Is it an USB black board eraser with built-in heating?
mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this,
Sat 18 Aug 2007, 20:57,
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it looks to me likea 1970's dial up 12k modem with the red wire attached to some modeling clay, perhaps.
( Jamnog Sardines in her eyebrows, lobsters up and down,
Sat 18 Aug 2007, 21:51,
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