Open Zaurus 3.2 and big memory
Openzaurus for the SL-5500 seems to be stuck in kernel 2.4 zone forever since it requires a binary driver for the SD/MMC card reader whick has been hacked to allow up to 1 Gigabyte cards. I have a new 2G USB-SD card that when used with a CF to SD converter card works in the top slot. I find that the mediaplayer doesn't reliably read from the 2G card but most other programs have no problem. If I want to change my music inventory I can just move the files form the big SD card to the MMC card in the side slot.
What I now carry in my PDA pouch Zaurus SL-5500 with 1G SD card installed, CF to SD card adaptor with 2G SD/USB card (Damn Small linux installed on card along with windows portable apps like Putty-SSH, Firefox Web, Filezilla FTP, and a collection of E-books) And a Symbol CF WiFi card (rebadged socket wifi card)

Dahon Boardwalk vs Dahon Speed 8
I love my Dahon
but I have found that the Boardwalk bikes are unable to use standard derailers without sandwiching a hanger into the rear axle, not so cool. Now I have to decide wether to stick with my current bike or drop $500 on a nice new Speed with standard SRAM parts, metal pedals(if I can get an '06) and a better frame.

Portable DVD player
I was gifted this little gadget in the hopes I could fix the dodgy video playback, fixed no prob. It is a funny little gadget in that it fills a niche we dont really have. Even after I unlocked the regioning our DVD collection which have also come as gifts is just as easily played on our laptop. I suppose It is useful for playing kids videos without wasting a terminal but I hate exposing our kids to so much "good" TV even though we dont even own a television. What I dislike is I am unable to play downloaded content everything this can play must be burned or bought on a DVD, too bad it doesnt read USB disks or SD cards.  ¶ 5:22 AM