Here’s a tip on how to escape from a long faculty meeting:  The Popularity Dialer will call you on your cell phone at an appointed time:

Have you ever been in a situation where you wished your cell phone would ring? … [M]aybe you just needed an excuse to escape from an unpleasant meeting. With The Popularity Dialer, you can plan ahead. Via a web interface, you can choose to have your phone called at a particular time (or several times). At the elected time, your phone will be dialed and you will hear a prerecorded message that’s one half of a conversation. Thus, you will be prompted to have a fake conversation and will easily fool those around you.

(Hat Tip:  Law Librarian Blog.)