Using Large Monitors & HDTVs with Your Workstation

With the price of HDTVs of all kind going down to affordable levels, it makes sense for the modern home office to have one large display. These displays can be used to stream media, play video games or just for extra screen real estate when you feel like you’re getting cramped.

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My Daily Tweets 11.29.11

• @typefiend I started up my graduate degree in math years after I finished my undergrad, almost a decade. However, it sparked an interest 43 seconds ago
  
• I”m hoping that Christmas will be better, but it’s not looking good. 8 hours ago 
• My Thanksgiving was more of a shitsgiving. 8 hours ago
  
• Still have to order #ThirdReich by Bolano. Still have 3 of his books to finish before the end of the year. Luckily, they aren’t the big ones 8 hours ago
• Never pray  for yourself, others need to pray for you.8 hours ago
  
• Si tu regardes un bukkake à l’envers, c’est l’histoire d’un groupe de mecs qui nettoient une fille avec leur sexe-aspirateur. 10 hours ago
  
• Reasons Not to Self-Publish in 2011-2012: A List. ow.ly/7IuX0 9 hours ago
  
• @EmilyGould probably more like 15 not 25. Those girls tap fiercely fast at that age. 8 hours ago
  
• I can’t wait until I amass $4.1 billion in cash so I can go bankrupt. 9 hours ago
  
• @typefiend grad school cured that for me. I’m in my second year and looking forward to a Phd. 8 hours ago
  
• I don’t subscribe to the prevalent gender dichotomy. Many people take this as a sign that something is off-kilter with my femininity. 8 hours ago
  
• American Standards Lamp Has Its Own Wall Switch and Outlet wp.me/pWvW-6qI 8 hours ago
  
• A Mouse That’s a Battery and Eyeglasses for Your Cell Phone wp.me/pWvW-6qG 8 hours ago
  
• That’s when it shows that I’m a math grad student. Most of the stuff, even up to undergrad level is quite easy. 12 hours ago
  
• They liked it though. Then, during the break, I helped Rachel and Emma w their math HW. 12 hours ago
  
• Anyway, was too much for them. 12 hours ago
  
• Ah yes, I tried to explain the word eternity, which led to infinity, and I said that 5÷0 = ∞ 12 hours ago
  
• Tried to explain the different fields of numbers to my grade 4 class. I don’t know why I started talking about that. 12 hours ago
  
• Instead of trying to restrict domains. 12 hours ago
  
• Also, some demonstrations in #HomologicalAlgebra that I got on the wrong track. I should know that finding isomorphisms is the easy way. 12 hours ago
  
• I’ve been thinking about #Flashback by Dan Simmons a lot. 12 hours ago
  
• Posts for this week are almost complete and it’s only Tuesday. 12 hours ago
  
• And I’m done for the day. It’s only 20:15. Nice. Time to relax a bit. 12 hours ago
  
• New deadlines at Unplggd make life a bit less stressed. I also finish a lot earlier than usual. Not bad. 13 hours ago
  
• It’s been a while since Dan Simmons wrote spec fic or science-fiction. Think the last time was Ilium/Olympos. 13 hours ago
  
• First full iCloud implementation outside Apple’s product line! iA Writer for iPad and Mac, now both with iCloud: … plus.google.com/11571152287475… 22 hours ago
  
• twisted my ankle on the way back to work. Hopefully it’s nothing too bad and I’ll be fine in a couple of days. 13 hours ago
  
• Protesters Disrupt German Nuclear Waste Shipment – Alan Taylor – In Focus – The Atlantic theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/1… via @in_focus 22 hours ago
  
• I preferred #Drood over #BlackHills BTW. 22 hours ago
  
• Already 15% done with #Flashback. 22 hours ago
  
• Discovered that there was some controversy because of Dan Simmons’ #Flashback. Promptly started reading it. 22 hours ago
  
• ZAC FASHION: Loulou by Pierre Even for Muse Magazine #27 Fall 2011, zac-fashion.com/loulou-pierre-… 22 hours ago
  
