Recent content by Centerpunch

I wish CRT monitors were still an option. My primary display is a 21" NEC AccuSync 120. Would rather have had a Trinitron tube, but by the time I went shopping, the AccuSync was all that was available. I suppose I'll have to convince myself to lay down big bucks for a Dell Ultrasharp when the...

Not only would it be twice the price, but Apple would find a way to make it incompatible with Windows.

Right, I don't buy the "radiation" concerns. I get much more "radiation" walking to and from classes than I've ever received from a CRT. The anti-glare/screen protector sheets are a bit expensive, however. I'm not seeing them for any less than $21, unless you purchase in bulk. Seems steep...

It sure is nice to get a reply from a rational, thinking human being. The last time I asked about this topic, I got exactly one, "Huh? Why would you want to do that?" and the next "reply" was a witless moderator banning me from the forum for "illegal activity." No big loss; the quality of...

I'm starting to think I want an anti-glare/protective stick-on for my LCD laptop screen. We had some screen-protector thingies at one of my previous jobs, and while the idea was more to protect frequent travelers' screens against scratches, they also worked great to cut down on glare. It isn't...

About a week ago, I replaced the optical drive on my fairly-new Samsung notebook (model NP300-V5A-A02US) with one of these: All it really does is turn the internal SATA data connector for the optical drive into an eSATA socket. It worked well for most of last week. I was able to hotswap and...

I recently bought a notebook PC, and was quite annoyed to find that Intel has magically removed the ability to change the Centrino N 130 wireless adapter's MAC address. Before the nutters get in here with accusations of "illegal" activity, I feel obligated to point out that there is nothing...