[uncledave]

I totally get that. I did exactly the same. Cost £8 at the time if I remember as well which is a hell of a lot of money for an LED. It was just so different to the yellow, red and green ones. I was buying a bit of the future.

But roll on to today and the things are mostly a nuisance In my life. I’ve got one shining at me off my monitor now. If I scoot myself up in my chair a bit it doesn’t annoy me as much. I may stick some tape over it.

Still, RIP Mr Akasaki. Your contribution to the world is a net good one. Without it we probably wouldn’t have white leds :)

[VBprogrammer]

I remember there was a phase in the late 90s when all of the premium gear had blue LEDs. I remember a Cambridge Audio amp rack and CD player a flat mate had.

Now of course they are used on all of the most tacky direct from China stuff.

[nfriedly]

Yep, I have one computer with black electrical tape over the blue LEDs, and another where I added a resistor in between the motherboard and the light.