> I think drying the chiles on top of the monitor is a good idea Of course I can see all sorts of problems with this, in the limit, knowing how we all get so carried away and all. What will happen is, people will start drying a piece or two. Then more and more. And finally there will be big juicy chiles -- big habs cut into pieces and dripping capsaicin juice inside onto the electronic components. Then later you'll have capsaicin fumes emanating from your monitor for a while (which would have some security value, against some set of users, anyway) and of course finally capsaicin-induced circuit overload. Would this be electronic nirvana? So that's why they invented food dryers, instead of just using their TV/monitors all along. --- Brent