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There are a lot of noise cancelling headset options:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=noise+cancelling+headset+for+phones

Pick the one that fits your phone/price/ergonomic requirements.

Yes, you could mod an aviation headset to do the same thing, however they are significantly weighty compared to most headsets (I know this because I have tried this, a guy I know built his own out of surplus aviation headset for LAN gaming). If you want to contact him about it his nick is "Cova" and he can be found on the http://www.fragapalooza.com/ forums.

You mean like this http://www.fragapalooza.com/cs_rules_16.php ? *cries*

People like shiny things, heck *I* like shiny things. But when I buy a case I look for some specifics that make things handy for me as a gamer:

-As mentioned earlier, cooling. The number and placement of fan mounting brackets is important to gamers.

-Flexibility. The reason why most gamers don't use those old beige cases is because we can't cram a terabyte of HDD, one or two video cards or a sophisticated cooling rig (water cooled, giganto Zalman, etc)

-Durability. Your case is going to be dragged around to various LAN parties, so you better be prepared to hit all sorts of trouble and survive.

-Weight. Again, if you are hauling your PC around to LAN parties you don't want to be dragging Godzilla's Pocket PC with you (at least I don't).

Looks is kind of a secondary thing, but for me I just want something simple, functional and hassle-free. Unecesarry doodads like plastic doors just get in the way, you really want front USB ports and other gizmos that will help you out AND look cool (if possible).

My case is the GMC Noblesse SE, which I have been dragging back and forth to events like Fragapalooza and home brew LAN parties for a couple of years now. Durable, easy to work in, not too gooped-up, a little heavier than I would like but otherwise great. And yes, there is a plastic door on this one I know but it doesn't get in the way or break off etc.

GMC makes a great line of cases.

Actually my g/f said she's ok with me going to Fragapalooza for the whole four days, only becuase her and one of her former room-mates are going to Animethon that same weekend. I'm actually kinda jealous cause I've never been to one of these big Anime shows. However I went to Frag last year and it was excellent.

It happens yearly (incidentally, last weekend). 4 days of non-stop gaming, contests & silliness. Lots of case mods (my fav was the labatts blue fridge system). A buddy of mine won a can of SPAM for the best "Ghetto mod" PC - a beat up gateway with duct-tape keeping the cover on.

3 & 4AM Sunday MOHAA: funnies included 'nade dancing, an orgy, an unsuccessful congo line (some dumbass kept dropping nades) and a human pyramid.

Official tourney's were were 5v5 Counterstrike (blech!), 4v4 RA3, and an Xbox Halo tourney. See the site for the give-a-way goodies & details.

It was loads of fun and I'll definitely be back next year. We even had a guy from Washington state (but the guy arrived with a fried HDD). And wow...chicks...and 1 in a skipping contest, no less...*droool*

Last weeks 6th Fragapalooza was attended by around 1000 (1100 signed up and I'm not sure the actual number). Of course its all indoors in a nice air-conditioned conference center, but it used to be held in an aircraft hanger. Intel provided a massive switched backbone that was awesome. Its held in Canada so I can see why so many people know nothing about it.

Also next month around 1000 people are signed up to attend Fragmart in Richmond B.C. Canada.