Not long after, it became obvious that my bag, a freebie from the National Book Festival, was a mini-compost pile, with a pretty obvious lining of various meat and vegetable sleazes.

FORBES: In D.C., 'Skip The Bag, Save The River' Is Making Us All Sick

It's on ThinkSecret, which means, of course, that we can't verify the information or its source, but now the rumor on top of the pile for things we might see at Macworld in January is that the Mac mini will be given a second life as a Front Row 2.0-bearing digital media hub complete with DVR features.

ENGADGET: The new Mac mini -- with Front Row 2.0 and DVR?