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Mimo Mini USB Monitor
Looking for that extra bit of screen real estate to get you through the busy workday? Referring to notes while writing an e-mail, checking info in a spreadsheet while entering data into a web page, keeping an eye on your to-do list while browsing YouTube... it's handy to have additional monitor space at the ready. Problem is an entire secondary monitor comes with its own needs like requiring a separate power cord or perhaps an additional video card.
The Mimo Mini USB Monitor changes this equation completely by offering a low-maintenance relationship between you and an extra display. A single USB connection from your computer gets you an instant high-resolution secondary display. This awesome display is perfect for your IM client, widgets, PC gaming tools, your email, a spreadsheet, your PhotoShop tools, or even video! Not only do these displays enhance productivity, they look great! The single USB connection, combined with a weight of only 1.3 pounds, means the Mimo monitor is ultra portable and cost-effective, as no expensive extra video cards are required.
Huh. I'm trying to decide if it's worth $129 to me....
I have no TV. Got the digital converter, got a digital antenna - no reception. None at all.
This whole thing is a plot to force everyone to get cable, right?
You live in the District, right? I find it hard to believe that you get no reception.
Have you rescanned all channels since the digital transition?
Can't get enough reception to scan - the converter box won't recognize any kind of signal.
I admit, the problem may be that I'm in an old apartment building with thick walls.
Ha! Love this line:
"Of course you don't have to actually wire all the outlets on the whole wall for electricity, but you'd better come up with a good way to remember which ones are live."
Toddson, try AntennaWeb to determine which direction you need to point the antenna, and if you need an indoor/outdoor one:
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Oooh! For DTV, this gov site has a google map that you plop your addy in, then it lists the stations you should be able to get, you click on them, and then the map shows what direction they are from your house, so you know which way to aim the antenna! Very cool:
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If DH's aunt who is pissed off about the transition knew how to use email, I would forward her that link!
(Because of the switchover delay and the subsequent wonkiness of where digital & analog signals were broadcasting, she lost her PBS reception in the bedroom for several weeks. Was not happy. She has since regained PBS but lost ABC.)
Favorite windows multi-chat thing? I use Adium on my mac, but have no idea what to use on a windows machine, since I never install anything on work computers (don't chat on them, use the AIM for web if I'm traveling with it). BUT I just got a netbook (wheee!) for traveling with (whee!) and whole point is that I can go to things and do things I wouldn't on the work 'puter (wheee!) so...suggestions?
Trillium is a good Windows chat device supporting multiple clients; alternatively there is meebo.com, which does the same from an internet platform.
