Strange but true...
Sometimes the postings from the folks at Slashdot are a scream. Here's a good example :
"Shades of E.E. "Doc" Smith! Thomas Gee has made an 802.11 antenna from
an old floppy disk and a paper clip. He credits this site for the
inspiration (featuring an antenna from an old ice cream spoon). As
MacPlus comments: "It's stylish, effective, and doesn't detract from
that `everything computing' ambience in your home."