I had the same problem when I was building a HTPC a year ago. At the time I ended up getting a cheap $20 desktop case and a long HDMI so that I could hide the desktop. When I built my second HTPC, I got the Zotac ZBOX (about $200 right now on newegg). I run the xbmc-live distro from a 4GB USB flash drive in the computer, and it runs great (1080p streaming from a network drive or youtube works flawlessly thanks to the recent v10 of xbmc). As for control, you can either use an iphone/droid, an IR receiver (iguanaIR is what I use), or a keyboard/mouse.

Actually there is magnetic equivalent: http://www.ramtron.com/products/nonvolatile-memory/serial.aspx

F-RAM comes in an SOIC, so you'd have to solder some wires to the "Flash Destroyer" board.

I would have to emphatically disagree. I've always thought that the Thrawn trilogy was some of the best Star Wars writing out there, and it would have made a great conclusion to Lucas's original idea of a trilogy of trilogies if it had been done back in the 80s or 90s when it was still possible to use the original actors.

I've tested them with Comcast and they accurately measure the advertised bandwidth of my connection(during low usage hours).

Plus, flash is a lesser evil than java, which all the other online bandwidth tests require. All you need to really measure bandwidth is ssh and server access.