A Web Server on a USB key

WebServUSB - World Smallest Web Server in a USB plug!

Host your website from this USB device. Includes HTTP/FTP, POP3/SMTP, CGI, PHP, MySQL, and Flash. Clever idea...

SmackBook

Imagine being able to smack your computer to make it do something productive! A laptop where you can get the benefit of a multi-display setup, but with a single screen.

PayPal Follow Up

Ok, for those that are interested, I did end up getting my money back. In fact, thanks to the exchange rate changes, I actually MADE some money out of this deal. :-) It took out 620 Great British Pounds on 4/12/2006 which at that time was equal to $1,113.66. Yesterday, 5/22/2006, I received my deposit of 620 Great British Pounds. With today's exchange rate from GBP to USD, the deposit was equal to $1,138.41. I will, however, note that I received NO correspondence from PayPal from the time I filed the complaint (5/12/2006) until I saw that the money was reimbursed (5/22/2006) by randomly checking my PayPal balance online. Either way, I'm happy to report it all worked out.

PS, If you're curious as to why the blogging has slowed down, it's simply because my "auto blogging" feature out of IE has stopped working. I'll create my post, and when I hit Post, it simply erases everything I wrote. Not sure, but it's much more work to actually go to www.blogger.com to create posts, so thus the slow down. :-)

Google Notebook

It's live and kicking. What does everyone think about it? I'm not sure if this is something I'll use or not. If it supported RSS feeds, one could use it as a blog site! I'm sure, like Gmail, this will have features pouring in to make it more useful. Or maybe it will never graduate to beta...

PayPal Hacked!

I had quite the experience tonight. I was opening my mail, and was skimming my bank statement. To my surprise, I found a transfer on April 12th to PayPal for $1,200! I knew that couldn't be right, so I logged into PayPal and checked the history. Sure enough, on April 12th, I had $1,200 pulled from my account, converted to British Pounds, then sent to an Ashley Roberts! I checked the details on the transfer to Ms. Roberts and found it was for an ebay listing. I clicked through on the ebay listing and discovered that I had purchased an Acer Ferarri laptop in the UK! However, I wasn't even the high bidder. So, I called PayPal and they assured me that I would get my money back and I should definitely change my password. The wierd thing is that it's pretty cryptic! It's random letters with a number thrown in. Also, they didn't change my password or buy anything else. Very, very odd. It can certainly happen to anyone!

Is Google still about searches?

Official Google Blog: Yes, we are still all about search

Google debriefs on Google Co-op, Google Desktop 4, Google Notebook (coming soon), and Google Trends...

Motion sensitive controllers for Wii

TechEBlog » Miyamoto Plays Wii Sports (Tennis)

Nintendo Wii has motion sensitive controllers. I think there's going to be some very interesting game play in the near future!

Playstation 3 release date/pricing announced

Wowza. $599 for a video game console. The $99 PS2 is looking pretty nice right now. :-)

Beating mario in just over 5 minutes

Here's a clip of a guy that beat Super Mario in 5 minutes and 4 seconds. Lots of interesting "backwards running and jumping." Maybe it's a faster way to run through the levels. I would never dream of conquering this game in just over 5 minutes, but it can be done!

New Apple Commercials

Apple has just begun airing a set of new commercials, which compare the PC and Mac. I saw one of these on TV last night and thought it was hilarious.