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Friday, 18 February 2005
"Cribz" it ain't

My final major non-essential purchase arrived Wednesday: a second monitor for my desktop machine. Now my evil lair's control room is complete.

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I always thought that having two monitors was a little silly, but I've come around. In quite a bit of the software I use — Animation:Master, SONAR, The GIMP — I'm forever switching between the active window and various properties panels or tool windows. With two monitors, I can put the main workspace on one and all the other windows on the other. What freedom! (Now I really need to hit those tangles of wires with a bunch of cable ties.)

The PVR is almost working... I can't get the remote working under GB-PVR, and if I use the bundled Hauppauge software, it locks up the entire system after a few minutes. Grrr.

I'm really looking forward to the weekend. A chance to relax, a chance to sleep in, and a chance to get together with good friends. I still like my job, but this getting up at 5 and having no social life is beginning to wear thin.

Posted by godfrey (link)
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Next time my wife says I have too many toys, I know what to show her.

Love the wallpaper.
Posted by Squelch on 18 Feb 2005 06:39
Well, shoot, if I'd known you'd use it for that purpose, I would have included the rest of the guitars... :-)

Posted by Godfrey on 18 Feb 2005 07:23