Hiya! Things are sweet over here in geek land -- I'm working on a few surprises for you all, which you'll be hearing about in the coming weeks.

Next up on my agenda, though, is FINALLY heading up into the wild blue yonder as part of the 'Let's Go Flying' program! On Saturday, I'm stepping away from my precious navy blue Dell laptop for a few hours and piloting a 2-seater plane (with an instructor) for a few hours over my home town. But more on that next week!

Until then ... today's a summery day, so get a bottle of lemonade from the office caf and let's browse some headlines!

Facebook's pint-sized gajillionaire CEO, 25-year-old Mark Zuckerberg, says the social networking site is open to partnerships and investments, but is not going to take the company public for a few more years.

Please indulge me while we visit my bachelor of arts degree in physical anthropology (I so rarely get to use it) ... An early skeleton found in Germany is shedding light on the evolution of
primates. OK fine, so I'm the only person that finds this interesting...

This is a slightly pathetic list of the top 5 reasons the Zune is dead. Funny, mine still works fine.

Whoa, hold the phone: XBox is coming out with a Wii-style wand controller?

Rumors have it that July 17 will bring a new iPhone announcement from Apple. But in other funny news on Apple products, the company has officially warned users of static shocks from using the iPods and iPhone.

For those of you looking to get a jump-start on Father's Day, our friends at CNET.com have a list of some of the top techy gifts out there for dads ... and grads, too.

Want to vote for the top gadgets of 2009 so far? Visit PopSci.com and check out their list of thinkers and their big ideas!