How would you like to live off the Internet for a year? That’s what this guy is doing in Texas. And he’s legally changed his name to DotComGuy. Even his own mother calls him that. Hmm. DotComGuy even cameras all over his house so the world can watch him. The other night I watched him load his dishwasher for five minutes. It was like a bad car accident: I couldn’t turn my head away.Speaking of web cameras, my brother Ryan has respectfully submitted that I include a link to his web cam. I’m stalki . . . uh . . . watching you, Ryan.

I get such a kick out of people who keep personal diaries on the web. I first saw this at one of my favorite newspaper columnist’s web sites, www.lileks.com. He calls his column “The Daily Bleat.” It’s pretty good, I’d say — after all, he is a professional columnist. And I love his column in the StarTribune. I even wrote to him once and he published my letter. But back to web diaries. Here’s another one: www.lemonyellow.com.