A list of what’s got our attention today:

• Read Ugly’s progress on his creative, quixotic quest to barter and trade his way to one share of Berkshire Hathaway stock. He’s got a 1-year subscription to Trade-Ideas on the block (valued at $495 but worth so much more!). Everyone check your eBay listings and see if there is a match to be made.
• Jan. 27 UPDATE! The Trade-Ideas subscription traded for quite possibly the last thing I would ever have thought of!! Really, I don’t know who came out better from this deal: Ugly’s 3R on the TI annual subscription or the many more that winner ‘Perry’ will generate with his subscription. Perry: Welcome to Trade-Ideas!

• I answer a question from one of Trader Mike’s readers about the set-up used on his daily Watchlist posts.

• 8 Changes I Experienced After Giving Up TV.

• Merrill Lynch Japan demurs, “Let’s share in the dream of the Wii.” Is It Safe to Declare the Winner of the Latest Game Console Battle?

• The Kirk Report asked in its 2007 membership survey, “What did you learn from your best and worst trade or investment in 2006?” The answers surprise and get your head nodding.