Geeks and geekery

This is for churchbear, given his interest in geekery and forearms.

I hate to admit it, but I used to do strange sort of electronic stuff like this in my younger days. While I never attached electrodes to my forearms, I used to create all kinds of quirky synths and Theremin-like contraptions. There were some things that I wish I had patented. But, I was young and stupid at the time.

I dont know if I came across as oddly as this chap, however.

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I have a question, directed at those on my list who are graphics professionals or photographers. Do you use a monitor color calibrator, or adjust by eye? If you use a calibrator, what kind do you use? While on my last trip, I had my laptop with me. When I offloaded my pictures to it, I thought I had ruined a large number of them playing with exposure settings. When I got home to my desktop system things looked much better. I still have yet to tweak this new display I got the other day, but it looks good on the old profile.

I am looking for something to help give consistency to the various systems and displays I use. I am also wondering how to best match the screen colors with my printed output. So, I figure I'd turn this into a 'Dear Lazywebs' post and see what you folks have for suggestions. You can even tell me to pound sand if you want.

TIA!