Stuff I don't know about

Peter Frishauf, I'm talking to you, as well as all Terra Sig readers who were so helpful on the CD ripping issue last week. So, if I may be so bold (heck, it's my own blog, right?), I'd like to ask my tech geek readers another two questions because I can't make heads or tails from the Palm Treo forums: 1. What is the most user-friendly RSS newsreader for the Palm OS? For those fans of Bloglines, is the PDA version just as good? 2. How do I load new software onto my expandable card instead of the internal memory? Moving photos from internal memory to the 1GB card is intuitive, but loading…
A quick question while my brand science has me staring either in a microscope or at my navel: What is the forecast for this year's Perseids meteor shower around the world? Of course, I'm personally more interested in the northern hemisphere but I am blessed with a good number of colleagues and blog readers in the southern hemisphere. What's the word?
My dear techie peeps, for those of you Windows folks, what CD ripping software do you use to put stuff on your iPod and why? I've got a ton of CDs I have yet to rip and wanted advice before I get started. One is always tempted to use the .wma default application, but I've tended to like .mp3 apps better like CDex or MM Jukebox. What say you?