heh, poor Jon Katz lost his career in tech journalism after he made up a story about an afghan geek boy who was in touch with the world throughout the Taliban rule via his home made Commodore computer powered by car battery and running linux, or some such. It was the most bizarre lie, totally pandering to the slashdot crowd and the brave new world that was post-911 interweb.

edit, see contraversy

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Katz