■"Using Cellphone Signals to Limit Gridlock's Clutter," by Laura M. Holson, New York Times, 11 November 2005, p. C1.

You knew this was coming: government tracking cellphone calls in cars in order to track traffic. Brilliant, really, but scary to some.

But expect to see more of this, across a range of issues both profound and mundane.

Me, I worry not. It's the same old, same old trade on convenience/security versus privacy. I'll take the convenience and security.