Show us your desk

hot_pastrami · 06-07-2004, 12:10 AM

A person's personal space can say a lot about them. WAY more than their keychain.

*cough*

Here is my desk at home:

A few items of interest:

On top of the monitor, a scale model of my beloved 2000 Camaro SS, which is no longer with us. Sniff.
The hideous wallpaper is a Tourettes-inducing abomination, I know. You should see the rest of the house. Baby steps.
Multimonitor kicks ass!
The mouse is a Microsoft trackball explorer. There is also an Aiptek drawing pad hiding under the keyboard.
Yes, that IS dust you can see. Please note my complete lack of concern regarding aforementioned dust.

So, I showed you mine, so now you show me yours. Don't be shy. I'll try to remember to take a shot of my cube at work, and post that, too. If you're lucky.

I like sharing time.

jaguar · 06-07-2004, 12:47 AM

I was more interested that you had an old style safe built into your desk

limey · 06-07-2004, 05:14 AM

Edited to add: Sorry it's so big, how do you stop that from happening? Anyway, you can see that I don't actually choose clarity over clutter, I just wish I could!

hot_pastrami · 06-07-2004, 12:01 PM

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Originally posted by jaguar
I was more interested that you had an old style safe built into your desk

Well, it's not actually built in... when I went desk-shopping and saw this beauty, I thought to myself, "That otherwise useless opening there is probably the perfect size for my safe." And what do you know... I was right.

06-07-2004, 12:16 PM

My desk: brought to you (and me!) thanks to the great kindness of an 80 year old retired Air Force Colonel who read my story in the local paper. Upon hearing that I wanted to try to rehabilitate myself with my writing, he bought me a new computer! What a compassionate and generous gift! My desk is proof that there are still good people in this world. I would thank him by name, but he wishes to remain anonymous.

Undertoad · 06-07-2004, 12:21 PM

Spot the 27 fire hazards. (Actually the lens compresses the shot and those piles of paper are actually 2 feet away from the lit candles.)

Disclaimer: it looks a LOT better when lit with the cave-like lighting and not a harsh flash. Still a total mess though.

wolf · 06-07-2004, 12:28 PM

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Originally posted by marichiko
My desk: brought to you (and me!) thanks to the great kindness of an 80 year old retired Air Force Colonel who read my story in the local paper. Upon hearing that I wanted to try to rehabilitate myself with my writing, he bought me a new computer! What a compassionate and generous gift! My desk is proof that there are still good people in this world. I would thank him by name, but he wishes to remain anonymous.

Was it last week or the week before that you were trying to get Word2K4 to run on your "terrible old laptop"? Desk looks pretty good for being on the edge of poverty too.

Beestie · 06-07-2004, 12:30 PM

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Originally posted by wolf
Was it last week or the week before that you were trying to get Word2K4 to run on your "terrible old laptop"? Desk looks pretty good for being on the edge of poverty too.

You took the words right off my keyboard.

jaguar · 06-07-2004, 12:32 PM

UT, you watch TV that close?

wolf · 06-07-2004, 12:39 PM

His eyesight is already bad.

I'll bet he watches it in the dark too. Doesn't leave a light on.

(That's one of those parental scolds I never understood. Why the heck to I have to have a light on somewhere else in the room to distract me from the important television program?)

OnyxCougar · 06-07-2004, 12:39 PM

I already shared mines. Don't know where, tho.....

06-07-2004, 12:46 PM

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Originally posted by wolf

Was it last week or the week before that you were trying to get Word2K4 to run on your "terrible old laptop"? Desk looks pretty good for being on the edge of poverty too.

Just got it this weekend and found the desk second hand at a garage sale. It's got a split in the middle which the keyboard covers up. Jeez, something really nice is done for me by a kind soul, and that's your response? You sure seem bitter toward the world.

Undertoad · 06-07-2004, 12:49 PM

No difference between watching TV that close and working at monitors that close.

My eyes went slightly near-sighted, four months after beginning full-time work as a programmer, and haven't changed much since.

jaguar · 06-07-2004, 12:50 PM

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No difference between watching TV that close and working at monitors that close.

Resolution?

Elspode · 06-07-2004, 12:51 PM

And they're off! Neck and neck heading into the first turn...

06-07-2004, 12:10 AM	#1
hot_pastrami I am meaty Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 1,119	Show us your desk A person's personal space can say a lot about them. WAY more than their keychain. cough Here is my desk at home: A few items of interest: On top of the monitor, a scale model of my beloved 2000 Camaro SS, which is no longer with us. Sniff. The hideous wallpaper is a Tourettes-inducing abomination, I know. You should see the rest of the house. Baby steps. Multimonitor kicks ass! The mouse is a Microsoft trackball explorer. There is also an Aiptek drawing pad hiding under the keyboard. Yes, that IS dust you can see. Please note my complete lack of concern regarding aforementioned dust. So, I showed you mine, so now you show me yours. Don't be shy. I'll try to remember to take a shot of my cube at work, and post that, too. If you're lucky. I like sharing time. __________________ Hot Pastrami!

06-07-2004, 12:47 AM	#2
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	I was more interested that you had an old style safe built into your desk __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

06-07-2004, 05:14 AM	#3
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Edited to add: Sorry it's so big, how do you stop that from happening? Anyway, you can see that I don't actually choose clarity over clutter, I just wish I could! Attached Images __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of Last edited by limey; 06-07-2004 at 05:17 AM.

06-07-2004, 12:16 PM	#5
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	My desk: brought to you (and me!) thanks to the great kindness of an 80 year old retired Air Force Colonel who read my story in the local paper. Upon hearing that I wanted to try to rehabilitate myself with my writing, he bought me a new computer! What a compassionate and generous gift! My desk is proof that there are still good people in this world. I would thank him by name, but he wishes to remain anonymous. Attached Images

06-07-2004, 12:32 PM	#9
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	UT, you watch TV that close? __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

06-07-2004, 12:21 PM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Spot the 27 fire hazards. (Actually the lens compresses the shot and those piles of paper are actually 2 feet away from the lit candles.) Disclaimer: it looks a LOT better when lit with the cave-like lighting and not a harsh flash. Still a total mess though.

06-07-2004, 12:39 PM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	His eyesight is already bad. I'll bet he watches it in the dark too. Doesn't leave a light on. (That's one of those parental scolds I never understood. Why the heck to I have to have a light on somewhere else in the room to distract me from the important television program?) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-07-2004, 12:39 PM	#11
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	I already shared mines. Don't know where, tho..... __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

06-07-2004, 12:49 PM	#13
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	No difference between watching TV that close and working at monitors that close. My eyes went slightly near-sighted, four months after beginning full-time work as a programmer, and haven't changed much since.

06-07-2004, 12:51 PM	#15
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	And they're off! Neck and neck heading into the first turn... __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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