For my birthday, my wife wanted me to get an LCD display for my home PC.

After much research, I settled on the BenQ 19″ 8ms display.

I got it, like 99% of everything I buy that’s computer related, from newegg.com. I paid $299.99 for it (which was a steal!), but noticed it’s on sale today for $289.99 and there’s a $30 rebate.

Crap.

I guess that’s just the way it goes sometimes. I’m looking forward to taking it home and trying it out tonight. Sure… it’s smaller and doesn’t handle the same screen resolutions and refresh rates as my 21″ Sony Trinitron, but it also won’t take up quite so much space on my desk, and the image quality should be better as my Geforce 6800Ultra is dual DVI and a regular monitor is slightly blurry after using the DVI to D-SUB adaptor.

It’s October 2nd, and that means it’s “Airplane Dance Around the World” day!

So… do your part to help promote world peace… do the Airplane Dance today!

Oh… and for those who care, it’s also my birthday today. 39 stoney grey steps to the grave. Miftah (of mrmoth fame) wrote me the following:

My “Mr. Deeds” attempt at a Hallmark Card sentiment

For answers to quandries by the score
For discount web hosting and parts galore
For being patient through silly forum wars
For not taking a cut above cost at the cafepress store
I always use you like a $3 whore
But I probably love you a whole lot more.

Happy birthday, Biobutt!

PS: I’ll still be doing the airplance dance, but thats typical of most weekends anyway.

The “Name my kitten” contest is over, as we’ve finally come to a decision.

It was hard, but we’ve finally settled on “Seven”.

Huge props to Jen and Zipper for both coming up with the little tube rat’s name.

Of course, my eldest son refuses to call her that, stating it’s too “Trekie”. He insists her name is Oreo.

My wife called me from the animal shelter last night. She wanted to pick up a new kitten to help fill the void in our home by the untimely demise of our cat, Darwin.

Of course, I said “yes”.

When I got home from work, I was greeted by this little fuzzball:

She’s very energetic and has a few extra toes (a total of 7 on each foot). Of course, we are now searching for the perfect name for her. I suggested “SATA” and “RAID”, but my wife put the smack down on me with the geek names (besides, I’ve already had cats named “Modem”, “Icon”, and “Switch”).

So… have at it… suggest names for the little tube rat. If we like it and choose it, you’ll get your name in lights on the website for at least 30 seconds 🙂

My very best friend on the internet, Google, is 7 years old!

They have been, in my opinion, the hands down best ever search engine out there. I use it daily and can’t imagine life without it!

So… to Google: Happy birthday, and thank you for being there!!