The proper name is actually Duck Tape<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/02/magazine/the-way-we-live-now-3-02-03-on-language-why-a-duck.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all>, yet unlike Duck Typing, it makes everything it touches more reliable. Discuss.
However, C4L10 exposed a major gap in my meeting-tech go-bag; I don't have any new style mac dongles- just the DVI to VGA one. People need to send me one of each of the new generation of macbooks, so I can be prepared. Simon