My usual "computer on" ritual probably doesn't differ all that much from yours.  I checka the email, look for my reminders, look at cnn and msn, sometimes asp.net, wired, popular science or tomshardware and I usually glance over a few articles, nothing too involved but required moring crud.  I've been seeing a lot of articles about new cars.  Maybe the car gods are attempting to speak to me, maybe they're planning on taking my car(s) away somehow.  Oh well, regardless, I'm not big on dropping 30, 40, 50, 100, 150, or 250k on a car, I just can't (I mauled over a 1200 laptop for 2 weeks ok?).  And a bigger question, WHY?!  There's so many awesome, uber cool USED cars out there for under 30k, WELL under.  Cars are made (or rather, have been made) better than ever, so they last longer. 

My 96 is still doing just fine, 120k+ miles and all and yes, I am guilty, I have been looking for a new car (more like a suppliment).  Probably something around 2000-2005 and I don't mean those econo box "throw away" car that no one wants -- no, you get something that WAS majorly expensive and -had- to have been taken care of ...like luxuary cars.  A wonderful case in point ...what if you could have a convertable, 2 seater, v12 (!!) with around 400 horse for under 30k?  You know, mercedes has been making this little gem called an SL600 since 1992 ...and they recently changed body styles so paching! cheaper!  Brand new ones peak at 187k ...used ones in the old body ...38k.  Of course there's differences but so what!?  I'd kill for one of these.  Aw, a v12, how cool is that.