Well, you may think that article offers bad advice, but I have a couple of points, neither advisable:

1. I networked my house with wires a few months back. It was _seriously_ easy- I used solid core cable evrywhere, and generic RJ45 cable crimps and a crimping tool that I got from a car boot sale. One of the wires was too short, so I snipped off the connector, made a new wire witna crimp on one end, and twisted the wires together, in the right order, and sellotaped them together. I may have a picture somehwere. However, 7 months on, This connection still works, So Don't be too prudish with solid core.

2. I used standard cat5 (100mbit) cable, and having stripped a bit off the end, I burnt it. (Nothing else to do, I'm a pyro at heart anyway) and it wouldn't burn. *Most/all 94-0v rated cable is fire retardent. Try it.*

So if a 15 year old kid can wire a house and make his own cables from solid core UTP cat5e cable, crimp them, run them under carpets, floorboards and the like, and it still work, then I think that anyone who is seriously considering wiring their house can do it. Just get some extra research in.

Come on, what else is christmas for? ^_^ I love my iPod. It's the platform people always choose to hack so it always has the best games hacks, hardware and software hacks. And people, I don't know if it's the same in america, but when my iPod gets too scratched or dented (about once a month, actually, i use the shit out of it, and i use it on rockbox) i take it back to Argos (Sears for all you Yankees.) Ive had about 8 since last christmas. I really don't mind buying a new one each year - a year! omgwtfbbqshrimp!! - so long as they keep the quality high.

Yeah, or some coin from the UK :D that'd be handy!