Son of "a desk is a dangerous place, redux" January 26, 2012 9:51 PM Subscribe
I know I asked this about 10 months ago, but I'm so excited about my new proper work desk! Our workplace was remodeled during the summer; my old desk was demolished and I was working from a large Rubbermaid cart until this beauty showed up. So please indulge me, and join me: "Show us your desks again, pretty please!"
No way. I just finished a project, that is I had finished until the changes started coming in. MY desk is here somewhere under a mass of printouts, but you can easily picture it by looking in any paper recycling bin.
posted by Cranberry at 10:27 PM on January 26, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Cranberry at 10:27 PM on January 26, 2012 [2 favorites]
Totally unrelated, I found the stuff with the gentleman with the lamb to be fascinating.
As far as my desk is concerned: it can be seen here.
posted by mephron at 10:36 PM on January 26, 2012 [2 favorites]
As far as my desk is concerned: it can be seen here.
posted by mephron at 10:36 PM on January 26, 2012 [2 favorites]
Hope this direct FB image link will work. I have the shittiest office / desk in the world, but I am not complaining.
posted by Meatbomb at 10:57 PM on January 26, 2012 [10 favorites]
posted by Meatbomb at 10:57 PM on January 26, 2012 [10 favorites]
I linked mine in the bookshelves thread recently, but OK! This was right after moving in and I'd just set it up and the damn thing has never been as clean since.
posted by carsonb at 11:15 PM on January 26, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by carsonb at 11:15 PM on January 26, 2012 [1 favorite]
The most recent picture of my desk is surprisingly recent.
posted by knile at 11:27 PM on January 26, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by knile at 11:27 PM on January 26, 2012 [1 favorite]
Here is mine.
Its very cozy. I get nice sunlight through the windows on the left with a view of cows grazing on a hill.
posted by vacapinta at 12:55 AM on January 27, 2012 [4 favorites]
posted by vacapinta at 12:55 AM on January 27, 2012 [4 favorites]
grumble grumble exhibitionism grumble grumble snarf
posted by Joseph Gurl at 2:04 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Joseph Gurl at 2:04 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Butter ALL the cats!
And my desk isn't fit for public display just yet. Ask me next week.
posted by maudlin at 2:26 AM on January 27, 2012
And my desk isn't fit for public display just yet. Ask me next week.
posted by maudlin at 2:26 AM on January 27, 2012
Since I last posted a work desk, I've been relieved of the concrete box, moved into actual office space with carpet, sheetrock & paint, & provided with a pretty spiffy new iMac.
posted by Devils Rancher at 4:41 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Devils Rancher at 4:41 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
"I always feel like... somebody's watching me."
posted by drlith at 4:46 AM on January 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by drlith at 4:46 AM on January 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
This is a picture of a self-buttering cat. His name is Sam.
jamaro - you're not sharing; you're being supervised.
posted by rtha at 5:47 AM on January 27, 2012
jamaro - you're not sharing; you're being supervised.
posted by rtha at 5:47 AM on January 27, 2012
I use the dining room table. The Santa hat is a cat bed, which I never got to where before one of the cats took it over. 99 cents, I guess it was worth it.
I have an actual desk upstairs but the room is unheated.
posted by Marie Mon Dieu at 6:09 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
I have an actual desk upstairs but the room is unheated.
posted by Marie Mon Dieu at 6:09 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
*wear* argh!
posted by Marie Mon Dieu at 6:09 AM on January 27, 2012
posted by Marie Mon Dieu at 6:09 AM on January 27, 2012
This is my office. The new cat shelf was a necessity when I finally (finally!) got rid of the old 18" CRT that was the cats' previous favorite napping spot.
posted by restless_nomad (staff) at 7:23 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by restless_nomad (staff) at 7:23 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Sorry for the cell phone quality, but it's what I have.
Here you go: my work bench
posted by Confess, Fletch at 7:35 AM on January 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
Here you go: my work bench
posted by Confess, Fletch at 7:35 AM on January 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
restless_nomad: This is my office.
I'm surprised Matt has enough closet space in his house for all the mods' offices.
posted by gman at 7:44 AM on January 27, 2012 [6 favorites]
I'm surprised Matt has enough closet space in his house for all the mods' offices.
posted by gman at 7:44 AM on January 27, 2012 [6 favorites]
I declare I am the nosiest person in the world, and I love these threads. It keeps me from wandering the streets and peeking in living room windows (from the sidewalk). Thank you!
