got this from Daniel's site.. The Dead Man's Switch... really handy and solves one of these perplexing questions that has been running around in my head for a while.. namely, how do you tell your pure blog friends (i.e. those people who know about your existence only through your blog - not those friends who read your blog but whom you can actually meet up with for coffee also). What happens if one day (umm...) I was really gone, away to the big furry Heaven. never to blog another entry again. How would I be able to inform all these people.. they will wait and wait for another entry..for days, for weeks and then for years.. never knowing the truth..

so this auto switch thingey seems really handy - it can be scheduled to automatically carry out a series of tasks, such as posting messages to websites, sending e-mails to loved ones (or hated ones), and encrypting or destroying sensitive files if it is not reset by a certain pre-set date... like a good friend who knows your deathbed wishes... eeks...