Unfortunately, that story has a rather bad ending[1], but I guess most people don't read that far.

"Finally, and most disturbingly, Jeff was not heard from again. I personally e-mailed him for permission to run his story on ZUG, but after an initial response, I never heard from him again. All of his Web sites have come down, and he is nowhere to be found."

[1] http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/index04.html