sanyo tv is my new monitor

i got up the other morning stressing about how i had to get the previous day's work out. i flipped on the computer and waited.
what? no picture on the screen?
so i turned the machine back off, turned the monitor off (for the first time in months) and then turned it all back on.
still no monitor.

crapCrapCRAP! now I have to take time out of my day to go out and buy another flat panel monitor. aren't those things supposed to last forever? that's what they say about them in the landfill, so what gives? ;-)

the broken monitor had the speakers built in. when i had the machine built, i asked for and paid extra for that specifically so i didn't have to have the extra contraptions sitting on my desk, speakers that is. as it turns out, the built in speakers on that acer monitor sucked, and i eneded up having to buy separate ones anyway.
yeh, learn from me on that one.

so i made the trek to my local wally world to look for a computer monitor. they had monitors, but nothing i liked. in the meantime, the malemate was looking at 52" tvs.

it dawned on me that an lcd hdtv should work as a monitor for my computer AND the speakers are built in.
so, i bought myself a sanyo 19" lcd tv for $184.
now, here's a little bonus. at walmart they have a 15-day return policy on most electronics - including computer monitors, but for tvs it's 90 days. plenty of time to find out if it will work - unlike the 15 day crap.

i brought it home and plugged it in. it came up without any 'tweaking' on my part and voile' i have picture! and the sound? very nice.

i'm so techno-savvy that my brain hurts...
or maybe that's the overdose of scotch last night.

cable cometh

this photo may not mean anything to anyone except for the folks in my 'hood', who have been anxiously awaiting an option for high speed internet.

the photo is of a trench digger broke down in my backyard -- waiting for repair so that they can CONTINUE dropping cable for cable tv and, more importantly, cable HIGH SPEED internet!
yeh, it's broke down, but i'm sure they will be out there digging with their shovels and hands if they can't get it fixed, because they know how badly i want it.

yes, soon i will be surfing the net and downloading from the comfort of my own home at speeds I have not seen in almost three years and without any caps or FAP bullshit.

I see the hughesnet must be noticing the pull away from their piece of shit offerings as they have now widened their 'unlimited download window' from 3 hours a day to 5 hours a day.
too little too late hughesnet.

on a different note, my little city had their annual 'city-wide garage sale' this past weekend and thanks to the OK! cousin, i had someone to go to them with. it was nice to do that once again with someone. i've gotten so used to doing that stuff by myself that i almost left her at one of the sales -- forgetting i had a junkin buddy for the day.
kidding of course :)

i think my best buy was the Bose ear buds for $5 -- and maybe the 5 foot long 'wall art' metal branch for $15. damn! it was a good time and apparently this once-a-year sale doubles the size of the town for a couple days.

oh, and my fruit pizza was such a big hit with the OK! cousins that it was gone in 2 days and i had to make another one -- which also was gone in two days. good stuff i tell ya.