Vehicular LCD for Server Monitoring

Pete writes "The guys over at Extreme Overclocking have show how to put a car LCD inside a computer. The article shows how to install VNC remote computing software onto the server, how to manage the server from another computer, and how to use the color LCD to manage the server locally. They also included a video at the end which shows the setup process, and the LCD in action."

Comments

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[sheimers]

He might have been booed from stage, but the rest of the world admires him. He was on all european TV stations, and nobody cared for the rest of the oscars. (I didn't even care for his oscar, but his speech was great.)

Does anybody really want to be this tied down?

[SuperJ]

Is there any sysadmin out there who really wants this thick of an umbilical cord between them and their servers? I thought sysadmins having to carry pagers was bad, but this is just plain ridiculous. I can think of these three scenarios:

1) "Oh geez, spongebob1's not responding"...continues to stare at screen waiting for spongebob1's return...doesn't pay attention to sharp curve in the road...WHAM!!! Game over.

2) After going out to a fancy dinner with a nice attractive young lady, you're driving to the movie theater when your big honkin' LCD starts beeping. "Oh crap honey, I've gotta go to work and get this server running. I guess we can't go to the movie." "Ok, drop me off at home then." "Are you free on Thursday? Want to grab dinner again?" "No, I don't mind computer geeks, but this is ridiculous. It's either me or the servers, Billy."

I will never take a job that requires me to wear a pager or carry a cell phone so that people can reach me on off hours. And I'm certainly never going to mount an LCD in my car.