#6 Dual monitors.

Allow me a short ten minute burst of enthusiasm. The rarest of rare occasions came up last weekend and I found my self a designated driver, yes, driver. Not drunk. I wish I could proudly say I'm on the wagon but in fact I'm shackled to the wagon by a bad gut which won't tolerate so much as a snort of beer let alone a nice glass of wine... but I digress.

Kelly, a friend of a friend, was having his going away party. Nantou, a smallish mountain city, was only 30 minutes away so a carload of women and I decided to check out if it was a saugsage factory at the party. Actually, it was pretty evenly matched so the scenery was delightful for me as I soberly surveyed the crowd. Interestingly, Kelly's house is festooned with art, as nearly every nook and cranny has photos pasted to the wall, sketches delighting the eye or even a giant piece from Ubud, Bali. Kelly has creativity ooozing from his pores, but he brings delight to a capitalists heart as he's willing to take that step to at least market some of his stuff. Music too was eminating from his van outside, where there was a barbeque going on and then inside from his computer. Truly an all purpose party: chicks, art, music, booze, trips upstairs for those inclined to get a higher view...

Tucked away in the corner was his computer and I was able to resist it's Mermaid-like call for at least the first hour. But then the music died out and he invited me to tinker saying, "I trust you AND I've already deleated my Temporary Internet files and all my Caches." hahahaha. A man after my own heart. Well, I sat down and the first thing that I noticed was that he has a dual monitor set up. Nothing as fancy as my buddy Sparkles or Ian might be used to but really my first serious encounter at a dual monitor set up where I was trying to download, reorganize and *ahem* bitleg. Beautiful!

For everyone who's ever used a computer and been frustrated with tiling horizontally or switching back and forth, or even just wanted a bigger screen, consider this.Two 15 inch monitors is infinitely better than just one 30 inch monitor. Obviously you need a little real estate on your desk but with the proliferation of flat screens these days I'd highly recommend you snag someone's leftover monitor as they upgrade or if you yourself upgrade then consider keeping the old monitor and hooking it up as a second one if your graphics card allows it... I've a desk note so it's part of the package but some assembly required.

Ten minutes is up.