Gah.

[jazzfish]

Moved uilos yesterday. Packed games today; they are now riding around in my trunk.

Monitor died yesterday morning. Something inside refuses to stay on for longer than ~3 seconds, so it shuts off. Of course it immediately realises its error and tries to turn back on. Result: clunk. . . click clunk . . . click and no image on the screen. Currently borrowing a monitor from jedibfa, and will go in search of one of my own shortly.

Will be moving upstairs sometime this week, and at that time I'll actually get everything unpacked, and maybe even put my books in order. Shock. Amazement.

Oh yeah; finals went okay. Not great, not horrible. Probably above a 3.0 for the semester; can't complain.

Comments

[uilos.livejournal.com]

Do you mind if I see if I can poke at your monitor some? I suspect that it may be the switch that is having a problem and I want to indulge my curiosity. That, and I've never taken a monitor apart before.

[jazzfish]

It's almost definitely something related to the power switch, and you're welcome to poke at it. I couldn't find an easy way to get the plastic cover off but I didn't look all that hard. Feel free to wander over here after work if you'd like.

[antikate.livejournal.com]

Check with local schools. When my monitor went kablooey, my mom said they'd just bought a whole lot of new monitors at her work (she works in purchasing for Loudoun Cty Public Schools), and they were just going to throw out the old ones. So I got a new one for free!

[jazzfish]

Cool!
Also there's a VT surplus auction this coming weekend; might be able to snag something there. [I've been meaning to go to a Tech auction for years anyway.] Also also I may be able to weasel one out of a friend who collects electronica because he can. So, not quite hopeless; just really, really irritating, especially since I just did this a few months ago.