They held a great Matrix-themed party at a bar in San Francisco about 1999. I wanted a chance to win the offered Ducati and took my friend. Somehow, my friend, with way too many free drinks, was called onstage by magician who gave him a quarter and somehow the marked quarter ended up in the inflated balloon.
I picked up a good amount of their stock and made a mint on paper, then after the acquisition by Nortel rode my stock holdings down to $238. A case where if I had only purchased beer and recycled the aluminum cans, I would have turned out better.