Pierre M. sent a link to a fascinating blog written by a wife and mother who lives deep in the interior of Alaska: The Last Frontier [1]. Their main access to the outside world is via bush pilot flights. The blog is posted only sporadically, since they have to fly in the gasoline to run their generator. Now that is remote!
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Leading computer expert warns of cyber attack on National Grid [2]. (Thanks to Dave B. for the link.)
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From Chris S. comes a news account of YOYO [3] time: Brazil Mudslide Survivors Carry Food, Water to Those in Remote Village. [4]The mudslides have reportedly taken 600 lives [5].