Dungeonesque

Way back on Thursday, I came in to find my desk in darkness. The light-fighting above it had broken (well, wasn’t working) – not that I minded, because it was quite nice to not have any glare on my monitor, and it meant the display worked a lot more nicely too.

Anyway, they tried replacing the fluorescent tubes in the light fitting, to no avail. A couple of flickers, then zap, back to darkness. So they decided to call in an electrician.

He came in yesterday, took a look at it, and left. Still in darkness.

It’s been replaced today, so I’m back to the world of light, and glare.

I have to say, I preferred it when the light fitting was broken.


4 Comments on “Dungeonesque”

  1. Dreary Derek says:

    I watched some traffic lights today. They turned red. Then they turned green. As I stood there dribbling and with a vacant look on my face they turned red again. I liked them better when they were green. Then I realised what a riveting story this would be for everyone. So I wrote it down.

  2. Lyle says:

    And is there a contract anywhere that says that what I write has to be always interesting, or relevant?

    Nope, thought not.

  3. Gordon says:

    Ahh the brave anonymous commenter.

    Why does what YOU write have to be interesting? Surely, as a commenter, it’s up to ME to either find it interesting enough to think about, or not.

    So, in that vein… glare. Has anyone used one of those filter things for an LCD screen? I get a little ‘flare’ of light from a near by wall ‘sconce’ (sp?) and rather than, say, smashing said bulb, I wondered if a filter would help..

    (see ‘dreary derek’, that wasn’t so hard now, was it?)

  4. Lyle says:

    I’ve used the filter things (well, the jury-rigged things that attach to the top of the monitor/lcd ) and hate them – I found they made my eyes work harder as I focussed on the filter, not the screen behind it.

    Mind you, I do the same with those heated windscreens that have the ‘micro-thin’ elements – always end up focussing on them rather than the road. Which is Not Good, to say the least!


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