LinLog

I got my new monitor today.

It's a 19-inch widescreen flatpanel. I ordered it from NewEgg for $170 plus free shipping.

The monitor this replaces is an old 14-inch CRT.

And when I say "old" I mean it - I've been using this monitor for over ten years. I'd been hoping this would break down so I'd have an excuse to replace it, but it never did. I finally ended up overcoming my inherent cheapness and replacing it anyway.

The difference really is like night and day. I can actually sit back in my chair and still read the monitor now. I'm really liking the wide screen, too. I've only used it for a couple hours, I'd say this monitor is probably the best $170 I've spend on hardware.

Well, I just figured out why installing MonoDevelop installs Lynx on Ubuntu. Turns out it's monodoc-base that depends on Lynx, not Monodevelop. I'm still not sure why monodoc-base (or anything else, for that matter) depends on Lynx, but at least now I know where the dependency is coming from.