone, is back up the SIM card. All my contacts, etc. are on there. I also have a microSD slot, but there’s not a way to move all that data to the SD card. (Thanks, Samsung.) Right now, if I kill my phone or drop it in a glass of beer, all that info is gone.

Or worse, if my phone gets stolen, then someone else has all that stuff – and could text nasty notes to my friends, my clients, who knows? They could do some damage with my reputation, simply by having one little bit of technology. And heaven knows what they could do with my lil’ laptop, which has pretty much my life on it (backed up three ways, one of which is offsite).

The question now becomes: is YOUR data safe? Do you even know if you have a backup? Could you actually grab that data from your phone? Today’s the day to do something about it, ’cause tomorrow’s too late.