I have desks I share at school, and occasionally use mrgood's office upstairs too - but I can't get to them easily right now (day off/too cosy). But you showed me yours; I'll show you mine.
posted by peagood at 7:47 AM on January 27, 2012 [3 favorites]
I have desks I share at school, and occasionally use mrgood's office upstairs too - but I can't get to them easily right now (day off/too cosy). But you showed me yours; I'll show you mine.
posted by peagood at 7:47 AM on January 27, 2012 [3 favorites]
My office, repainted, before all the shelving and cabinets were in, but dangit I have a desk and a temporary side table for the scope!
posted by introp at 8:07 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by introp at 8:07 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Of, I need to change my desk around cause sitting bent over for ten hours a day sketching and hitting refresh show how sprained my ankle. I wish I could have a standing desk in a room that wasn't also the dining room. And living room. And part of the kitchen......
posted by The Whelk at 8:11 AM on January 27, 2012
posted by The Whelk at 8:11 AM on January 27, 2012
I have a giant work space of four desks next to each other. I don't use the far left one, but I use the parts of the near left and right spaces.
posted by ephemerista at 8:37 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by ephemerista at 8:37 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Here's my desk at work. Note the professional white background. The dried leaves under the monitor are from this question. The "I'm a vegetarian and proud of it" is a proof from t-shirts I made for my wife, but I keep it around to remind my boss not to pawn off his extra venison on me.
posted by hydrophonic at 8:37 AM on January 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by hydrophonic at 8:37 AM on January 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
I can see that people tend to have either cats or scopes. Anyone have both?
posted by maudlin at 8:41 AM on January 27, 2012
posted by maudlin at 8:41 AM on January 27, 2012
I do! But I don't have either at work (and not even a window, so a scope - birding scope, that is - wouldn't do me any good). But I'm working from home today, and if the cats cooperate maybe I can rig something up.
posted by rtha at 8:43 AM on January 27, 2012
posted by rtha at 8:43 AM on January 27, 2012
Here's mine. I've used it forever, it seems. I've never had another.
posted by heyho at 8:48 AM on January 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by heyho at 8:48 AM on January 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
Show us your laptops! If you know what I mean.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 8:52 AM on January 27, 2012
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 8:52 AM on January 27, 2012
I declare I am the nosiest person in the world, and I love these threads
Anyone else open the big pictures in their own window and then instinctively try to scroll around to see the rest of the room?
posted by carsonb at 9:01 AM on January 27, 2012
Anyone else open the big pictures in their own window and then instinctively try to scroll around to see the rest of the room?
posted by carsonb at 9:01 AM on January 27, 2012
Anyone else open the big pictures in their own window and then instinctively try to scroll around to see the rest of the room?
Nah, I usually wait til after breakfast to start slamming beers.
posted by heyho at 9:06 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Nah, I usually wait til after breakfast to start slamming beers.
posted by heyho at 9:06 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
I also share my desk with a cat--and a sewing machine.
posted by crush-onastick at 9:10 AM on January 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by crush-onastick at 9:10 AM on January 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
My current desk (G+ link). Note this is the cleanest it's been for months.
posted by The Whelk at 9:17 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk at 9:17 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
I always wanted a second-hand dining room table as a desk, & found this one two weeks ago. hooray!
my desk. included: gigantic butterflies, ya novels, flufftastic writing sidekick.
posted by changeling at 9:30 AM on January 27, 2012 [3 favorites]
my desk. included: gigantic butterflies, ya novels, flufftastic writing sidekick.
posted by changeling at 9:30 AM on January 27, 2012 [3 favorites]
Here's me. The pic is a few months old, but all that ever changes is that the piles of books shift around.
posted by pemberkins at 9:31 AM on January 27, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by pemberkins at 9:31 AM on January 27, 2012 [3 favorites]
All that money for a new desk and they make you use that broken keyboard?
posted by quonsar II: smock fishpants and the temple of foon at 9:32 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by quonsar II: smock fishpants and the temple of foon at 9:32 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Things I notice:
posted by Meatbomb at 9:34 AM on January 27, 2012 [9 favorites]
- coasters under table legs
- framed pictures on walls
- real furniture, made of hardwoods
- installed art
- real hardcover books on bookshelves and tables
- brass fittings, pulls, hardware
- bedcovers and matching pillowcases
- window treatments
posted by Meatbomb at 9:34 AM on January 27, 2012 [9 favorites]
It breaks my heart guys, but when I am in the vanguard of the revolution and we are tearing down the old order I might have to kill some of you. Sorry in advance.
