I thought this was amusing.

QuoteA Danish television channel admitted yesterday it mistakenly used a screenshot from a computer game in a news report about Syria.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291674/Assassins-Creed-Danish-TV-channel-apologises-using-image-game-news-report-Syria-conflict.html

While waiting on the remaining parts for the computer to arrive, I decided to check out one of the new games I got as a bonus for buying the vid cards, and that game was Tomb Raider.

First off, I have to admit here that I'm not the gamer that I used to be, and because of that, I'm used to the quality of graphics that you see in Unreal Tournament GOTY Edition, which is to say far from today's standards. So when I saw the opening credits (just the credits, mind you, not the initial cut scene), I was impressed. Then I get an eyefull of the first cut scene...

OH! MY! GAWD!!!!!

To say I was blown away is so much an understatement that it's like... like... Well, there's just no way to even give an accurate analogy. Sure, I've seen the YouTube videos from Witcher, and Assassin's Creed, and those were truly phenomenal, relative to my previous experiences, but compare those videos to Unreal Tournament, and that's the difference I saw between the Tomb Raider cut scene and the Assassin's Creed vids. It was just THAT good! I think I'm slipping away, back to the "dark side" of gaming... But I don't think I want to be saved.

This made me laugh

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/wild-animal-bites-footballer-causes-chaos-100809047.html

...of a somewhat different kind.

We have a Comet on it's way that should be visible in the western night sky subject to visibility. However, if you miss this one there is another later in the year that should be brighter.

A friend of mine showed me this and I think it's real.
So, who has the intelligence?

As you all know, I'm getting a sum of money soon to spend on my SyberShot Studios set up. $2,500 usd to be exact.

In my research I found a 27" touch screen monitor here http://www.provantage.com/planar-systems-997-6848-00~7PLNR0Q2.htm

1st option:
I would need 2 of them, for I need dual displays. Seeing that the monitors is what I will be looking at most, I figured 2 27" monitors would be most beneficial for me. However these touch screens are $700.00 bucks a pop which would eat up $1400.00 of the total amount I have to spend leaving me with $1,100.00

The second most beneficial thing would be a tablet, I could either (a) get a surface pro and that would be it, or (b) get a Samsung ativ 500t atom based for $549.99 leaving me with $550.00 to get a gpu and psu for my current rig.

2nd option:
don't go with touch screens and just get 2 non-touch screen 27" monitors totaling around $700.00

a Samung ativ 500t for $549.99
leaving me with $1,250.00 to spend on an ivy bridge rig with 8 gigs of memory and a low grade gpu

3rd option:
2 x 27" monitors for a total around $700.00
and $1,800.00 to spend on a ivy bride rig with a fairly decent gpu and 16gig of memory

ATM I am leaning more towards option 1, for my rig does do everything I need it to...but the temptation of a new rig is very tempting.

what option would you guys go with? or do you have a different recommended options?