Victrola ^[1], my favorite 15th Avenue cafe is doing it’s part to enforce the five-day work week. People who show up on weekends as part of the sea of iBooks will find that that while their caffeine addiction is satisfied, their compulsive need to check the internet won’t be indulged. [wi-fi net news ^[2]]

The experimental wifi-free weekends combines an effort to reduce the wall of laptops to restore cafe culture with an attempt at keeping wireless freeloaders from camping out for hours without buying things. Apparently the owners hope that the absence of the internet will restore the climate in which people lingered at the cafe, yet felt comfortable talking to strangers.

Of course, the plan could backfire if the gain in other conversation starters is outweighed by the reduction in the time-honored modern people-meeting strategies: asking to share power outlets or adaptors, iTunes flirting [al3x.net ^[3]], or spontaneous Rendezvous chats.

( via joe [lj ^[4]])