Cleaners broke the HDMI cable from the computer to the PC. Reached into my cable drawer and pulled out two good new ones. It was a very proud moment for me.
One of the perks of working for a tech company on a hybrid schedule. They inventory the issued laptops, but that’s about all they have time for. And every once in a while they clean out and let us take stuff home. After 5-ish years, I and the people closest to me will always have monitors, monitor stands, at least one working UPS and all the peripherals, HDMI and Ethernet cables we could ever need.
I had a FUCK of a time a couple weeks ago, oh my GAWD. I wanted a less insanely heavy-duty cable to connect my portable monitor to a temporary computer setup because the monitor was light, making it awkward. I looked through my Everyday Cable Drawer with no success. I’ve got a few routed around my displays in my house, but those are all bundled up and cable-managed.
So I go to my backup drawer, with assorted cables.
DisplayPort…
DisplayPort…
VGA…
DVI-D…
DVI-D…
DisplayPort…
HDMI… EXTENDER. Thick as shit.
It took me going to the Old Console Drawer and finding my bag of Switch accessories to find a Switch HDMI cable! I am completely out of HDMI backup cables that aren’t insanely heavy duty.
Bahahaha I actually used my extender… extensively! I got it to enlongify my VR Kit’s cables so I could have drunk ass friends over and play VR games without worrying about them destroying the kit or the computer. VR has been shelved for a while but I just finished my VR machine so I’m busting that thick ass HDMI extender right back out!
Also I think unicorns pass the Harkness test, so I’m down. I’ll have to get another extender if that happens, though.
While I’m sure that this is just a braino and one of those was meant to be “monitor”, I like the idea that you’re somehow both techie enough to have your HDMI cables to hand and nontechie enough that you call the screen the computer.
Our cleaners are wizards at pulling the optical audio cable out of our sound bar or television. It’s not too short or anything like that, but it’s happened at least half the times they have been here. And it’s behind the sound bar and television. I can’t figure out why it’s always that specific cable. Plenty of others nearby.
Cleaners broke the HDMI cable from the computer to the PC. Reached into my cable drawer and pulled out two good new ones. It was a very proud moment for me.
One of the perks of working for a tech company on a hybrid schedule. They inventory the issued laptops, but that’s about all they have time for. And every once in a while they clean out and let us take stuff home. After 5-ish years, I and the people closest to me will always have monitors, monitor stands, at least one working UPS and all the peripherals, HDMI and Ethernet cables we could ever need.
I had a FUCK of a time a couple weeks ago, oh my GAWD. I wanted a less insanely heavy-duty cable to connect my portable monitor to a temporary computer setup because the monitor was light, making it awkward. I looked through my Everyday Cable Drawer with no success. I’ve got a few routed around my displays in my house, but those are all bundled up and cable-managed.
So I go to my backup drawer, with assorted cables.
DisplayPort…
DisplayPort…
VGA…
DVI-D…
DVI-D…
DisplayPort…
HDMI… EXTENDER. Thick as shit.
It took me going to the Old Console Drawer and finding my bag of Switch accessories to find a Switch HDMI cable! I am completely out of HDMI backup cables that aren’t insanely heavy duty.
The number of times I’ve needed a HDMI extender = the number of times I’ve been blown by a unicorn
The number of HDMI extenders in my box > the number of times I’ve been blown by a unicorn
Bahahaha I actually used my extender… extensively! I got it to enlongify my VR Kit’s cables so I could have drunk ass friends over and play VR games without worrying about them destroying the kit or the computer. VR has been shelved for a while but I just finished my VR machine so I’m busting that thick ass HDMI extender right back out!
Also I think unicorns pass the Harkness test, so I’m down. I’ll have to get another extender if that happens, though.
TIL Harkness Test, and what the ACTUAL FUCK
While I’m sure that this is just a braino and one of those was meant to be “monitor”, I like the idea that you’re somehow both techie enough to have your HDMI cables to hand and nontechie enough that you call the screen the computer.
TV! Not PC. Thanks!
Our cleaners are wizards at pulling the optical audio cable out of our sound bar or television. It’s not too short or anything like that, but it’s happened at least half the times they have been here. And it’s behind the sound bar and television. I can’t figure out why it’s always that specific cable. Plenty of others nearby.