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So back in May when I started my summer job at Stats Can, I thought I’d treat myself and buy a nice LCD monitor. For one thing, LCD monitor’s are a lot more ergonomic on the eyes. Whereas a CRT monitor scans and refreshes the image on the screen (basically blasting lights at your eyeballs) every x milliseconds, LCD monitors emit a constant amount of light. This removes a lot of strain on the eyes, and being the comp sci geek that I am I think my eyeballs are the first to go. Also, using an LCD means GeekFactor++;

Anyways, my brother’s computer has been on the fritz lately and it won’t boot up. So I stole his LCD and put it in my room. Now I’ve got twice the amount of monitor goodness thanks to the dual monitor support on my PC. It feels soo good… and it makes my geek self cream my pants when I use them both. Productivity shoots up as I can have a bunch of documentation on one monitor while I code on the other. So handy.

Plus, this also means that I can play a ton of poker tables all simultaneously.  That’s right folks, it’s the return of my poker playing!  Well, it’s not back as strong as it used to be back when I played everyday.  But now I’m finding myself playing a little more often, utilizing the benefits of having 2 monitors.  Party poker now lets you play up to 10 tables of poker simultaneously.  For me, that’s a bit too crazy so I’ve been playing 6 tables instead to maximize the number of hands I can play in a single hour.

PartyPoker also gave me a $100 bonus, as long as I played 1000 raked hands they’d give me the $100.  Normally online poker play goes at the rate of 40 raked hands/hour.  But if you multiply that by 6 tables, then you get roughly 250 hands an hour.  I six-tabled the past week for about 4 hours and made off with my nice $100 and a little extra.

Although playing that many games simultaneously removes almost all fun from the game (other than winning money, which is always fun), I don’t mind playing like a zombie for 4 hours to make off with a small chunk of tax-free cash.  This starving student needs to pay the rent anyway he can!

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Other than that, life has been pretty school-oriented.  Yes, I’ve become a hermit in a lot of ways.  Right now I’m supposed to be out clubbing with my friend and instead I’ve opted to stay home and get some sleep because I wanna get my assignments done.  I know, it’s sad.  But anyways, clubbing sort of has lost its purpose now that I’m no longer single.

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