Today, Riddler asked me which unused computer has a good video card.

I explained that all of our stuff is old. Very old. And crap.

A $20 video card bought today would blow away the fastest machine we have in our office. Yes. Our high-end production department hasn’t had an upgrade in about 4 years.

Then I made the mistake of asking why he needed it.

He was building a computer for his daughter.

Background: Last year his daughter received the old old office digital camera as a Christmas present. This was a 4-year old heavily used digital camera.

This year it looks like she’s getting a PII-333mhz antiquated used office computer for Christmas.

Update: He spent the next 2 days trying to put together this machine. No, oddly enough our CEO has no other pressing duties.