It Takes Work to Stop Work

I read a story (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/fashion/02sabbath.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=technology), today about a reporter who took a day off of technology. He decided he wanted to do this when he was on a plane flight and decided to call someone from their phones on the plane. He realized then that even his one moment where he was allowed to be away from his phone was taken away now. His decision to do this made start worrying that he would make people worry about him because they couldn't get in touch or if something bad happened he wouldn't be able to find out about it. He couldn't decide if he was addicted to technology or if this really was a logical worry. The first day he tried this he said he was ansy for the first part of the day but he read the entire newspaper and kept himself from thinking about all the work he was going to have to do the next day. Now he takes time off regularly and has time to read, take naps and exercise.
I thought this was a great idea. I don't know about an entire day but having some time every now and then set for no technology I think would be a great idea for everyone. The story also talks about other ways people have used this theory. For example, Nathan Zeldes, a principal engineer at Intel, is trying out the idea of every week having one morning where employees come to work but don't work online.