My monitor up and died on me yesterday, which was the first time I realized this was the only monitor in the BlueTower, which is a problem. I then learned Acer has taken over support for my Gateway monitor, and while it is covered under warranty, they need me to ship it to them to see if they can "repair" it (no really) before authorizing a replacement. Old Gateway support would have had a new monitor here within a couple of days by holding my credit card number in case I didn't send the broken one back in return, but this thing is going to be gone for three weeks at the very least, which is frustrating. In the meantime I picked up a HANNspree monitor with an insane refresh rate, which I'll try to use in a dual-monitor setup when my "repaired" monitor comes back, and at least I'll have some redundancy there going forward.

Monitored Links:	Thanks Ant and Mike Martinez.
Play:	BubbleQuod. Sproing reloaded.
Links:	What if Videogame Characters Used Twitter? Top 10 Videogame Resolutions. The Top 7... games that should've had co-op.
Stories:	10 Surefire Ways to Score Oscar Recognition. Thanks Digg. Denny's slammed by breakfast giveaway. Largest snake 'as long as a bus'. Thanks brother19.
Science:	Babies Know - A Little Dirt Is Good for You. Shaking on space station rattles NASA.
Auction:	Blizzard mocks Diablo purists with unicorns that poo rainbows.
Media:	Football Coach Retires From Family For More Time With Team. The Boob Locator Feature. Christian Bale Vs. Bill O'Reilly. Amazingly NSFW.