I've been in the habit the past few weeks of leaving items in my pockets which end up on an adventure through the washing machine.  The latest participant was my PNY Attache 1G USB Flash drive.

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I thought for certain it was a goner.  I left it on my desk overnight to dry out and gave it a shot this morning, wha-la!  Came right up with my Portable Apps menu.  Very cool!