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Boosting WiFi in the home with "Wi-Fire" ($50) - see http://www.hfield.com/

For networking "newbies" - 1 TB storage = $130. "GoFlex Home Network Storage System" See http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/network_storage/home-network-storage: "The GoFlex™ Home network storage system supports the external storage needs of every computer in your home, on one device." >Connects to your WiFi router, allowing you to wirelessly store and access files and back up multiple PC and Mac® computers in your home* >Store files in a central location on your network--use one drive for all your storage and backup needs >Wirelessly share a USB printer with every PC and Mac® in your home >Access your files over the Internet from computers and mobile devices when outside of the home

Especially Virgin Mobile's Novatel, via Sprint 3G (except no roaming) - only $40/mo. Only connection to desktop must be wireless (no USB connector for communication). Need wall charger. No contract; sign on & "pre-pay" as needed. Can provide high-speed for laptop OR computer.

Small, slim with HD videO

iPhone aps to alter photos ($1-3)

Safire describes the differences in nuance and spelling between the Yiddish noodge and the English nudge, with a political context

letters by Daniel Dennett, Judith Shapiro & others (incl F.Smith) pro & con & in between

Shakespeare in the Park tickets can now be requested online, and TKTS has smaller satellite booths in Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan.

After 4 years, Matt Gross is handing in his Frugal Traveler badge, but he forever remains an eager, untiring traveler - and, depending on your point of view, a frugal one.

The Douro winemaking region offers breathtaking views, cities that invite exploring and the delight of discovering it all for yourself.

Larry King interview

A nun at a Catholic hospital in Phoenix has been excommunicated for allowing an abortion to be performed on a woman who doctors say would otherwise have died. Sister Margaret McBride may also be expelled from her order. Now, there's a debate about the church's quick, severe penalty while it waited years to punish pedophile priests.">

The pope's friend and former student stirs up the Vatican by questioning celibacy, current attitudes towards gay relationships, and church conduct in the sex abuse scandal.

Franklin Graham attacks Islam (& Hinduism) & asserts US is only Judeo-Christian in its roots. "Muslims do not worship the same God I do."