2007 — 17 Apr: Time for the big switcheroo
A chap has his cracking point. Now that I've got...
- the (Apple) iMac, OSX
- the (HP) XP Media PC and
- the (Gateway) Ubuntu/XP Home dual boot systems
...all (as it were) at my fingertips, it's time to simplify their cabling somewhat. Baby steps, of course, so I've just bought a neat little Belkin KVM1 to allow me to double up one keyboard, mouse, and the Dell 24" screen between the two machines that don't scream "Apple". The Dell's analog RGB input is thus given to those two, while its DVI input is used for the left hand half of the iMac's larger screen real estate. So although the clutter here still conveys the flavour, it will be no worse with the Ubuntu machine coming back on stream. Instead of using it as a door stop.2
Or that's the theory, at least. The tiny "Slug" network attached storage is due to see the light of day, too (finally).
Of course, She who must be adored has been asking obvious questions3 like, say, "why do you need all three PCs?" and "tell me again why you bought the [insert name of machine here] in the first/second/third place?" But a chap's gotta do what a chap's gotta do, don't you agree?4 Besides, I'm off to Novatech on Wednesday. Who knows what could happen next? Printer sharing? Scanner sharing? Who can say what evil lurks in the minds of scholars in their studies?
Thanks, Brian!
For sending me a link to the supplier of a little alarm clock ("Clocky") that runs away and hides! For that, I shall remind him of a radio documentary about his favorite TV comedy show, "Taxi", that he's probably missing as I type.
Wait! What the devil do I need an alarm clock for?! He also sent me this depressing reading for fans of Internet Radio. (Just hovering over the link is probably enough!)
Shelagh's mystery object
You may remember a recent passing reference to a new conveyance? Little did I suspect the telephoto zoom would ever be too large!
If you need a bigger clue, or wish to see a picture of Charlee's brand new stablemate, click here.
For my reader in NZ
Who was sufficiently "gobsmacked" by the back panel illustration of the Pioneer VSX-AX4ASi-iS (still a catchy name!) the other day that I just hope there's a kick to be got out of clicking on the following example of the species:
