Google's recent industry-leading push to make online content accessible to offline users begs the question: will this be the beginning of a larger move to unplug our lives? And if so, which aspects of our lives can we translate to a low-tech setting? Phone calls come to mind. I was doing some research into the history of communication, and it turns out that, long before everyone carried around a cell phone, those primitive kooks used to do something called "talking to each other." Crazy, I know.

Well, what about texting? Our ancestors once engaged in a ritual called "passing notes," most likely having to do with going to the store to pick up a wooly mammoth hide, or a spree of random velociraptor attacks occurring throughout the countryside. If you're not willing to get that primitive (and I can't say I blame you), these Momiji Dolls might do the trick.

I wasn't fully convinced of their value until I saw the above comic strip. BFFs in three easy steps. Boy, that Barry Scott fellow is one lucky guy.