eric gunnerson discusses the intricacies of web services and
remoting by way of creating a remote control for a media player,
and then applies these principles in putting the application to
work on his own pocket pc.   read about it here:  - bliz  oh,
wait... one more thing: i'd forgotten the 'joy' of 56k dial up. 
but it beats the cruddy 'broadband' connection at my hotel in
new orleans.  i can't wait to get home!