The both still boot, except the one with 5.25in floppy drives attached always wants me to insert a system disk.

I remember a seeing an article in Popular Science or Mechanics or such about using an open-face reactor to build highways, using a critical mass of nuclear fuel to directly melt dirt into glass. Is that crazy enough?

Capsaicin is an effective rodent repellant -- it's great for keeping squirrels from eating the bird seed -- so you might try painting the wiring with Tabasco® sauce. There's actually a wildlife (mammal) repellent called Hot Sauce® available.

...was named "Debbie"

Maybe iwon.com and search.msn.com can battle it out for 2,174th place.