Mmkay. I took that wild idea of selling advertising space on my
laptop and ran with it. I put up a page, I've taken new photos, and I'm waiting for AdSense to get approved. Please digg and del.icio.us and forward my advertising page! <laugh>

No, I don't expect to raise a million dollars through this, although
that would certainly help me not worry about funding graduate school
and even move out of the shared double room I currently live in. ;)

I've built it. Will anyone bite? If not, hey, I've got a bunch of
laptop signs I've been meaning to make…

I expect to get a good story or two out of it, though. Simon thinks
it's probably more trouble than it's worth. <laugh> Perhaps for
him it would be—he's already used to earning money. *I* think that
whether or not I'll actually be able to buy myself a cup of hot
chocolate from the proceeds, it'll still be totally worth it for the
experience.

If nothing else, it was great just forcing myself to learn how to set
up a totally small-time e-commerce thing. =) I want to get better and
better at chasing wild ideas and getting them off the ground quickly,
like the way situational apps seize the moment. This will probably
help me out a lot in the long run!

I have a feeling that there are the seeds of a semi-business in here
somewhere. I don't mind letting the idea go so that other people can
take advantage of it. Have fun and make cool things happen!