I was wondering if anyone was going to catch that one. Wear-hard, certainly, won't take up much of your time. It's just about dead these days, but every now and then someone talks about their rig which usually triggers a bunch of responses like yours. I don't think smartphones are quite there yet. Most of the way, though. A bluetooth twiddler would about do it.

Lists I can ignore (e.g. everything but the security -announce lists) go in their own folders to be ignored, most of the time. but they are a good substitute for HN, if you want a more technically oriented and less business oriented discussion, and they are essential if you really want to figure out a tough bug or add a new feature, so having a presence on the mailing lists (even if you don't read them every day) is really useful.