Jaw Bone

This does a real good job of killing the external noise.

http://store.jawbone.com/store/aliphcom/DisplayHomePage

Uses NoiseAssassin.

Nice Tablet for Less than $600

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5688196&Sku=A685-0066

This is a nice looking tablet for a reasonable price.

File Sharing with Pogoplug NAS

http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/12/21/review-second-generation-pogoplug-nas/

Looks pretty nice.  Actually transcodes video files automatically.  This lets you display it on your IPOD.  Also has a Android app.  Is is build upon Linux which they don't hide.  The Linux platform is OpenPogo.  You share everything through their server.

There is also TonidoPlug based on Ubuntu.  This seems to support sharing applications which is cool.  It is based on SheevaPlug.  Is PogoPlug based on SheevaPlug?  Lets you share using your own static IP or through DynDNS.com.

Is available from buy.com for $98.00.