I was interested when I heard of 
this study which constrasts maximizers (people who try to always find the best one) with satisficers (people who look for "good enough" and then choose), because this captures an essential difference between Alisa and me. Alisa always wants to have all of the evidence, whereas I'm much more willing to make a quick perusal of what's available and make a decision. One thing that I believe is missing from the article referenced is that if you're trying to identify the best one, you're actually at greater risk of getting caught up in a scam. Scam artists try to make their schemes look like the best one, so as you narrow the pool, you're more likely to end up choosing one of them.
I'm watching the Macworld Keynote (via streaming video). Neat stuff! Right now they're showing Rendezvous Photosharing in iPhoto, which would have been nifty when I was visiting Phil last summer. He had taken a bunch of pictures at the family reunion and we had to work a bit to exchange the pictures. I still think that Apple's solution (which is that every client should be a server) is the wrong one. I really don't want to base anything important off of a service that comes and goes. By the same token, Apple does provide the ".mac" service, which provides people with server space. I still like having my own server, but I guess I'm just weird.
This morning, a bunch of folks were hoping that the new iPod mini would be at the $100 or $150 level, but unfortunately it's $250. That makes them only a few bucks cheaper than the regular iPod. Oh, well.
StevenBrewer