I was reading an article today about a rising trend–people getting buried with their favorite technology.  Apparently people love their geeky gear SO much they don’t want to part with it once they shuffle off this mortal coil.  From the article:

“It seems that everyone under 40 who dies takes their cell phone with them,” says Noelle Potvin, family service counselor for Hollywood Forever, a funeral home and cemetery in Hollywood, Calif. “It’s a trend with BlackBerrys, too. We even had one guy who was buried with his Game Boy.”

Don’t get me wrong…I LOVE my gadgets.  I rarely leave the house without at least my iPhone in tow, if not also my Nintendo DS, digital camera, and Asus Eee PC.  But there’s something just a little creepy to me about making sure that among the funeral directives and wishes you put together for your family or spouse is something along the lines of “Bury me with my iPod.”  Apparently one guy even arranged for his beloved Bluetooth headset to be affixed to his ear during the showings before the funeral.  But, I don’t know…the article also mentions that it can be comforting for people to know that their deceased loved ones have something with them that they loved, much along the lines of the ancient Egyptians being buried with treasured possessions.  I can see how that might be the case.

Now the burning question on my mind is…do all iPods go to heaven?