Got a server maintenance message when I visited the Scratch 2.0 website, and I had two immediate reactions. First, Scratch 2.0 is dependent on a working internet connection, and there are many points of failure for the internet.

Second, the maintenance message instructs you to download Scratch 1.4! I’m wondering why the link doesn’t point to the Scratch 2.0 offline editor.

Now the internet and websites go up and down like a yo-yo. It’s a fact of life. Are you protected? Do you have an offline version of Scratch installed on your computer? You should.

Here are the offline versions:

• Scratch 1.4 (works on Linux)
• Scratch 2.0