Good thing there are bars on your windows! We won't let you out.
posted by amro at 9:37 AM on January 27, 2012 [4 favorites]
Good thing there are bars on your windows! We won't let you out.
posted by amro at 9:37 AM on January 27, 2012 [4 favorites]
Meatbomb, were those bars on the windows of your room?
Is society being protected of your revolutionary threats?
posted by joost de vries at 9:38 AM on January 27, 2012
Is society being protected of your revolutionary threats?
posted by joost de vries at 9:38 AM on January 27, 2012
yep
posted by joost de vries at 9:39 AM on January 27, 2012
posted by joost de vries at 9:39 AM on January 27, 2012
My desk on campus, before the school year began. (Hint: no longer quite so organized.)
posted by thomas j wise at 9:40 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by thomas j wise at 9:40 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Oh hey, I still exist.
posted by Eideteker at 9:48 AM on January 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Eideteker at 9:48 AM on January 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
It breaks my heart guys, but when I am in the vanguard of the revolution and we are tearing down the old order I might have to kill some of you. Sorry in advance.
All that we see in this world might just be shadows of the spirit world beyond, but as long as some of those shadows are thick enough to hold up a keyboard & display, the old order may persist, much to your astral dismay.
posted by Devils Rancher at 10:00 AM on January 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
All that we see in this world might just be shadows of the spirit world beyond, but as long as some of those shadows are thick enough to hold up a keyboard & display, the old order may persist, much to your astral dismay.
posted by Devils Rancher at 10:00 AM on January 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
It breaks my heart guys, but when I am in the vanguard of the revolution and we are tearing down the old order I might have to kill some of you. Sorry in advance.
The revolution will not be accessorized.
posted by drlith at 10:02 AM on January 27, 2012
The revolution will not be accessorized.
posted by drlith at 10:02 AM on January 27, 2012
I actually ate a rich person and assumed his identity.
Wait, so that's an option?
posted by amro at 10:15 AM on January 27, 2012
Wait, so that's an option?
posted by amro at 10:15 AM on January 27, 2012
Here's my desk. It's crazy messy, but I have the best inspirational poster in the office. It says, to my understanding, "Let's ease the tension in the transportation system!". I'm a transportation engineer.
posted by Homeboy Trouble at 10:22 AM on January 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Homeboy Trouble at 10:22 AM on January 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
It breaks my heart guys, but when I am in the vanguard of the revolution and we are tearing down the old order I might have to kill some of you.
I rest quietly in my assurance that I meet none of those criteria and thus will survive the revolution. Except the hardcovers. Which I will kill to defend.
posted by restless_nomad (staff) at 10:25 AM on January 27, 2012 [4 favorites]
I rest quietly in my assurance that I meet none of those criteria and thus will survive the revolution. Except the hardcovers. Which I will kill to defend.
posted by restless_nomad (staff) at 10:25 AM on January 27, 2012 [4 favorites]
If you staple enough coasters together, you have a makeshift shield.
In a pinch, you can hurl cats (pointy bits extended), scopes or sewing machines.
posted by maudlin at 10:28 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
In a pinch, you can hurl cats (pointy bits extended), scopes or sewing machines.
posted by maudlin at 10:28 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Here's my desk. I work from home, so there's a work laptop and a home laptop - one is much more fun than the other. Despite how it looks, the cat is not allowed to use either computer.
posted by Slack-a-gogo at 10:32 AM on January 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Slack-a-gogo at 10:32 AM on January 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
Homeboy Trouble, that is the greatest motivational poster of all time.
posted by ignignokt at 10:35 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by ignignokt at 10:35 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
My desk is usually pretty messy. It sure is right now, and here's the annotated evidence.
