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Frustration is...
Oct. 18th, 2005 09:40 am...running a mile one lousy bleedin' second slower than your personal best. Darnit.
Speaking of frustrating things, about six months ago my monitor picked up a rather irritating tic. Every so often the screen would flicker and then the display would turn into a single white line accross the screen. Somewhat irritating when a horde of martians are bearing down on me with ray guns and it necessitated a certain amount of quick-fingered game pausing.
However, initially mild percussive maintenance was sufficient - a sharp tap on the casing brought the picture back, good as new. Over time, the casing-taps grew in both regularity and required vigour until finally I had to administer the Dim Mak with such force in order to get the picture back that there is now a half inch deep dent in the plasterwork behind my computer desk.
Anyway, last night I adminstered the Death Touch to my monitor for the last time as I belted it and it replied with a fizzing, popping noise before dying entirely. Not a big problem as I've got a spare 14"* monitor; the big problem is what to do with the dead monitor? Does anyone know of any recycling options I'm a bit of a green on the quiet and I'm reluctant to dump it in the landfull where the damn thing will spend the next 5,000 years failing to biodegrade.
Any suggestions?
* It isn't ever day I get the opportunity to say "I've got a spare fourteen inches"**, and I make the most of it whenever I can.
**Except when it comes to my waistline.
Speaking of frustrating things, about six months ago my monitor picked up a rather irritating tic. Every so often the screen would flicker and then the display would turn into a single white line accross the screen. Somewhat irritating when a horde of martians are bearing down on me with ray guns and it necessitated a certain amount of quick-fingered game pausing.
However, initially mild percussive maintenance was sufficient - a sharp tap on the casing brought the picture back, good as new. Over time, the casing-taps grew in both regularity and required vigour until finally I had to administer the Dim Mak with such force in order to get the picture back that there is now a half inch deep dent in the plasterwork behind my computer desk.
Anyway, last night I adminstered the Death Touch to my monitor for the last time as I belted it and it replied with a fizzing, popping noise before dying entirely. Not a big problem as I've got a spare 14"* monitor; the big problem is what to do with the dead monitor? Does anyone know of any recycling options I'm a bit of a green on the quiet and I'm reluctant to dump it in the landfull where the damn thing will spend the next 5,000 years failing to biodegrade.
Any suggestions?
* It isn't ever day I get the opportunity to say "I've got a spare fourteen inches"**, and I make the most of it whenever I can.
**Except when it comes to my waistline.
