Some people expressed interest in my LCD CPU Load display at the Kit meet.
I have a couple of brand new smaller backlit single line 16 character LCD's left over from a project.
You'd have to be handy with a soldering iron and provide your own Parallel cable, I'll provide wiring instructions and a sample lcdproc config.
16x1 isn't a whole lot of real-estate but using the sample clients in the lcdproc package it is possible to have things like load average with a simple history display even at this size screen. There are other clients floating around the net to display almost anything (or they are quite easy to roll yourself)
On your PC you'll need a spare parallel port and either a source of 5V DC or a spare USB port (Hardly any current is needed so even a port on an un-powered Hub will be fine)
£6 each inc P&P, contact me off list if you are interested.
Regards Wayne