Sorry if this machine-build shtick is boring, but I got another piece. This time it's one of those nVidia 8800zyxwvu 500-core video cards. Slickdeals had a rather convoluted deal here that sounds like this. . .

1. nVidia 8800 video card = $190 - $30 rebate
2. Microsoft Windows OneCare = $30 - $30 rebate
3. $20 rebate if you spend $200 via paypal (which is why I bought #2)

Total = 190 + 30 + 5 (shipping) - 30 - 30 - 20 = $145

And that's pretty good. My only worry is that two of the rebates are being handled via TigerDirect, who are the folks who bought the CompUSA name. And Tiger Direct rebates are generally abysmal and take forever to arrive if they arrive at all.

OTOH Microsoft rebates are the best in the business. They have always arrived and typically in three weeks, well ahead of the standard "wait 8-12 weeks" frame.

So even if only the Microsoft one goes through, I get the video card for a net of $195 which is still pretty good.

My biggest worry now is that this computer's gonna contain so many fans that it'll slow down the Earth's rotation when I turn it on, forcing the planet into a more distant orbit and dropping the planet's temperature to a couple degrees above that of the cosmic background radiation, thus killing us all and leaving our anguished cries to echo through the cosmos for eternity.



On another note, I wrote up the test Chumby app for my article on Chumby development that's set to run next week. It's a cute app, and I think it'll be a hit. You'll get to try it out next week, because part of my article regards how to make a Chumby app that'll function both on a Chumby and in a web-page.