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:36 AM on January 27, 2012 [4 favorites]
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:36 AM on January 27, 2012 [4 favorites]
I have been doing HealthMonth with the MeFi team and learned that putting things out in the open is highly motivating when it comes to change. I loved looking at the desks and thought, "hey, mine isn't that bad after all." But then I turned and looked at my desk, not my workstation, and realized that this would be the moment I would put it out there, face the truth about my desk, and at the risk of the public humiliation for doing nothing I would spend the afternoon trying to clear off that desktop. There is only one annotation for the stuff on that desk -- "things that I have not looked at in over a year."
posted by cgk at 10:44 AM on January 27, 2012 [4 favorites]
posted by cgk at 10:44 AM on January 27, 2012 [4 favorites]
I just figured out how to use those little notes in Flickr! Yay! I'm a little weirded out by how excited I am by this.
posted by heyho at 10:51 AM on January 27, 2012 [5 favorites]
posted by heyho at 10:51 AM on January 27, 2012 [5 favorites]
I'm absurdly upset that I won't get home for another six hours to do this.
posted by Phire at 11:39 AM on January 27, 2012
posted by Phire at 11:39 AM on January 27, 2012
There is no desk. (I really need to stop doing this to my wrist.)
posted by Hardcore Poser at 11:47 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Hardcore Poser at 11:47 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
I'm absurdly upset that I won't get home for another six hours to do this.
It's okay... I'll still be obsessively clicking Recent Activity until at least midnight.
posted by Devils Rancher at 11:50 AM on January 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
It's okay... I'll still be obsessively clicking Recent Activity until at least midnight.
posted by Devils Rancher at 11:50 AM on January 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
That's ok, Phire, we'll be waiting right here for you.
So if you'll indulge me further: to mephron: the gentleman with the lamb brings bummer lambs home from his ranch from time to time to foster them. That particular lamb, just like the nursery rhyme about Mary and her little lamb, follows him everywhere, to the post office, to the bakery, etc. In that tiny town, there aren't many other places to go. :) ps: jealous of your many devices!
to meatbomb: um, yes, your fb link works disturbingly well. Fetching hairnet!
Burhanistan: your desk is impressive!
to jamaro: so jealous of your feline supervisors! Wish I could have my kitties here at work with me!
restless_nomad: I love what you've done with the place! No, seriously, that is the most humble and efficient workstation I could ever imagine and I will quit whining about my Rubbermaid desk from here on out!
Confess, Fletch: I LOVE your scopes! That is an awesome workplace. Everyone with scopes – just, wow. Yours is awesome too, ignignokt!
QuonsarII: yes. All that money and they spent rather a lot on the “broken” keyboard and mouse for me, too! Feelin’ lucky….
Devil’s rancher: so jealous of your abundance of Apple products!
cortex: your workspace is impressive, especially ♥ your feline supervisor!
You are all so wonderful to share your desks/workspaces! (Bonus points to everyone who has a coffee cup/bottle of scotch, etc)
posted by Lynsey at 11:50 AM on January 27, 2012
So if you'll indulge me further: to mephron: the gentleman with the lamb brings bummer lambs home from his ranch from time to time to foster them. That particular lamb, just like the nursery rhyme about Mary and her little lamb, follows him everywhere, to the post office, to the bakery, etc. In that tiny town, there aren't many other places to go. :) ps: jealous of your many devices!
to meatbomb: um, yes, your fb link works disturbingly well. Fetching hairnet!
Burhanistan: your desk is impressive!
to jamaro: so jealous of your feline supervisors! Wish I could have my kitties here at work with me!
restless_nomad: I love what you've done with the place! No, seriously, that is the most humble and efficient workstation I could ever imagine and I will quit whining about my Rubbermaid desk from here on out!
Confess, Fletch: I LOVE your scopes! That is an awesome workplace. Everyone with scopes – just, wow. Yours is awesome too, ignignokt!
QuonsarII: yes. All that money and they spent rather a lot on the “broken” keyboard and mouse for me, too! Feelin’ lucky….
Devil’s rancher: so jealous of your abundance of Apple products!
cortex: your workspace is impressive, especially ♥ your feline supervisor!
You are all so wonderful to share your desks/workspaces! (Bonus points to everyone who has a coffee cup/bottle of scotch, etc)
posted by Lynsey at 11:50 AM on January 27, 2012
Since I'm working from home today, here is the working-from-home setup.
posted by rtha at 11:53 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by rtha at 11:53 AM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Devil’s rancher: so jealous of your abundance of Apple products!
That's not even the half of it. Wife, 2 kids, home desktop, 2 more departments here at work, RIP server, the list goes on. If I had bought stock instead of gear...
I really did win the iPad in a raffle, though. I thought I was going to faint.
posted by Devils Rancher at 11:55 AM on January 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
That's not even the half of it. Wife, 2 kids, home desktop, 2 more departments here at work, RIP server, the list goes on. If I had bought stock instead of gear...
