Aug 23 2006
Backlight your PC
I don’t like having the room light on while working at my PC, so this idea on Lifehacker gave me the kick I needed to come up with a cheap way to backlight my monitors and it works really well.
Behind my displays I have a 30W 1 Meter fluorescent light fitting which kicks out the equivalent of 3*60W bulbs, I added a small inline toggle switch for easy access.
The effect is excellent, I get a nice background of reflected light that means I can clearly see everything on my desk, but I also get this great glow behind the monitors which is really easy on the eye. Overall I am very pleased with the effect, and as a twist I assembled it all during a conference call briefing this afternoon - one of the best conference calls yet!
That’s shocking - during a conference call. I would never do anything like that!?!?!