I have, for some time tried to get Linux to work with my laptop - an old slab of a thing - Toshiba Tecra 8000 (PII 400)
It's been... interesting. Finally, after many, many, many distros, I've found one that'll both install, and find it's way to providing a GUI. (DSL doesn't count)

Vector - recommended

Trent's done it again - this time he's giving everybody The Slip
Go DL it.

As you may have heard, NIN have some new music out. - Ghosts I
Check your local friendly Bit Torrent tracker for (Drumroll please!)... *nine (DRM) free tracks!* >>>Ghosts I<<<
Yep, completely free and unencumbered. If you like them, buy the whole lot in one of a bunch of formats. If you don't like it, buy it anyway, just to spite Big Music™!
That's right - all the money (however much you spend) completely bypasses the RIAA et al.

Oh, yeah - Trent Reznor FTW!

Here is (IMHO, of course) the best use of the Gooogle Maps API yet - The EMSC-CSEM near-realtime earthquake mapping... thing.
Just click on the map to go to an earthquake. Who knew there were so many?

I don't normally do things just to annoy people. No, really...

This annoyance, however is an open request from a certain aussie.