Took a bus on Monday. (Victoria Day here in Canada).
Comfortable ride.
Not a long ride.
Got off the bus at the stop just 50 yards from my home.
Walked and whistled.
Arrived home and was hungry.
Opened the fridge, pizza pocket, yummy.
I'll surf on my N800 while waiting for the microwave.
OH, WAIT!?!?! I LEFT MY BLOODY N800 ON THE BUS ON THE SEAT BESIDE ME!!!!!!!!!?????!!!!!!!!
I stopped whistling.

Just ordered a Asus Eee PC 900 Linux edition for 499.99 Cdn.

I started whistling again.

Crouching Hamster

Hey man,

Sorry to hear about that.

Maybe you can call the bus station. I mean, somebody may take it, but MOST people wouldn't know what to do with it. So, it wouldn't be of any value to them.

H.

I called the bus company every day since Monday. No love from them. Someone scored large because not only did I have my N800 in a lovely little leather case but also my bloody bluetooth keyboard, LG Cellphone and Nokia headset, with 16 gigs of SD cards installed in the N800. I was totally bummed and still am a bit until I realized that it's a perfect time to "upgrade". So after a very small arguement with the wife, I'm getting my new unit shortly. Still no ship date on my new Eee PC 900 but certainly within the next 15 days according to my account rep.

Crouching Hamster

Has this signature name anything to do with that argument?
You will pay dearly

Oh that's gotta hurt. Might even leave a mark.

Once upon a time people would track you down to give back your lost items. I guess Canada has grown up now.

It helps, of course, if you make it obvious so they don't have as much work to track you down... engraving your name/phone with an electric pencil or vibratory etcher is a start.

But in the end, if they lucked onto a nice gadget and peripherals, laziness might not be the only thing between them and the Abe Lincoln course of action.

Maybe something like this on one of the MMCs (for when it's connected to a Windows PC), and a custom splash-screen on boot, would go a way towards that...

benson thats not a bad idea,,,,maybe someone can make some sort of applet...that would if the device is lost or stolen could phone home or somesuch...maybe...n810 could do a gps lock to location...course im just rambling i did the etch thing....and got my company logo on the leather cover

I've got my name and email "engraved" in the initfs

Just to annoy you all, i'll post up screenies l8r

Ouch, SirHunter. That's really sad... I think all of us can relate to being afraid that would happen.

The worst bit is the obvious; someone is surfing internet tablet talk with my N800 right now. Man, that just blows.

Crouching Hamster