Comments | qwantz: RIP CRT

qwantz

RIP CRT

Jul 09, 2009 20:56

When I moved to Toronto I took a computer monitor with me, and it was an CRT that I'd already had for a few years already. This was this was the monitor I used when I applied to grad school and the monitor I used when starting Dinosaur Comics ( Read more... )

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qwantz July 10 2009, 01:22:25 UTC

man this post was way less epic than the one that preceeds it

llamarines July 10 2009, 12:21:06 UTC

Haha, "I spent a weekend hacking together a skateboard fishing hook!" vs. "Um guys I have a computer"

simonbob July 10 2009, 14:19:31 UTC

And yet, I find I enjoyed this one slightly more, because I too have felt the sting of gradual hardware failure with ongoing funeral fake-outs.

subtle_rift July 10 2009, 01:29:57 UTC

Monitors live in the present, for the present. They have no notion of death, only of now, and they experience it more fully than you or I ever could. Whether it's building a webserver in netbeans, reinstalling windows, or surfing for porn, they're content just to sit there, refreshing. For a monitor, death just means the end of Hertz.

qwantz July 10 2009, 01:30:22 UTC

A+

kingkibble July 10 2009, 01:53:15 UTC

I look forward to seeing a post entitled Revenge of theGhoooost Monitor

zenkitty_714 July 10 2009, 01:58:27 UTC

R.I.P., good and faithful monitor.

drhastings July 10 2009, 02:20:38 UTC

I have never heard someone say "deke" outside of hockey. Congratulations.

koliaphis July 11 2009, 23:57:45 UTC

spend more time in canada