| Nyarlathotep |
[Aug. 1st, 2009|08:56 pm] |
I no longer hate my desktop computer. I've been using my "backup" beast of a monitor that I've owned, for pretty close to literally, my entire computer history... It's a little 15" 640x480 VGA monitor. It has survived longer than every viewer that I've ever had. It will likely continue to travel with me. Thank Jeebus that my video card software allows me to force windows into a lower-than-standard resolution or I wouldn't have been using it at all.
So anyway... Walmart* has some pretty decent 22" (wide) monitors for 170 bucks. I had priced good 19" flatscreens for 150, so I figured why not "splurge" and drop the extra 20 for a lot more monitor. After I hooked it up I texted Cheyenne the following:
Oh. My. God. It's like a vast sea of IMAGE spread out before me. 22 glorious inches of beautiful pixels assaulting my cornea and irises.
And that actually made me want to do the math on the viewable area compared to what I'd gotten used to. It's triple. I almost want to re-up my WoW subscription just so the bitter taste in my mouth can go away from what I'd been experiencing... And the night is relatively young, honestly.
Combining that with literal shock at what I should do on a desktop that doesn't honestly force me to using my laptop as a main machine (because 640x480 is honestly an unsupported resolution... Which means my video card was just doing the math on converting the 800x600 image... Which obviously means a blurry bad image because of some sort of compression) it makes for a convincing argument.
For those that care: I'd dropped WoW a couple weeks ago just because it didn't seem like a great use of time. I'm glad to report I really don't have any ties to it -- it's just a better pastime than half of what I do on the internet. So I'll probably be dropping it all together when I get to Pittsburgh, because it'll make even less sense.
Here's the numbers on the math involved, btw:
New Thing
22" wide (25.94" diagonal)
16:10 (Yeah -- that's a little odd... But the native resolution is 1680x1050. *shrug*)
22x13.75
302.5 sq in.
Indestructible Old One from R'lyeh
15" diagonal
1.414=sqrt(2)
10.6x10.6
112.36 sq in. |
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| A full update, finally |
[Aug. 22nd, 2005|04:33 pm] |
Ok, tripled the RAM in this happy little machine -- she runs much more smoothly, now. Not nearly as much waiting for the swap file. This pleases me. At least I'm overjoyed by one thing in my life.
Also put my sound card and plugged in my speakers. *melts* I've always been in love with the sound my computer makes... It's a Dolby 5.1 surround system... I only use it as a 3.1, because I don't want those rear satellites sitting in the middle of my room behind my chair. After I got the sound running I immediately downloaded my two test items: The Fraggle Rock Theme Song (you wouldn't believe the bass in that song) and "Deep Note".
I didn't install my hard drives, yet. Gonna make sure the computer is stable like this for a week or two, first -- I mean I don't need another 120 gigs until I've filled the first 80, do I? So, once she proves herself stable with this RAM and my sound card, I'll slap my HD in there. *smiles*
Onto a little more about this good thing in my life: Now that I have a rockin' sound system and a high speed connection, and Kazaa (Here you go, Debi -- available for free), WinMX and Azureus (my BitTorrent client of choice) I would appreciate suggestions on music to download.
Steve -- You can skip the suggestion on Nick Cave, I'm currently in the middle of d/ling his entire 14 album discography.
Otherwise, Katie is still gone. I miss her, but tears never came apart from the initial short volley. I miss her horribly, and it's nice that I get to talk to her almost every day. It's also nice to know she misses me too.
Necole and I haven't talked for more than 3 minutes since I left on my visit to her. I'm worried she is going to leave me out to dry on this needing a roommate thing. Please call me, Necole. Or leave me a message here. Or write a journal entry about what your intentions are. Something. Please.
Holly has next friday off and told me she'd try and come visit. I'm crossing my fingers, but not holding my breath -- she's a bit of a social butterfly... and she's got a new crush. I'm hoping I end up being worth it, though.
In other news:
Sparky's boss, Bill, has a sex-swing but no way to use it. He doesn't have rafters in his home that would support such a load. So, I said my uncle has two arc welding setups, and he's been welding for, like, 15 years or something -- he could probably make one for much less than the $300 that the one at the porn store costs. If anyone else wants one, let me know and when Uncle Mark gives me a price, I'll post it here, and I'll tell him to make 2 or 3.
Back to work tomorrow. My week off probably did me incredibly well -- at least I got time to myself to deal with my lack of Katie. I know I wouldn't have wanted to be at work the day she left.
My new work schedule has been decided, btw:
Saturday-Wednesday, 9:30a-6:00p Which means Thursday and Friday off. Make plans with me. |
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| Probably the last one today... |
[Aug. 20th, 2005|08:00 pm] |
Ok, me and my little $400 computer are going to rock on.
For the price I paid, it's a pretty slammin' little box. I'll be plugging in more hard drives and more RAM sometime soon.
I don't think I'm addicted to the internet, but my impatience to get this makes me wonder if I'm seriously addicted to the information the internet provides -- or is that the same thing? It's about the communication, etc... I'm gonna go finish my new computer downloads, now.
Leave me some love, I need it. |
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| Eh. |
[Aug. 20th, 2005|12:59 pm] |
Another short update, but here's the meat of my situation.
My computer is broken to the point of supreme annoyance should I care to fix it. I believe the problem to be in the processor or the motherboard. It crashed twice in the middle of installing Win2k... Well, didn't crash, really. It just shut down. After I'm not tired of dealing with it, and I have money, and I have a new computer I'll think about fixing it.
I am spending $500.00 I don't have to get my brakes fixed and oil changed today.
I have a total debt, after those car repairs of $1,700ish. Plus I'm going to buy a new computer, assuming I can find one for 400 or less. I don't care. I just want one that runs and doesn't piss me off constantly. I'll be buying this today, at Circuit City.
My budget has a rough monthly surplus of 40 dollars. I hope Necole still plans to come live with me -- if she doesn't I'll probably be back in with my parents... Which would leave me with a LOT of money (about 700 more a month) that I could very quickly elimanate my small debt.
I miss Katie.
I didn't hang with Sparky yesterday -- she had other things she was doing.
My living room is full of computer parts all over. This makes me feel like the nerd I am, but just makes me miss Katie even more.
I barely cried -- just 5 minutes or so, just after she left. Every time I think about it, they well up, but I've been far more calm about it than I expected.
So, yeah -1700 -computer will be my fiscal standing by the end of the day.
On the slightly up side, Mat will be in at the end of the month. We're gonna go see Don for a week.
I'm probably going to start working overtime at work, now that I don't have Katie around. Working an extra 5 hours a week would give me $200 more dollars a month, which would be a nice movement towards a surplus life.
Before this turns into a huge mess of me crying about my life, I'm going to end my entry now.
Hope you're all well. |
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