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I just saw this slashdotted article: 
http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/dermouse.html

Just to satisfy my curiosity, is it the sort of thing that can be implemented 
as a GEOM layer?  The idea is bloody clever but sounds like a bit of a hack 
right now.

Ashley