Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Sunday evening, my computer started making a loud buzzing sound. In the process of determining what was buzzing, a process which involved opening my computer up repeatedly, I managed to knock the monitor off its perch (a wooden filing cabinet thing that cost about $20 at Target and that doesn't quite fit together right) and onto the floor.

Once I got the monitor picked up, I noticed that it was displaying a beautiful rainbow of colors. Unfortunately, this meant that there were bands of incorrect color over much of the screen area. Repeated attempts to "degauss" were to no avail.

Meanwhile, I figured out that the buzzing noise was the fan inside the power supply. I figured this out by turning the computer on with the case open. Kids, don't try that at home.

However, the buzzing noise ended up stopping as mysteriously as it had started, although it couldn't have hurt that I got a lot of dust out from inside the computer, including the thick coating on the power supply's vent holes.

The monitor seemed to be a lost cause, so I had to replace it, by buying the cheapest monitor of the same size that I could get at CompUSA (well, it'll be the cheapest if I ever get the rebate back). Since it has a normal base, unlike my old monitor, the 17-inch CRT Apple Studio Display, it actually fits on my computer desk like it's supposed to.

So after nearly three years of looking to the left at my monitor, I'm once again looking straight ahead, and it's a little weird. It's in pretty much the same position as my monitor has been at work all along, so now I hope I don't accidentally start trying to closed-caption something at home.