Frustration is...
Oct. 18th, 2005 09:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
davywavy...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.
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Date: 2005-10-18 08:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-18 08:57 am (UTC)A WEEE resource, ahem
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Date: 2005-10-18 03:04 pm (UTC)Contact your local council and ask them is my best suggestion at this point. At least it'll end up in a haz waste landfill, with proper lining, instead of the general municipal tip.
Also, if it can be refurbished at all...
Date: 2005-10-18 03:06 pm (UTC)But usually dead monitors are literally deadweight for refurbishers - worth ringing them up first to save both of you time & effort.
Generally speaking, for old computers - do try the refurbishing route ... there are huge environmental gains for keeping an 'obsolete' piece of equipment in use for even one year longer than cycle. So many non-profits and schools can benefit.
Re: Also, if it can be refurbished at all...
Date: 2005-10-18 03:08 pm (UTC)No it isn't!
Date: 2005-10-18 03:09 pm (UTC)Re: No it isn't!
Date: 2005-10-18 03:09 pm (UTC)Re: No it isn't!
Date: 2005-10-18 03:12 pm (UTC)What's "Mummy!" in binary?