Hey, my computer is bothering me while I am working

I saw this article in the NYT linked from Nelson's Blog. I had to laugh.

When I really want to concentrate on work, I boot a no-frills Linux distro, don't check my email frequently, and have my wife answer the telephone. As Ellen Ullman points out in this article, Windows users do get interupted and they do not have as much control over this process :-)

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