I picked up some new computer type stuff over the weekend.

Got a new 19-inch flat monitor to replace my 15-year-old 17 inch not flat monitor. I knew it would be better, but I had no idea how much better. It's fucking incredible. It's so bright and shiny and monitorey! Much more than my old monitor.

I also got a new keyboard, to replace my truly decrepit and miserable old keyboard. This new one is just a basic keyboard. I do miss the heavy clack clack noises as I type, though. This one's far too quiet.

And I got a new 500G external HD... which hates me. I simply can't seem to convince the thing that it's plugged into a USB 2.0 port, and uses a USB 2.0 cable. No matter what I do, I get the same "Hey, why don't you try upgrading to USB 2.0!" error message. And so now, of course, my torrents all suddenly do the "Disk Overloaded 100%, shutting down!" thing every half hour. Grump. Technology and I just don't get along.

Oh well, at least the error messages look stunning on the new monitor. :3