Gadget Links: Connecting the Dots Edition

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Analysis of Porsche corporate profitability on 37Signals SVN: Small number of product lines, stable designs, premium niche.
Custom lettering available on the back of your Porsche on Popgadget: $450 gets you up to 5 custom letters applied in place of the model name. ($65 for each additional letter.) Is this an example of why Porsche is so profitable?
Tour de Georgia Expanding to Seven Days on Daily Peloton: May not be the U.S. equivalent of the Tour de France, but is looking more like Paris-Nice in terms of length.
Georgia city priced out of 2007 Tour de Georgia on TDGblog.com: “…organizers told him they would have to come up with $25,000 to $30,000 to keep the race in Dahlonega. ‘That’s gone up from 7-8 thousand the first year.’” In spite of that 12 to 18 cities want in for this year.
CNN Hosts Poo Poo the Zune on Seattle P-I: Miles O’Brien says, “Why don’t they get some decent design people to make things look better?” Short term indicator of Zune’s success or lack thereof?
ClearWire wireless broadband lights up Seattle with 1.5 Megabit service on Seattle P-I: $42 per month. Maybe a good alternative to cable and DSL if you live there.
Study: aerobics fights brain shrinkage: A small study suggests that aerobic exercise can help reverse brain shrinkage that begins around age 40. Another good reason for me to keep riding my bike.