Text messaging — speedily delivered, unobtrusive, and concise — is among the more perfect forms of communication. Not only can you re-live the fun of passing notes in class, you can also use SMS to get advice from Google or to vote for your favorite amateur performer in reality competitions. Now, a strange web application called wiffiti allows you to communicate with patrons of the Hurricane without even needing to set foot in the twenty-four hour diner.

Sure, you could send messages to the flatscreen while you’re there, nursing, creating, or trying to avert a hangover, but missives from the great beyond seem all the more diabolical and entertaining.