The Samsung 226BW I ordered arrived today. Decided to take the opportunity to rearrange the computer setup and move things around a bit. I really need some kind of cable management system.
1600×1050 pixels of LCD goodness. This thing is super bright too. Had to crank the brightness all the way down so that it was tolerable. It’s on a swivel stand, but not height adjustable and for some reason it only tilts toward the back. 90° is as far forward as the monitor tilts, so you don’t want to position it too high.
Would like to try and get a dual-head setup going with the new monitor and the old CRT. Might look strange, but it’s one of the Dell Trinitron 17″ monitors and even after 7 years the image quality is still pretty good.
I love this monitor. I want another one now.
Mug of Perl
Want
Rollermouse Pro from Contour Design
Played with one at the SIIM meeting last year and thought it was very cool. I wonder if it works with Linux. A little on the pricey side though and I don’t think it would fit my Logitech Wave keyboard.
Hard Drive Dissection Part 4
The latest drives to fall victim to my screwdriver are 4 of these 9 GB IBM SCSI drives. These drives actually contained the first incarnation of radinfo and were pulled out of the Dell server that served as radinfo for about 5 years. These drives date back to 1999 as can be seen on the label.
It’s a much larger drive than modern ones and pretty hefty. There are 24 screws that need to be removed for complete disassembly.
