Behold the magical power of GSM cellphone networks! Today I walked into the Cingular office at Imperial and Randolph, plopped down USD 25, popped a brand new SIM card into my phone, and now have a US number. Call me at 714-277-6800 714-277-8600. Or I'll call you.

And when I fly back home, I can just replace it with my old China Mobile SIM card and be right back where I started.

I also picked up a power cord at Fry's. It's good to be back on a Linux box.

Here I go spreading disinformation. The correct phone number has been edited above.