I really did win the iPad in a raffle, though. I thought I was going to faint.
posted by Devils Rancher at 11:55 AM on January 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
There's an app for that.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 12:22 PM on January 27, 2012
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 12:22 PM on January 27, 2012
The photo of my desk is more or less the same as the photo of my bookshelf.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:06 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:06 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
I found my old clean desk shot from when I first set it up. Original two monitor setup, plus an extra laptop off to the side but no standalone windows/gaming desktop like there is now.
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:15 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:15 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
My desk is usually pretty messy. It sure is right now, and here's the annotated evidence.
Favorite typo from cortex's awesome desk annotations: "Hat wife crotched for me..."
posted by aught at 1:23 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Favorite typo from cortex's awesome desk annotations: "Hat wife crotched for me..."
posted by aught at 1:23 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
I have a real desk, but lately I've been just sitting at the couch.
Note chocolate, small board game cache. Not quite visible: mostly dead tulips, very large and relatively small Japanese instruments.
posted by that girl at 1:32 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Note chocolate, small board game cache. Not quite visible: mostly dead tulips, very large and relatively small Japanese instruments.
posted by that girl at 1:32 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
ooh I love these threads! I've moved since the last one, so here is my new home office
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 1:37 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 1:37 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Oh my. Fixed. Heh.
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:48 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:48 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
We're reno-ing our basement, which will finally provide me with a desk at home...gonna have to wait a few days or weeks before I can post anything. :(
posted by LN at 1:48 PM on January 27, 2012
posted by LN at 1:48 PM on January 27, 2012
I generally can't find any place more comfortable to work than in bed.
posted by msali at 2:26 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by msali at 2:26 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Here's mine. It's from a few years ago but it hasn't changed much, just add a pile of books and another pile of magazines to the top shelf. Oh, and I have a bigger monitor.
posted by deborah at 2:37 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by deborah at 2:37 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
OK. 1. The stuff under the desk was under the desk before. 2. Wastebasket full. 3. Recycling bin full. 4. One pile fed to shredder. 5. I did not dust it as you can see, but I want to get a vacuum in the office first because there is a lot of dust. 6. There was a lot of media that I will need to go through, but the desktop I declare to be finished for the day. (Previously)
posted by cgk at 3:17 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by cgk at 3:17 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
My fairly neat annotated work desk. Looks much nicer than it used to.
posted by gemmy at 3:49 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by gemmy at 3:49 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Here's one shot . . . this is my desk at home, where I do all my work these days. I just moved across town, so it's in disarray.
Here's another shot.
posted by exlotuseater at 5:33 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Here's another shot.
posted by exlotuseater at 5:33 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
if meatbomb comes to try to kil me, my paperback copy of "The Art of Human Computer Interface Design" is still powerful enough to knock him unconscious, so I have no fear of his deciding to kill me for the desk the previous tenants left behind that I appropriated. then I will tack him to a wheel and roll him downhill so that the revolution goes. too.
Lynsey: when I was laid off I used some of the layoff funds to pay for a bunch of devices to use for a while so I didn't need to worry about the older stuff breaking down.
posted by mephron at 5:57 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Lynsey: when I was laid off I used some of the layoff funds to pay for a bunch of devices to use for a while so I didn't need to worry about the older stuff breaking down.
posted by mephron at 5:57 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Here's mine! It's not as cool as the desks that some of you have (cortex, I'm so jealous of your L-shaped desk in front of a bright window like you would not believe) but it's home. Ish.
posted by Phire at 6:22 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Phire at 6:22 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
This thread is my excuse to show my cat on my desk watching a cartoon.
posted by longsleeves at 6:51 PM on January 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by longsleeves at 6:51 PM on January 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
someone go through this and tally Macs and PC's please... I'm curious but too lazy to do it!
posted by HuronBob at 8:30 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by HuronBob at 8:30 PM on January 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
PREPARE TO BE JEALOUS:
BAM
BAM
posted by two lights above the sea at 8:42 PM on January 27, 2012 [4 favorites]
BAM
BAM
posted by two lights above the sea at 8:42 PM on January 27, 2012 [4 favorites]
(I have two macs at my desk, if we're tallying. Mac Pro and a Mac Mini. Hehe.)
posted by two lights above the sea at 8:44 PM on January 27, 2012
posted by two lights above the sea at 8:44 PM on January 27, 2012
I also have a rice cooker behind the one monitor, and I've since rotated the TV to be horizontal instead of vertical. I really need plants. Next is plants.
posted by two lights above the sea at 8:50 PM on January 27, 2012
posted by two lights above the sea at 8:50 PM on January 27, 2012
Also also, you can see someone's brain waves in the first picture on the TV on the bottom. It's a bit noisy/blinky, but there!
