USB Powered Coffee
Note to self: When you unplug the USB connector from your iPod and it's still connected to your notebook, don't just idly toss it across the desk. It might land in your coffee cup which might still have coffee in it. That might cause your notebook to start telling you that the device attached to the USB seems to be malfunctioning and try as it might, not be able to make sense of what's at the end of the cable. You might also be glad you purchased a serious notebook with a serious power supply (Inspiron 9100) that every one keeps telling you is like some sort of power station. Well, this *might* happen :-(
This also reminded me of Raymond Chen's great post a while back: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/10/24/484129.aspx about odd things on the end of your cable.