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1680×1050 = Huge-a-mungous-mammoth-gargantuan-ishly big

Alas, I have somewhat entered into the new digital age. I’m not much of a geek and don’t ‘need’ that latest and the greatest. As such I still have a keyboard from 1999, a mouse from a similar era albeit optical and a computer I built about 4 years ago (AMD Athlon XP 1500 - 1.25Gb Ram - Video card (I’d tell you what model it was, but remember, I’m not a geek and have no idea w/o checking Device Manager). So, since everyone so readily disposes of nice 17″ CRTs I have an abundant supply of 17″ CRTs. Why? Well, they display video for my computer so I can see what is going on. Have I wanted an LCD? You bet. I never got around to saving the money (or wanting to give it out). I’m an avid fan of paying things off (school, ccard, installment loans, etc.) rather than dropping a couple hundred for an LCD monitor that does the same as its CRT counterpart.

Alas, between my birthday and doing some work for the in-laws, I went into negotiation with Tiger Direct. Do they allow you to negotiate? No. But it sounded cool. Needless to say, since I finally decided to do it, I didn’t hold back. I’m now typing using my 1999 keyboard and looking at my Samsun SyncMaster 2243BWX 22″ wide screen LCD running at 1680×1050. What does that mean? Well, for starters, it is kind of making me sick. I cannot explain how ridiculously huge this thing is. I’d take a photo with my Canon Elph SD1K, but that would be uber-geek. I’ll just mention it has touch buttons (you know, like there really isn’t a button there, it just senses your finger. Talk to Steve Jobs if you don’t understand. He thinks ‘touchy’ buttons are wicked cool), integrated 2 port USB hub, 90 degree rotation with automatic screen adjust and something about 8000:1 contrast. If I was a geek, I’d understand why I would want 8000:1. I just assumed a bigger number would be more beneficial. That’s also why I like the 3 year warranty. 3 > 1.

This brings me to another topic. Why am I not interested in gadgets, gizmos and other ‘techie’ things? Ah-ha! But, I am! I’m just not interested in spending the money on them. My 2Gb iPod nano….thanks 5/3rd for the free nano. My Canon Elph SD 1000…..thanks over-time pay check. And so the pattern continues.

What will I buy next? Well, this 1999 keyboard has seen its better days along with something that is really gross and sticky that won’t come out from b/w the keys. I’ll bet the cause of the ‘accident’ was due to any one if my 4 children…..oh crap….I just bought a big LCD screen. We had better have a family discussion about the new addition to our house-hold.

And for all you geeks out there: “No dead pixels! W00t! W00t!”