Brief update for friends: I've cancelled my accounts on Friendster, Orkut, and LinkedIn, simply because I never seem to find myself with any reason whatsoever to use those services. (Same reason I own neither a PDA nor an iPod. They'd spend 99.9999% of their existence forgotten in a drawer somewhere.)

I guess "Not a gadget person" doesn't begin to describe me. Not even virtual gadgets do much for me. (This woman was an undergraduate engineering major? Sheesh -- talk about early mis-steps!) The only exception seems to be my laptop, to which I'm uncommonly addicted. I do have to acquire a new camera soon, for sort-of-work-related purposes, and I'm sure the process will become a source of amusement. At the very least, I hope that I can find a model that comes with a thumb leash.