"I didn’t know I was this geeky until I discovered the online world through my office’s 2400 baud modem back in ’93." I can see clearly now
Spending money before you’ve got it… to be able to earn it. That’s what I did today. I have been working on a website for a colleague the last couple of weekends. It’s been tough because the house has been drafty and cold – not the ideal circumstances to sit still in – but also because my old LG monitor was getting old in the teeth and very blurry in some areas of the screen. I was squinting too much and it was tiring. So I went to a computer hardware store this morning to buy myself a TFT-monitor.
I hadn’t really prepared for it, all I knew was I wanted ‘a black one’ and I wanted it fast.
In the shop I pointed out their cheapest Acer monitor and asked if it was available in black. It wasn’t. So I pointed to the dearer black Iiyama ProLite E431s and said: ‘Ok, gimme that one.’ They came back with a box, I pulled my credit card, cussed when they charged 1.5% extra for the use of the card ($&#*!! bloody annoying country…)
Then I rushed back home to connect the thing and start working. On the tram I thought to myself… ‘wouldn’t it be typical if they’d sold me a silver coloured monitor?’
Well, they did.
But fuck it, at least I can see what I’m doing now.