OK. I'm done.
posted by two lights above the sea at 8:56 PM on January 27, 2012
OK. I'm done.
posted by two lights above the sea at 8:56 PM on January 27, 2012
Holy SHIT two lights that is the most epic set-up of all set-ups and I am BEYOND jealous.
posted by Phire at 9:03 PM on January 27, 2012
posted by Phire at 9:03 PM on January 27, 2012
Two Lights... we were truly impressed until we learned that you had to sit at your desk and eat rice while the rest of us went out for steak and lobster... 99%/1% whatever, whatever....
posted by HuronBob at 9:16 PM on January 27, 2012
posted by HuronBob at 9:16 PM on January 27, 2012
PREPARE TO BE JEALOUS:
I was not prepared!
Also, I need a corner desk.
posted by Devils Rancher at 9:19 PM on January 27, 2012
I was not prepared!
Also, I need a corner desk.
posted by Devils Rancher at 9:19 PM on January 27, 2012
My workspace for the next couple of months. Its the circular built in dining area in this service apartment in Nairobi. Please ignore the obvious vices
posted by infini at 12:39 AM on January 28, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by infini at 12:39 AM on January 28, 2012 [2 favorites]
Infini, is that a netbook, or are those bizarrely oversize USB plugs stuck in the side of a laptop?
Anyway, here's mine. I'd just posted it publicly because I wanted to show off the painting my mum did for me.
I don't get the window view, but if I did, I'd be in what one of the IT desktop support guys calls the best office in the organisation (4000 employees), so I guess I can turn around and enjoy the space. Everyone else in the office gets 24" monitors, too.
posted by ambrosen at 5:48 AM on January 28, 2012 [1 favorite]
Anyway, here's mine. I'd just posted it publicly because I wanted to show off the painting my mum did for me.
I don't get the window view, but if I did, I'd be in what one of the IT desktop support guys calls the best office in the organisation (4000 employees), so I guess I can turn around and enjoy the space. Everyone else in the office gets 24" monitors, too.
posted by ambrosen at 5:48 AM on January 28, 2012 [1 favorite]
ASUS eeePC 1000(some letter of the alphabet from 2008) with internet cable one side and a mouse out the other.
posted by infini at 5:52 AM on January 28, 2012
posted by infini at 5:52 AM on January 28, 2012
Two lights - Like everyone, I am incredibly jealous of your setup. But THANK YOU for inspiring me to put a rice cooker in my office. Best idea ever.
posted by pemberkins at 8:09 AM on January 28, 2012
posted by pemberkins at 8:09 AM on January 28, 2012
two lights above the sea, that is brilliant! My next monitor is going to be wall-mounted!
Also, it would be pretty cool if that wall-mounted monitor had two lights on it, and the other monitors had the Sea.
posted by ignignokt at 9:45 AM on January 28, 2012
Also, it would be pretty cool if that wall-mounted monitor had two lights on it, and the other monitors had the Sea.
posted by ignignokt at 9:45 AM on January 28, 2012
Oh man, I love these threads. Here is the desk at the home office, and here are the bookcases behind it.
posted by Verdant at 10:34 AM on January 28, 2012
posted by Verdant at 10:34 AM on January 28, 2012
Also,two lights, is that maple syrup on your desk? Grade B? Very nice. Deluxe indeed.
posted by Verdant at 10:35 AM on January 28, 2012
posted by Verdant at 10:35 AM on January 28, 2012
I looked at everyone's desks! This was a fun and productive use of my time! (Seriously. Well, on the fun part.)
Here's mine.
posted by k8lin at 10:54 AM on January 28, 2012 [1 favorite]
Here's mine.
posted by k8lin at 10:54 AM on January 28, 2012 [1 favorite]
Oh man, I love these threads. Here is the desk at the home office, and here are the bookcases behind it.