• Why would Congress advise violent militarised reactions against its own peaceful constituents? gu.com/p/33thv/tw #NaomiWolf #OWS 29 Nov
  
• The discussion of @Kim_Wright_W‘s piece on genre — or lack thereof — continues in lively fashion. (bit.ly/rV1zMO) 29 Nov
  My Daily Tweets 11.28.11 wp.me/pWvW-6qD 23 hours ago

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American Standards Lamp Has Its Own Wall Switch and Outlet

Peter Bristol’s minimal American Standards Lamp has its own walls switch built right in. The light switch is fully-functional, so you just flick it when you want some light.

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A Mouse That’s a Battery and Eyeglasses for Your Cell Phone

While touchscreens and trackpads might be what people yearn for, the reality is that most of us still have to use computer mice in some fashion. This is why Nendo designed this mouse that looks like a “D”-cell battery. Need I say more?

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My Daily Tweets 11.28.11

• Darpa FastRunner Robot: Who’s the Fastest of Them All? wp.me/pWvW-6qv 3 minutes ago
• Terry’s Glass Expanse DeskTops – The Best of Readers’ Desks wp.me/pWvW-6qy 3 minutes ago
  
• Tom Samui’s Junk Elf: from Recycled Car Parts, Not from Rivendell wp.me/pWvW-6qt 11 hours ago
  
• Today I pour one in memory of the great Ken Russell, who laid down his pen last night at the age of 84. A good innings. 11 hours ago
  
• @gray a bit big for my taste. I think I’ll order a MuteWatch instead. 11 hours ago
  
• If we’re going on vacation during the holidays, I’ll need a buffer of 2 weeks. 13 hours ago
  
• even got the jump on another post for this week. By tomorrow, all of this week’s post will be done. Not bad. 13 hours ago
  
• And we’re done. Time to relax for a bit. hasn’t been an easy few days. 13 hours ago
  
• Because Twitpic and yfrog are absolute pants! 13 hours ago
  
• Wow, I will finish today by 8PM. Nice change from last week. 13 hours ago
  
• Scarlett Johansson: Sølve Sundsbø | Iconology iconolo.gy/archive/scarle… via @theRNDM 14 hours ago
  
• Bianca Balti for Dolce & Gabbana Jewelry 2011 Campaign by Giampaolo Sgura fashiongonerogue.com/bianca-balti-d… via @fashgonerogue 14 hours ago
  
• Nina Reijnders & Victoria Lipatova by Koray Parlak for Marie Claire Turkey December 2011 fashiongonerogue.com/nina-reijnders… via @fashgonerogue 14 hours ago
  
• Kindergarten classes are so much easier when it comes to discipline. 14 hours ago
  
• They shout all the time. They speak a lot of Chinese. They will do so no matter what the punishments are. 14 hours ago
  
• Jack was back in grade 2 and the kids were exhausting. Not that bad, but worse than before. 14 hours ago
  
• Hopefully I won’t have another major accident this year or next year. Then I’ll sell my scooter. 14 hours ago
  
• Changed my oil finally, paid off a bit more of the scooter, and had the brakes tightened. 14 hours ago
  
• Pretty shitty day, but what else is new? I have to work on a post. 14 hours ago
  
• Some posts on blogs read like they’re written by monkeys. 20 hours ago
  
• Still pretty tired. I think I need an espresso. 20 hours ago
  
• Time Change by Damon Loble | PHOTODONUTS PHOTOGRAPHY INSPIRATION photodonuts.com/time-change-by… via @PhotoDonuts 21 hours ago
  
• Finished #WorldWithoutEnd last night. Then, I promptly started #ManhattaninReverse by Peter F. Hamilton. 21 hours ago
  
• My Daily Tweets 11.27.11 wp.me/pWvW-6qr 21 hours ago

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Terry’s Glass Expanse DeskTops – The Best of Readers’ Desks

Using a glass desk can be fraught with challenges, especially when you want to keep your work surface clutter-free. Since this desk didn’t come with a keyboard tray, Terry came up with an interesting solution to store his keyboard, mouse, and Trackpad. All in all, the result leaves a lot of free desk real estate, negating the use of another desk to do paperwork and reducing the overall footprint of this workstation.

