I was driving home from work last night when the good folks at NPR reminded me that I might be overlooking one more thing I could be worrying about.

Normally, listening to NPR is my favorite part of the commute to the southern end of the state (which takes 45 minutes - or 3 days in Rhode Island years).

But this time my friend (he doesn't know me, but I do feel I know him) Omar Gallaga from All Tech Considered told me this: It's not enough to think about keeping your social networking life alive with Facebook, Twitter, blogs and email. You also have to worry what happens to those accounts when the fail whale comes calling for a final time.

He points out that you can hire folks like Legacy Locker to keep track of your online accounts. There's another services that will notify your online friends if something happens to you. It's called Slightly Morbid. And you can even prepare messages for friends and family to read after you've tweeted your last twit. That's available at myLastEmail.com. (Ever shot off an angry email? Think of the possibilities here...)

I suppose there is some comfort in this, that we can choose to live online even when we are (ultimately) offline....without ever again being asked to complete the quiz "How Blonde Are You?" receive a virtual cupcake on your birthday (biggest ripoff ever) or to LOL.