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August 21, 2006
Da Room
This is not what I wanted to see after just buying a tempered glass top desk for my expensive (yet thankfully fairly light) LCD monitor to rest on. I already had concerns for my 17" CRT that is on the new desk (luckily a different panel of glass), being held up by a small piece of metal and cheap screws.
Pictures of the freshly painted room will make it to the interweb as soon as I can complete a couple more sections of wall space. I need to order some pictures to fill the empty frames hanging on the wall--they don't even have fake family members to enjoy...
[geek starts here]
Due to my new desk having only one keyboard tray, I started using a program called Synergy so I could use one keyboard and mouse to easily control several computers. It's currently being used only for my [company] laptop and single desktop (it can be used cross platform for many computers), but I hope to add another desktop in the next 6-8 months. Each computer has to have it's own monitor, but through a network you are able to go from screen to screen with the mouse, as well as copy and paste between computers.
Posted by mhader at August 21, 2006 6:34 PM
Comments
That first link was painful. The second was pretty darn cool. I remember wishing I had this capability a few years ago.
Posted by: Ben at August 21, 2006 10:16 PM
I believe this is what you need, my friend.
Posted by: Jonathan at August 22, 2006 1:08 AM
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Posted by: Jonathan at August 22, 2006 1:08 AM
We've got a 2-port USB KVM at work and it's a pain. The lag time in switching is really out of hand.
Posted by: Jeremy at August 22, 2006 8:28 AM
Hey Michael, I got one of those "your email couldn't be delivered, but we'll keep trying" messages back in response to the email I sent you yesterday. Did you get it?
Posted by: Ben at August 22, 2006 8:58 AM
I have the PS/2 version of the Belkin at work and it's not that bad. It connects to the computers via USB, but the peripherals are PS/2. Though, with my new setup, I think I'll be ordering the full USB version soon.
Posted by: Jonathan at August 22, 2006 9:40 AM
I'll look into a KVM switch if I decide I want to be switching between 1 monitor (I may with a new computer). Synergy is great (and free) if you plan to have monitors on each anyway. I really like having a universal clipboard between all computers.
Posted by: michael at August 22, 2006 9:49 AM