Seems there’s a growing trend of taking your cell phone with you when you go to meet your maker. I think this is more a comment on the intimacy some people feel for their cell phone than on burial practices per se. I can actually empathize. I’ve noticed that I’m much less comfortable allowing someone else to use my laptop, which is pretty heavily personalized, then my desktop.

Paypal has launched Paypal Mobile and some people think it’s the Next Thing. I’m a bit skeptical — seems a lot more complicated to text someone money than to hand them a fiver.

Two photos floating around today you shouldn’t miss: moon shadows and Jupiter’s butt.

Piercing of any kind is not for me. Watching my wife put in earrings makes me squeamish. But for those of you who have no such aversions, here’s a set of do-it-yourself instructions for implanting an RFID chip in your hand.

The Grey Lady takes exception to the White House’s plan to sell National Forest land to fund rural schools and reduce the deficit. Whatever you may think of this particular plan, it’s hard to argue with the editorial’s opening line: “It’s rarely a good idea to sell off assets to pay normal operating expenses.”