Packing up my stuff is not only boring, it’s a bit frustrating. It’s frustrating because that now I’m faced with the consequences of having a lot of stuff. Books, Magazines, more books, DVD’s, a computer (heavy fucker too!), box with computer parts, some more magazine, some more books.
Now if only I collected something like dried flowers, or stamps. But no. And my books are mostly hardcover ones, with glossy paper for artwork and whatnot, which certainly doesn’t help when you’re trying to pack boxes that can actually be moved by humans.
I’m afraid I’m going to have to repack a few of the boxes.
I don’t want to pack down my machine. I wish I had a laptop, I feel naked without constant access to a keyboard and the Internet. I’m afraid also that I’ll have to ditch my 14” secondary monitor, I don’t see how I can pack it and still stay within reasonable weight limitations. I don’t have a particular emotional attachment to this particular monitor, especially considering that it’s an old oooold, ancient in fact 14”. (Alsteds in fact, handed down to me for free many years ago).
“The things you own, end up owning you.” Though Tyler Durden is for the most part right, I don’t feel particularly attached to my collection of ‘stuff’. Over half of these things could be left behind and I would never notice. But on the other hand, I feel comfortable when I’m surrounded by my things.
PS: I’ve thought of leaving MSN Messenger for good. I never really used to use it much before I came over here. ICQ was all the rage back then, when suddenly I met people who had never heard of ICQ! Ye Gods! I’ve talked to Bjørn about this several times, and I think we’re both getting tired of spam offering live sex shows and the likes with no way of hindering their access to me.
ICQ on the other hand allows you to deny messages from people not on your contact list. I wish someone would write a plugin for Trillian which would spam the spammers or at least despam them. [checking to see if someone has] … Nope.
God I hate spam.
I’ll happily offload your 14” monitor for you? It would have a loving and caring new home.
14” extra monitor? Bah, I’ve got a 19” SGI monitor that’s getting wasted on my Indy. I say wasted because a)the OS installation is broken (apparently the guy who installed IRIX on it didn’t install everything, and only installed IRIX 6.5.4; I need at least 6.5.10, but SGI no longer has the patches to upgrade to 6.5.10 on their website) and I don’t have the OS CDs, and b)The CD-ROM drive that I bought for it is fux0red, so I’ve got almost zero software for it.
But I’ve got to ask, what good is a secondary monitor if it’s only 14”? I can barely stand my 17”.
Jason: I can’t remember if anyone in the flat took dips on it, but if not then it’s all yours, unless I can actually fit it into my boxes. I’ll let you know.
Sean: You can’t use the 19” for your PC?
Anyway, the 14” is actually very very handy for Photoshop’s toolboxes, all of which can be placed on it, thus freeing up space on the drawing board. Also when working in 3ds max you can have your tools like the curve editor and whatnot over there. For site editing, your browser or text editor can fit onto it and so on. Overall it’s just really really nice to have that extra space. Also I move my message dialouges (ICQ & MSN) over there so I can continue what I’m doing and still have an eye on them.
It’s very useful! There’s a shot of Photoshop running here.
I turn it off from time to time (there’s slight interference on my 19” from it) though.
Ooo, can’t wait, here’s hoping. I have been wanting a second monitor for ages. Its not pretty using a TV instead. I’m like you Micheal, I’d use it for all the extra knobs and sliders in Adobe Premiere and for winamp and messenger etc.
J.
Michael, what company are you using to ship your stuff to .dk? And how much will you be paying?
Nope. PCs use HD15 (aka VGA) connectors. SGI systems (and their monitors) prior to the O2 used 13W3 connectors. Since this is a somewhat new SGI monitor, it has both 13W3 and VGA connectors. But while the O2 and later SGI systems (and monitors) have VGA connectors, the signal itself (and which pins get used) is different than the one used by PCs. The result is that an SGI monitor won’t work on a PC without an expensive adapter that has to convert the signal type. Certain high-end PC monitors will work with SGIs, but those are rare and usually expensive, and still require an adapter to convert from a VGA connector to a 13W3 one if the SGI in question is an older model than the O2.
Since I didn’t have any luck with the adapter game, I just browsed eBay until I found an actual SGI monitor for a decent price. Often you can find good sized SGI monitors on eBay for less than the cost of a high-end PC monitor + adapter.
Jens: An estimate of around 500 pounds. But that’s just an estimate, so it’s still up in the air. I’m using excess-baggage, which has exceedingly good service I might add.
Mike, i got another 14” monitor hanging around. I dont use it now, and propberly wont until i get an new apartment, which is at least 3 months off. So, i have another monitor you can borrow, until, i most likely just give i to you.
Alsted