Click and Hold on any of the information field titles in an address book entry, and you'll see a contextual menu. (I love the way that Apple make this contextual menu not a contextual menu, but such is life). You can do all sorts of things: email, iChat, etc. If you do this with a phone number, it will make the phone number larger.

I'm not talking 24 pt font here, ladies - looks like 72 pt from here. Nice and big, overlayed over the whole screen, so you can see it. It doesn't go away until you click it.

To see it for yourself:

• Find someone's entry in Address Book.
• Click and hold where it says "mobile" and Home. That text, as well as the number, should now have a grayish background.
• Choose "Large Type"

This happened three or four times in college - a friend would be walking by, one that normally would have said something - and walks by without seeing me. (Yes, they could have been distracted, but read on). I met people and they pretty much forget that they met me. Am I that non-important? Do I just not make an impression (at all)?

I almost hate to "re-meet" those kind of people. Will I remember something from one of our previous conversations, bring it up, then spook them out (a "How did you know that!" kind of weirdness.) I hate to see "Umm... you told me", 'cause that brings up the whole other conversation that they don't remember.

Given this, I'm fairly certain that either I have a better memory than most people, or they never really noticed me in the first place (hence the invisibility bit). Of course, maybe it averages out - today I couldn't remember much at all.

If I have a conversation with you, chances are that I'll remember it. Now, I might not remember your name, but I will probably remember details about the conversation we shared.

Of course, that's where it goes from fun to scary, for both parties. Scary for the other person, 'cause they might not (and probably don't) remember saying most of the stuff they said earlier - who is this weirdo, anyway, a stalker? Scary for me of course, since I'm not a stalker, but will they think I am if I pull out random details about our previous conversation? Or will they think that I remember them?

This variety of chicken really doesn't appeal to me. I like finding out more about people, making friends, etc - it's a lot of fun - but people don't talk to stalkers (at all).

People don't seem to talk to me much anyway. I know people who pretty much have cult-like followings on AIM. Me? It's a big night if I get two people trying to chat with me.

And the attention I do draw seems to just be More Stupid People. People that AIM me thinking I'm someone else. People honking at me when I'm walking down the road at night (I don't wave 'cause I can't see you - it's dark, that's the point).

I walked probably 3-4 miles yesterday. From the middle of town to the Walmart at the other end of town, and back. Must have had about 5 people honk at me. If you see me walking down the roads of my hometown, please don't honk at me.

And, tip: after about a mile, sandals start to hurt your feet. At least mine do. I've got two blisters to prove the matter. Two very hurtful blisters.

Posting from NetNewsWire... will Radio get it's act together and post this to my front page already?

Now I can edit and hack that file to my little heart's delight.... but pardon the dust as I move into this new flanged theme...

Now let's try to get Mr. Mulder back up where he belongs (sidebar). Take two... Take three... Trying it another way... (Yeah! That worked!)