fine whine

Oh boy, am I excited. Sometime today they're going to be coming to my cubicle with a new 17" monitor, to replace mine. The one I have is okay and all except for some odd quirks. Namely, it has some streaking issues whereby white windows bleed green (to the right only) over scrollbars and borders. It has something to do with the light and dark balance of what is on screen, and I've controlled it somewhat in the past with cunning use of dim or bright wallpaper, as need be.

I'd mentioned my problems to somebody a little higher up the other day (we were talking about them giving me a new desktop but keeping my plagued monitor) and today she told me to call the help desk. Before opening the ticket, the helpdesk guy could only suggest that I try degaussing. Sorry, been there, tried that. The only solution, other than ignoring it for half the day, is to fiddle with windows and wallpaper at the expense of time and efficiency. Or I can just take the day off and not deal with the monitor at all, I suppose.

Anyway, sometime this afternoon my problem will be solved.

I suppose I should move my sandwich then. Lately I've gotten into the habit of tossing my sandwich up on top of the back of the monitor (over the grilles) to warm it up and melt the cheese, in lieu of using the microwave. It gets a little bit dry, but it's still edible. Make of that what you will.