Michael Sippey: "I don't miss Wired... I miss the idea of Wired." Me too. I miss the days when a fat bundle of overcaffeinated optimism showed up in my mailbox. I've even kept clippings from old issues of The Industry Standard, like old love letters, to remind me of what life used to be like. All of us are in a rough spot right now – economically, politically, and quite often romantically. When I get a chance, I'll probably pick up a copy of Gary Wolf's Wired: A Romance, a bottle of whiskey and sit alone in a lonely room.

Play it, Sam.