--- author: Eric Wagoner date: '2000-05-08T12:19:01' draft: false title: Shipped free with my internet --- Shipped free with my [internet appliance](http://www.virginconnect.com) was [a nifty CD opener](http://defencejournal.com/globe/july99/cd-box.htm) that makes quick work of the plastic seals on a CD case. My officemate Paul says that with the sheer number of individually wrapped blank CDs he goes through, that little took alone is worth the $100 I'll end up paying for this computer.