Nov 11 1989 on mine. My wife has one attached to her Macbook Pro via a usb/ps2 adapter. She wouldn't trade it for anything.

We've got 2 ancient model M's in the house. One for me, one for my wife, and we both love them. But when I'm playing an FPS while she's working on her writing in the office next door, I've got to switch to a cheapo Dell usb keyboard, otherwise the sound drives her crazy. My regular typing on the M doesn't bother her, just the rhythm of the FPS. I've always used the M, but prior to setting her up with one, she used an ancient Everex buckling spring keyboard that came with a 486 server from circa 1994/1995. That one wasn't bad, but it was no M.

Granted I use a dedicated Media Center PC that I recently eridaced Mediaportal and Windows off

I'm sorry, I couldn't parse that. What the fuck did you do?

Use a popper that has the hot air vents cut into the sides of the chamber, not one that has a screen in the bottom.

Good source for green beans & roasting info: http://sweetmarias.com/

I use their Espresso Blend and roast in a popcorn popper I bought at a thrift store for $5. Drill a hole in the popper for a thermometer. I just go a few seconds into "2nd crack" (~450 F) before dumping the beans onto a cookie sheet for cooling. Let them sit for 24 hours to outgas CO2 before you use them.

Grind in a Rancilio Rocky. Brew in a Rancilio Silvia.

Pure...Espresso...Heaven