Is E-Bay haunted?

Another post-modern sign o' the times: Amongst the items available for auctioning on e-bay, recently you can find ghosts! The idea - despite its simplicity - is catchy. You are buying an old stick that is supposedly haunted by an old man's ghost, and by that you are providing peace of mind to his nephew who is so-ooo afraid. This scenario was actually believed and the highest bidder reached up to $30.000 for the stick!

Of course after that, people started selling all kinds of ghosts, ghouls, goblins, haunted mansions, and so on. There was also a case where someone advertised: "Why wait for this grandpa's soul to become a ghost? Pre-order Now!" (The poor old folk was still alive and smiling at the photo!). If these facts don't exceed imagination then what does? I wonder what kind of feedback the sellers receive...

Somebody call the Ghostbusters!

Virtual Mobile Noise

I just read that mobile phones have been enhanced with another breakthrough contraption! A German company has released an add-on for Nokia phones that makes custom enviroment noises while-u-talk. For example You can choose to play sounds of a busy street or a wild jungle while on the phone.

This is an old trick, but now with easily exchangeable and programmable sounds you can have the perfect excuses for being late. I would like to insert movie sounds in it: "Sorry I'm late but we are being attacked by terrorists", "I can't get out from this traffic-jam soon, Godzilla is in the way"...