Contributing to global climate change since 1965, Allen believes that you have a Constitutional right to his opinion. 
12 Aug
A Lamp Unto My Feat
Lately I’ve been thinking that the three-year-old lamp in my DLP projector might be nearing the end of its life. I have been running it a lot lately. It finally died this morning; not completely extinguished but not sufficiently bright to satisfy the electronics in the television. I’ve propped the old lamp up with my wallet in the photo above to allow for better exposure and to make a somewhat veiled reference to the cost of its replacement.
I’ve attached the emergency backup monitor to my PVR. It’s smaller and harder to see from across the room. It’s on the left. Look closely.
no idea what that is… looks like a little tv…
August 13th, 2006 at 5:54 pmIt’s a 17″ Viewsonic computer monitor I bought in 1996. 10 year old technology to the rescue.
August 13th, 2006 at 7:53 pmGood to see you have redundancy for your critical systems.
August 13th, 2006 at 8:22 pmChris:
Of COURSE I have redundant systems. I’m a Scalability Engineer.
Unfortunately my solution in this case did result in some downtime and the redundant system lacks the full capacity of the main one. If only I had access to almost unlimited venture capital…
“It’s not about price; it’s about cost.” – Some startup CEO.
August 14th, 2006 at 8:27 am