Night Owl Cards

  Earlier this year AT&T ended directory assistance for landline users. A couple years before that it ended the service for wireless callers. Dialing "411" or "0" for information was a way of life for phone users for decades. I remember dialing "0" as a kid and "0" was the most fascinating number on the dial because of its special ability, you could get another human on the other end just by pressing a single button (or making that rotary dial spin all the way around). I didn't use "411" but I became aware of it later, and thanks to a couple of musical references (Mary J. Blige's debut album, "What's the 411?" is now 30 years old), I knew it meant the key to unlock information. In today's internet age, a service like that is pretty meaningless since we're all staring at screens. I can't imagine people are still dialing 411 or 0, although I guess other phone carriers still offer it for a fee. I am pr...