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Darpa FastRunner Robot: Who’s the Fastest of Them All?

Did you ever think that people would make a robot inspired by an ostrich? Well DARPA has those kinds of people and they think that their ‘bot will beat all others in terms of speed and stability, thanks to some high-tech wizardry.

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Tom Samui’s Junk Elf: from Recycled Car Parts, Not from Rivendell

Swiss artist Tom Samui has been creating junkyard wonders for the last decade or so. He works with a team of 15 people creating these amazing sculptures made out of recycled automobile parts, like this intricate elf:

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My Daily Tweets 11.27.11

• Harrier and Jaguar Jets Crash into the Tate Britain wp.me/pWvW-6qp 19 minutes ago
• Eclipse DECT Phone: Cool Shape, But Who Needs It? wp.me/pWvW-6qn 22 minutes ago
• The Walking Dead Secrets S02E06 (AMC) wp.me/pWvW-6ql 12 hours ago
• The Walking Dead Chupacabra S02E05 (AMC) wp.me/pWvW-6q9 13 hours ago
• Fringe Wallflower S04E07 (Fox) wp.me/pWvW-6qi 13 hours ago
• i think I read for 7 hours yesterday. I must have because I’m flying through Ken Follett’s brick #WorldWithoutEnd 14 hours ago
• Needed that shower from a few hours ago. Still haven’t decided what to do for dinner. Actually I have, chicken breasts w rice 14 hours ago
• @The_Millions is a literary site which, no matter how many readers it will ever have, will never have enough. 22 hours ago
• OK iAWriter, time to stop crashing when I try to open up files. Happens quite a bit. 14 hours ago
• Fringe And Those We’ve Left Behind S04E06 (Fox) wp.me/pWvW-6qg 14 hours ago
• Fringe Novation S04E05 (Fox) wp.me/pWvW-6qe 14 hours ago
• Fringe Subject 9 S04E04 (Fox) wp.me/pWvW-6qc 15 hours ago
• Fringe Alone in the World S04E03 (Fox) wp.me/pWvW-6qa 15 hours ago
• The Walking Dead Cherokee Rose S02E04 (AMC) wp.me/pWvW-6q7 15 hours ago
• The Walking Dead Save the Last One S02E03 (AMC) wp.me/pWvW-6q5 15 hours ago
• Castle Kill Shot S04E09 (ABC) wp.me/pWvW-6q3 17 hours ago
• Castle Heartbreak Hotel S04E08 (ABC) wp.me/pWvW-6q1 18 hours ago
• GPS – An Overview wp.me/pWvW-6pZ 18 hours ago
• 5PM and the sun is going down. 19 hours ago
• @kristenlubbe Ha. I know what you mean. It happened to me when I moved away from my home town in 2003 19 hours ago
• “My sister likes you”, some girl at the park while I was walking Spike last night. 21 hours ago
• Not bad. I can finish that and #TheYearoftheFlood today or in a few days. 21 hours ago
• got my neck ache from lying down strangely while reading a lot yesterday. Finished #Micro and I’m 70% done w #WorldWithoutEnd. 21 hours ago
• Lied down again w an icepack on my neck. Two hours later, I’m feeling better. 21 hours ago
• Took some ibuprofen pills for my nechache that had gone off. promptly puked 20min later. Luckily I hadnt eaten anything yet. 21 hours ago
• Best thing about Black Friday: we don’t even need the laser, we just sit back and watch you trample one another to death for cheap TVs. 26 Nov
• My Daily Tweets 11.26.11 wp.me/pWvW-6pX 27 Nov

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Harrier and Jaguar Jets Crash into the Tate Britain

Fiona Banner is an English artist, and her most spectacular pieces of art have to be these two jets she had installed in the Tate Britain modern art museum.

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