Commerce crazy

Last night a friend of mine mentioned that she wanted to get a Wii for her nephew, but had trouble finding one - they're in short supply. "But wait!" you say. "Didn't the Wii come out ages ago? How can there still be supply problems?!"

Yeah, I know - weird, huh? In any case, technology to the rescue! Someone's built an entire website whose sole purpose is to monitor a bunch of online stores & send you a text message when the object of your tech-crush becomes available.

I'm sure I should be able to make some pithy comment about the consumer lifestyle and the spirit of Christmas here, but somehow, words fail me.