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Out with the old, in with the new

My old CRT monitor finally gave out. My sister has been bugging me about getting a new monitor so that whenever she wants to use the computer, she doesn't have to fight with me for the laptop. I saw the ViewSonic VX2035wm at a friend's house the other day, and it was pretty nice. And right now, there is a $30 mail-in rebate from several of our merchants, but you have to hurry because the offer is only good until January 31, 2007. I might just have to buy one right now!

Un-gamer, meet PS3

I've said it here before: I'm not the most hard-core gamer. I've never owned a gaming console, and my only PlayStation-related experience thus far had been Lumines for PSP. (Don't play it. It's like crack.) But I'm willing to be open-minded about video games, especially since not knowing anything about them renders me clueless in many a conversation at our office. And who likes to be left out? Not me.

So this morning, despite the fact that I had never held a PlayStation controller before, I was pretty excited to go and try out … Read more