On Saturday night (actually, Sunday morning), something terrible appeared on my LCD display. This LCD display that I use as my monitor at home is not new, and in fact it's a hand-me-down from a friend that's currently sailing somewhere in the South Pacific (sounds like I'm making that up, maybe, but it's Truth).
At work, I have three displays, which is great, but when I get home I'm used to having a single, old, display that doesn't resize pixels (so when I play games at resolutions other than 1280x1024 the graphics become centered in a gray frame). But it was free, and I can be cheap and indolent, so I've used this monitor for almost two years.
But now, I can see the end of its usefulness.
What appeared early in the morning of Sunday June 25, 2006? A little black spot in the upper left corner. I've stared at this display for hours (days... weeks) and while the spot was small, it stuck out immediately, and I weeped, for I knew where this was headed.
The black spot appears to be moving and spreading down and to the left. This morning it had moved out of the corner (almost entirely... some sort of pixel vapor trail remains, marring the once-pristine display portion) and there is a rather large black circle sitting there now. It's about an inch or so in diameter, and it covers up a few menu items in IE.
I doubt it's going to go away of its own volition, and I don't think that I can fix it, and I think it's just the end of the road. I'll hold on as long as I can, but ... *sniff*
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