We rented a car in NY last fall. The rental guy warned us that it was illegal there to talk on the phone while driving. He told us about a loophole, though: it was not illegal to text while driving.

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I"m not sure what psychogeography is. Wouldn't it see parish boundaries and railroad tracks as completely different landscapes? One "place" surrounds and limits something felt as Home and walking it is an act of protection. The other is a path away or through. Walking it might be an escape--or an invasion.

I notice no one has mentioned Federated Media. They list Boing Boing among "Our Authors." FM's website claims it was FM that negotiated a deal with MS to support its "new mobile post technology" thereby making this technology available to Boing Boing and its other "authors."

I made the same association as a couple other commenters: military tech. What's that about?

I had the chance to visit Minuteman Missile National (U.S.) Historic Site (www.nps.gov/mimi), where they've preserved an underground control room for launching missiles. Cozier than Hebig's sprawling consoles, but vastly evocative.