I think that gift was on the todo list for a long time. Now that caffein boost, might clean up the other side of the room ':)

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I think that gift was on the todo list for a long time. Now that caffein boost, might clean up the other side of the room ':)

I want to get them a nice espresso maker with an attached coffee pot down the road. I don't think they'll mind.

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Are they still throwing Holy Water at the paper organizer?



Or have they turned them upside down and use them as monitor stands? :)

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Are they still throwing Holy Water at the paper organizer?



Or have they turned them upside down and use them as monitor stands? :)

You know if you asked for monitor stands I imagine it could happen, but those books do seem to be doing a fine job. I have been looking at those VESA mounts that clamp to the desk for my own use.

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Are they still throwing Holy Water at the paper organizer?



Or have they turned them upside down and use them as monitor stands? :)

You know if you asked for monitor stands I imagine it could happen, but those books do seem to be doing a fine job. I have been looking at those VESA mounts that clamp to the desk for my own use.

There was talk about making the paper organizers into a giant monolith, which begs the question...do they understand the technology and purpose behind the organizers?

Here's to hope though!

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Are they still throwing Holy Water at the paper organizer?



Or have they turned them upside down and use them as monitor stands? :)

You know if you asked for monitor stands I imagine it could happen, but those books do seem to be doing a fine job. I have been looking at those VESA mounts that clamp to the desk for my own use.

There was talk about making the paper organizers into a giant monolith, which begs the question...do they understand the technology and purpose behind the organizers?

Here's to hope though!

LoL, 'these new hats are useless! they don't fit over Matt's hair!'

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For some good monitor stands...

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=109&cp_id=10828&cs_id=1082808&p_id=7564&seq=1&format=2

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For some good monitor stands...

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=109&cp_id=10828&cs_id=1082808&p_id=7564&seq=1&format=2

That looks good....only, we would have to make another monitor fundraiser to get all of them a second one......

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For some good monitor stands...

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=109&cp_id=10828&cs_id=1082808&p_id=7564&seq=1&format=2

That looks good....only, we would have to make another monitor fundraiser to get all of them a second one......

From the specs it only suits monitors up to 22" in size. We purchased 24" screens, so it won't fit 2 monitors unless the 2nd one is quite a bit smaller. I think we'll need to keep searching.

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For some good monitor stands...

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=109&cp_id=10828&cs_id=1082808&p_id=7564&seq=1&format=2

That looks good....only, we would have to make another monitor fundraiser to get all of them a second one......

From the specs it only suits monitors up to 22" in size. We purchased 24" screens, so it won't fit 2 monitors unless the 2nd one is quite a bit smaller. I think we'll need to keep searching.

As the boyz in da lab would attest.
Da bookz workz finz.

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I think funds for stands could be best spent elsewhere on more vital equipment.

With that said if they ask us for stands we'll provide them of course. Until they do I'm not too worried about it.

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I think funds for stands could be best spent elsewhere on more vital equipment.

With that said if they ask us for stands we'll provide them of course. Until they do I'm not too worried about it.

Da boyz in da lab know what they want and/or need.

Unless they get foolish, get dem what dey wants.

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Quick bit of news:

2. This bit of news is more interesting than anything but here's another cut from Matt's email on Thursday:

By the way I also am still using my old Sun monitor in conjunction with the new Asus monitor to create a two-headed system on my desktop. It's nice to have several windows off to the side and therefore less distracting. Dan saw this setup and wanted me to do the same on his new desktop, so now we have two two-headed systems in our group. Moving on up!

I do believe our donors have created a monster.

LOL...it brings much joy to my heart to see that da boyz in da lab are enjoying some of their new toys!

And it must make them happy that some folks care enough to give them some things that may not be an absolute necessity, but should make their endeavors a bit more pleasant.

They certainly do deserve it.

KITTYSMILE!!!!

Matt's desk hosts a new:
1. Shuttle
2. 24" Monitor
3. Microsoft Ergo Keyboard
4. Logitech Gaming Mouse
5. Paper organizer (heh)

All of the above were provided by our donors. I think the only thing his desk doesn't have on it is an espresso machine.

The only thing that sticks out to me are the $2 speakers from 10-years ago. I had about three boxes of these un-opened, which I tossed out during my last office clean up. The sound that you get from these are worse than terrible.

Arvid

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The only thing that sticks out to me are the $2 speakers from 10-years ago. I had about three boxes of these un-opened, which I tossed out during my last office clean up. The sound that you get from these are worse than terrible.

Arvid

I too was amazed to see those speakers in the photo. It's hard to believe that a musician can stand it. But perhaps the neighbours are thankful.

The only thing that sticks out to me are the $2 speakers from 10-years ago. I had about three boxes of these un-opened, which I tossed out during my last office clean up. The sound that you get from these are worse than terrible.

Arvid

I too was amazed to see those speakers in the photo. It's hard to believe that a musician can stand it. But perhaps the neighbours are thankful.

Or perhaps he's not playing music on them and they're only for system sounds. Who needs high quality speakers for the occasional beep or bling?

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Sadly I don't have any news yet. I should hear back from Matt (fingers crossed) soon about current status/new projects.

One thing I can mention is that I'm hoping they let us replace the remaining workstations in the lab with our new shuttles. That would be a fundraiser for another 3 Shuttles (Eric, Jeff, Lab machine). We might not end up replacing Jeff's as his is a 32 bit system which is needed for legacy compiles.

I'm also exploring a few avenues in which I think hardware is needed, but we'll have to wait on a response from the guys before moving ahead.

More news as I get it. Thanks everyone!

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Just got wind of a project that may end up being bigger than our server fundraisers. We're just waiting on the specs at the moment before announcing/running this one.

More very soon I hope!

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http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=67989#1229216

Check out Matt's latest post.

The JBOD / GeorgeM connection is alive and well with PaddyM to follow as soon as the JBOD drives full of GBT data get back from the telescope.

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Eric asked us for a KVM switch for his office as his current one was dying.

We purchased him:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817107416

We used funds from the General fund for this purchase which came out to $91.15 shipped. You can track this purchase once it ships by visiting http://www.gpuug.org/purchases

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Eric asked us for a KVM switch for his office as his current one was dying.

We purchased him:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817107416

We used funds from the General fund for this purchase which came out to $91.15 shipped. You can track this purchase once it ships by visiting http://www.gpuug.org/purchases

We use many of those in our test lab. In the years of use we have only had an issue with one of them. Even en it isn't that big of an issue. It just looses its saved settings when the power goes out. Which reenables the beeping.

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