Boston.com's DigitalMass has removed its archives, including all the columns I wrote for the site. Here are some of my favorites, minus all the schmancy corporate formatting.

Sisters Are Doing 'Net for Themselves
This may sound like something out of the Weekly World News, but you'll just have to trust my journalistic integrity: There are a bunch of nuns in Jamaica Plain who carry beepers, use e-mail, rollerblade, run an e-commerce site, and occasionally appear on the Game Show Network.

A Day in the Life of a Geek Stripper
Talk about revenge of the nerds: Rion was an antisocial workaholic throughout high school and college. Then he put himself through grad school at Harvard working as an exotic dancer.

The People's Republic of Lego
Is a robotic dog made of Lego bricks guarding the cubicle next door?

Your Mother Wears Virtual Combat Boots
There's a stereotype surrounding serious computer gamers, and I can sum it up in two words: geeky boys. But in the world of 'Net games, no one knows you're a 43-year-old grandmother, or that you're nursing your baby while you play.

A Spy in the House of Linux
Some journalists get in trouble for stock trades and muckraking. Here's the confession that will surely prompt cries for my resignation: I use Windows. Worse yet, a night with the Boston Linux & Unix User Group didn't change my mind.

All the Right Ingredients
You hear the phrase "digital divide" a lot lately. Many bright people aren't entirely sure how to equally distribute technology, including attendees of Harvard's recent Internet & Society conference. But just eleven Red Line stops south in Dorchester, a movement is quietly bridging the divide every day.

Local Filmmaker Wins...The Sparky?
Earlier this week, I got online and streamed a movie promising "A new take on the world's oldest profession." Whoa, it's not what you're thinking.