would you be interested in letting me write a little for your techblog like a section on Early computing i know you said you wanted to write it all down i figure i would try to help ya out a bit. So if you wana shoot me a PM and we'll talk about it some.
Sell that HD 3870X2, you could fetch some good money for it, and then pick up a normal HD 3870 or a 9600gt, it'll perform the same in games, and you could have some money for your Chair..