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Settling into Zillian Boston feels like doing my first week all over again, which is valid because a lot of it is new. I have my awesome new desktop computer, for instance, with its dual 24" monitors, and have begun listening to the debates about whether it's best to keep them in portrait vs landscape mode. Also, should one be directly in front with one off to the side, or should they be centered with both of them slightly angled? Some people can't figure it out, and so they swap their two 24" ones for a single 30". (I don't think I'll do that.)

What's sick is that they... they... they have chocolate covered raisins in a bulk dispenser with the breakfast cereals. Damn it! I love chocolate covered raisins! I also would rather lose a couple of pounds than gain them, at the moment. On the plus side, I found and joined a friendly group of jugglers on my second day, and it is nice to have

heisenbug around.

Much more to say, but it will have to wait. Fun side note: I actually went to an LJ page for work yesterday, because LJ is a competitor of Blogger and someone cited something on an LJ page as an example of something. (Oh noes, I am funding the competition.)

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yummmm office candy!! but i hear ya, abundant, free food is not exactly conducive to weight loss.

My video card is on the blitz at the moment, so... I have my 2nd monitor off at home. I have one screen in front of me and one off to the side. I put my primary code in front of me and my browser off to the side to refresh for changes/etc. I have both in landscape/widescreen mode, but I could easily put the browser screen in portrait and it won't effect my work progress or make my brain-go-kaplooey.

Yeah, I'm told it's a massive PITA to get one screen to portrait under our operating system (g-flavored linux). But I like landscape anyway, I think. It lets me have four good-sized browser windows open side-by-side, or one giant instance of IntelliJ idea on one and my usual clutter on the other. :)

I've heard all the ergonomics people have one right in front of them and one off to the side, but wouldn't that make your neck go all asymmetrical after a while?

Well, the issue was my desk at work is L-shaped so, it's rather difficult for any kind of monitor placement (was worse when I had to deal with 2 CRTs). Yes, at work I found that my neck was cranky sometimes. At home, I have them placed decently close enough where they don't bother me as much. So, yeah, an "arrowhead" placement would be better, but you're still going to find yourself working on the bulk of one monitor.

why may I ask do you need two monitors?

For now, I admit, it's a luxury. But when coding, it's REALLY nice to be able to have an IDE (the code) up on one monitor and a reference or distraction up on the other. Most IDEs are written with the assumption that they'll be used at near-full-screen size, and if you shrink them too much it gets a lot harder to read the code, so you have to keep them big; but often when coding you're also constantly referring to the Java API, or the MSDN for C++ stuff, or a google search for "hideous error 3245324334", too. Eliminating the constant flipping back and forth is just awesome.

:)

your a headstanding, childfree geek! I think you're cool anyways.

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