A couple of weeks ago, a writer from the NYT contacted me to see if I had anything clever to say about pretending to be on my cell phone when I’m not. I didn’t, so she didn’t interview me, but here’s the article I’m not in anyway:

Reach Out and Touch No One
By AMY HARMON

It’s weird how many people aren’t actually using any of their minutes. Do any of you do this? Pretend to be on the phone? Maybe you’d need this subterfuge more if you lived in a state with more than 80 people in it. Out here, you can see ’em coming from miles away and can escape! LOL!

Finally you get in shape with your PS2: Is this fun, or stupid? A video game that takes the place of a personal trainer?

If I bought it, it might make me vacuum the living room floor more often (so I could do yoga on it), and that can only be good.

My dad is finally blogging again. Hit the road in pictures (Death Valley!) at Chaos Leaves Town.

For my own use, a handy list of Basic Unix Commands.

Today I joined BookCrossing and soon I’ll be leaving books all over the damn place.

I enjoyed this process when it was dollar bills, so I can’t see why I won’t enjoy it even more with paperbacks. (Thanks to Let Me Make My Point(e) for the link.)

How to Build an H-Bomb in your kitchen.

Who wants to be a passive victim of nuclear war when, with a little effort, you can be an active participant?

To the growing frustration and annoyance of Microsoft’s management, Apple Computer’s iPod is wildly popular among Microsoft’s workers: Wired News: Hide Your IPod, Here Comes Bill.