Check out this article from Tom's Networking and, if you're using WEP, run, don't walk, to WPA.
Cooperative Linux is an open source project (on SourceForge) that lets you run Linux "alongside" Windows without using things like VMware or VirtualPC. No, it's not a Cygwin clone -- you actually run the Linux kernel AND Windows XP. It's been around for a while but I just found out about it.
This article lists 249 (or close to 249) "cool" hostnames using the various TLDs around. Examples? Sure, how about
mous.ep.ad (Andorra)
rut.aba.ga (Gabon)
spot.lig.ht (Haiti)
com.puser.ve (Venezuela)
del.icio.us (United States)
Chad ran across a good article about ontology and how categorization has become much more of a personal thing than it used to be. I'll refrain from starting a discussion about how the amount of personal information we all manage has become so much greater and just let you read Chad's weblog post as well as the original article. Suffice it to say that if I had a good way to tag more of my files, bookmarks and such I think I'd search less and find more.
Microsoft's free USB Flash Drive Manager is a utility that lets you backup your flash drive, control autorun and a few other things including backing up your wireless configuration settings, according to this week's Windows Tips & Tricks Update. This is a weekly enewsletter available free from the folks at Windows IT Pro. You can sign up for their enewsletters but don't bother trying to find this tip on their website until next week -- their article archive trails the newsletter by a week.
This article from ExtremeTech gives a good explanation about the power needs and also recommends a few brands. Good article if you're trying to build your own PC.