Eliot sat before the glow of his screen. It was early Monday morning, too early for most people to be in the office and still quiet enough for him to indulge in the ritual that burned away the pleasant and comforting fog of the weekend...strong coffee, e-mail, and a little Web surfing. Subscribing to several lists and having a bookmarked list of pertinent sites kept him in the loop on developments in the computing industry that might impact his day-to-day life. Add to that a liberal dose of humor, such as the UserFriendly Web site, and he'd developed a routine that he followed every Monday morning before the other employees of the telecomm company he worked for began trickling in and logging on to the network. After all, in any given week, it was this time that offered the only single, contiguous period of quiet.
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