Am I the only one who thinks of the Sex Pistols song "EMI" every time one of these insane stories sees print?

Unlimited supply (E.M.I)
There is no reason why (E.M.I)
I tell you it was all a frame (E.M.I)
They only did it 'cos of fame (E.M.I)
I do not need the pressure (E.M.I)
I can't stand those useless fools (E.M.I)
Unlimited supply (E.M.I)
Hello E.M.I
Goodbye A & M

Of course, let's link to an online service which is hosting this file:

http://tinyurl.com/58x46p

Steve Gerber died with his writing boots on. Check http://www.stevegerber.com/sgblog/ for some of his last entries.

He affected many of us at an impressionable age, esp with stories like "The Kid's Night Out" in Man-Thing.

Hey, you might want to check out Tiny Book of Tiny Houses by Lester R. Walker.

Here is the Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/Tiny-Book-Houses-Lester-Walker/dp/0879515104

Plus, someone must have sent you a link to http://www.apartmenttherapy.com by now...they had a neat contest this year to see what people did with their tiny living spaces.

The link points to NY Mag's blog. (Which has a funny take, & is one of my daily reads, so nothing negative is implied here.) But the link to the actual Wired article is http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/magazine/15-12/mf_morris?currentPage=all

I have a low opinion of music industry execs, but a reference to the Schmoo, from Lil Abner, is actually a sign of cultural literacy, albeit from a jerk.

Just to get the taste of throwup out of your mouth after reading about these assholes, why not return to Steve Albini's classic digestif?

http://www.csun.edu/CommunicationStudies/ben/news/albini.html

If all you want is Contacts (vcard) and some basic info, consider the Samsung i500, available on EBay. This phone is Sprint only, but at $15.00/mo all you can eat internet/email it is an interesting choice.

I got one for less than $70.00. It is the smallest Palm phone, at least waiting for the Centro.

I know Palm has alot of haters, but this is a really user friendly answer to "I just want to carry the data around on a portable device."