Published Apr 18, 2004

Like many in todays modern fabric wall-oriented culture, I work in a small cubicle. My cube is along a main aisle, and there’s a lot of traffic past my desk during the day. Sadly, all the desk surfaces in my cube face away from the entrance. So my work often includes looking over my shoulder to see who’s watching me do obscene things in Quark or, God forbid, visiting espn.com to see if Baltimore’s finally found somebody to catch the ball.

So I bought a rear-view mirror from Target and stuck it above my computer monitor. Now I can watch people walk by in complete secrecy.