Sorry about the unsigned things. I'm not in the habit yet. I never use the tilde for anything! 

 The article I was talking about was indeed the Wired magazine article. Again, I'm not sure the one who wrote it is indeed the one who wrote the book. 

 Parkette... I haven't been there in a long time. My wife's family all live on the south side. 

 Ale 8! I was just missing that last week. A restaurant recently opened up here that sells over 800 kinds of soda. They have something like 50 varieties of ginger ale, and NONE of them are Ale 8. Bummer.