My brother called me this morning from Mac World. "They released the iPhone!" Sure enough, they did, and I'm loving it. Due to hit the streets in June. The only thing holding me back is the fact that it's Cingular (I'm on Verizon Wireless) and the $500 price tag.

The UI looks amazing. Finally a decent way to browse the web on a tiny device. I can't wait to play with one.

Monkey Treasure is going to be kicking off it's first treasure hunt in a few days. They will be posting clues on the website that lead to a treasure hidden somewhere in the Portland area. Everyone who signs up during the first hunt will be a Charter Member. Charter Members will receive $50 bonus prize in addition to the usual prize, which for the first week is either a Nintendo Wii, or a $250 Lloyd Center gift card.

Here's an update on the Random Box O Stuff I ordered. It came, but sadly I did not get any of the good stuff. I had ordered 2 boxes and they were packaged together. Here is what I received:

• Package of 12 Christmas cards
• A very smelly potpourri pillow
• An LED flashlight, 3 AAA batteries included
• Battery tester
• A scorpion necklace from the Estrella Collection (made in china)
• Dog tags?
• A Fix-it Maps guide to Extending Your Telephone Wiring
• Screwdriver kit (cheap)

Very exciting. I'm so glad I got this stuff instead of the PS3 or a Wii. Now at least I'll have some stuff to give at the next white elephant party.

The guys over at TenHunt.com just announced a new referal program called "You Win, I Win!". If you refer a friend, and they win the random participant prize, you win the same prize. The only requirement is that you must finish the hunt within the time limit.

Everyone sign-up with my referal code and let's win some prizes!

http://www.tenhunt.com/refer/?K0MiK

I just ordered a Random Box O Stuff from Home & Beyond. Three random items with the chance for a PS3 or Nintento Wii! I'll post the contents when it arrives.

Microsoft just released version 3 of their free network monitoring tool.

Here are some of the new features:

• A completely new user interface
• Real time capture and display of frames
• Simultaneous capture on multiple network adapters
• Multiple simultaneous capture sessions
• Network conversations and a tree view displaying frames by conversation
• A new script-based protocol parser language, and script-based parsers
• Support for Vista/Windows XP/Windows Server 2003
• Support for 32bit and 64bit platforms

Network Monitor 3 is available from Microsoft Connect.

If you use Gmail, this neat trick will let you know if anyone gives out your email address. When you sign up on a web site instead of entering username@gmail.com, put in username+websitecom@gmail.com. Gmail will ignore the + and everything following it, so you'll still get the email. To find out who is responsible for an email, you can click the Show Details link. You can also search for username+websitecom to see all of the messages sent to that address.

Source: Find out who gives away your email address with Gmail trick

Here's an interesting article from Steve Pavlina: 10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job. Let me know what you think.

Check out the cool puzzle adventure weffriddles. Careful, it's addicting!