new geek toys!!

I just got the COOOOOOOOOLEST new monitor!!! I’m so excited I could just about go stand outside and yell it to the whole neighborhood. But they would look at me funny, and that damn dog next door would start barking… so instead I’ll just tell you :)

LOOK AT MY NEW MONITOR EVERYBODY!!!!!

It’s a Dell 19″ Flat Panel. Cool, eh? I can finally design a site of 800 pixels wide and see the *whole thing* without closing down the side panels of my design program! IT’S ABOUT TIME!!

The best part is that I got it for less than it’s listed on Dell.com – AND I got to go see it and test drive it first. Did you know you can’t go buy Dell’s in a store like Best Buy or CompUSA? They only sell online… except they have an authorized dealer here in San Francisco: BedfordMicro.com! This place is cool! You can go down to their showroom down on 2nd & Harrison and check out all their systems, etc. The guys know what they’re talkin about and they have both refurbished and new products. They even fix computers, too! I’m way into supporting a small business than the corporate giants, so if you’re in SF or are interested in buying on line from a place you can trust to give you a great deal, give them your business!

Oh & if you look up at that photo up there, you’ll see a shiny new printer too! My old one was seriously sucking after being 4.5 years old – no amount of cleaning or getting new cartridges was helping…. So I’m tres happy to have a new one! (except the buzz kill of the morning was me realizing I actually don’t have a USB cable for it, so I need to go down & pick one up before this shiny little box can print out any colorful wonders.) But needless to say – I have new geek toys – YAY!!!!

I also just ordered myself 1G of RAM too – wahoo!! Crucial.com has some really excellent prices for RAM if you’re looking for some.

Here’s some more photos, showing me & mr. fuzzy pants celebrating my new purchases :)