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 ...

Larson imagines pirates getting specialized manicures, offering scores on walking the plank and being replaced by snakes. The ...

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 ...