Why a plank? Well, for one, it fits the pirate theme. When plugged into the Bus Pirate, the expansions also look a bit like a plank hanging out over the side of a pirate ship. As an example ...

Well, OK, so it's not exactly dead. The Pirate Bay was acquired Tuesday-- for $7.74 million in cash and stock -- by Global Gaming Factory X (GGF), a Stockholm-based software developer and owner of ...