The good thing about waking up in the middle of the night is that I tend then to sleep longer. I am not sure why this is, maybe there is just enough momentum in being that extra bit tired to stop me waking up quite so early. Regardless of why it is good. Before going to North Ryde I am hoping to pick up a PCB that I designed from the Post Office. If it is there it will be a pain since I then need to take it to near the airport before continuing on. We will see how things go there…

Given the issues with the XBox 360 power supplies, it comes as no surprise that someone has come up with the ultimate solution… Using a normat ATX power supply to run the XBox. The details are on the HackADay Web Site.

The Register is reporting that another user is selling posters of plasma screens. When they were caught they cancelled the auction suggesting that the bidders did not realise that they were not bidding on the poster but on the real thing. Also A florida SPAM organisation has been fined US$11b for sending Spam. The ISP does not expect to get a cent, but they like the message that the judgement sent.