Verdant, I'm seeing a picture of a happy little dude in the sunshine. I hope you don't use him as a desk.
posted by troll at 12:37 PM on January 28, 2012 [1 favorite]
Verdant, I'm seeing a picture of a happy little dude in the sunshine. I hope you don't use him as a desk.
posted by troll at 12:37 PM on January 28, 2012 [1 favorite]
Here's my desk/studio in its natural state, from this week! Here may or may not lie dragons.
posted by sonika at 2:11 PM on January 28, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by sonika at 2:11 PM on January 28, 2012 [2 favorites]
Ooh, ooh, am I too late? Because I remembered I have this shot from the last time I took my assistant to the office. She's there to provide scale for the ridiculous amount of screen real estate I appropriated for myself. (Being the senior research assistant has its advantages.)
(Is it obvious that two lights and I work in the same office, what with the ridiculous numbers of 30" cinema displays floating around?)
posted by supercres at 2:25 PM on January 28, 2012 [4 favorites]
(Is it obvious that two lights and I work in the same office, what with the ridiculous numbers of 30" cinema displays floating around?)
posted by supercres at 2:25 PM on January 28, 2012 [4 favorites]
I guess "assistant" should be in quotes, because she's rubbish at alphabetizing. Sheds everywhere too.
posted by supercres at 2:39 PM on January 28, 2012
posted by supercres at 2:39 PM on January 28, 2012
No no, it's not too late until the thread is closed, in like 28 days or so. Yes, Verdant, if that's really your desk, um, we have questions! But nice shot, nonetheless. sonika, what an interesting story your blog shows. two lights above the sea and three monitors, one vertical. Yep, that is amazing! I thought that was maple syrup too, care to elaborate? What I'd love to see, if he would consent to show it, is pb's desk; have we ever seen that? We've got Jessamyn's, cortex's, restless_nomad and vacapinta, whose desk is as elegant as he is. How about it, other mods? Taz? Mathowie, we haven't seen your desk since the first desk post. Feel like showing us an update? Moar desks, plz!
posted by Lynsey at 3:45 PM on January 28, 2012
posted by Lynsey at 3:45 PM on January 28, 2012
Hoorah! I love these threads. Forget the lamentations of the women, these and bookshelf threads are best in life. So many cozy, enviable workspaces. (Most happy-making: deborah's gargoyle collection.)
I cleaned my desk for the first time in months this morning and I shamefully confess - I considered pretending my desk is always like this.
But then I realised that lying is wrong, so here is the sordid truth, after I put some of the piles of Desk Stuff that were living temporarily on the couch back. For true reality, times it by about three and add some coffee rings.
But the best thing about my desk is this.
Combine it with an obliging partner and it's like being a wizard - some sonorous chanting plus the tolling of a bell and coffee magically appears beside me. Magic!
posted by pseudonymph at 7:02 PM on January 28, 2012 [2 favorites]
I cleaned my desk for the first time in months this morning and I shamefully confess - I considered pretending my desk is always like this.
But then I realised that lying is wrong, so here is the sordid truth, after I put some of the piles of Desk Stuff that were living temporarily on the couch back. For true reality, times it by about three and add some coffee rings.
But the best thing about my desk is this.
Combine it with an obliging partner and it's like being a wizard - some sonorous chanting plus the tolling of a bell and coffee magically appears beside me. Magic!
posted by pseudonymph at 7:02 PM on January 28, 2012 [2 favorites]
some sonorous chanting plus the tolling of a bell and coffee magically appears beside me
My people just check periodically, and refill as needed. If I have to ask for coffee, something is very wrong and I need to go and check to make sure everyone is still on station.
posted by Meatbomb at 7:46 AM on January 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
My people just check periodically, and refill as needed. If I have to ask for coffee, something is very wrong and I need to go and check to make sure everyone is still on station.
posted by Meatbomb at 7:46 AM on January 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
my people grow the coffee
posted by infini at 9:23 AM on January 29, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by infini at 9:23 AM on January 29, 2012 [2 favorites]
About once a week, a delivery person from Texas Coffee Traders walks through the door to my office with 10 lbs. of freshly-roasted beans. She is like some sort of minor goddess, whose mystical powers baffle and delight by equal measure.
I'm frequently the grinder/brewer guy, and I accept my responsibility with humble acknowledgement of its importance. So, I ask not for whom the bell tolls.
posted by Devils Rancher at 9:31 AM on January 29, 2012 [2 favorites]
I'm frequently the grinder/brewer guy, and I accept my responsibility with humble acknowledgement of its importance. So, I ask not for whom the bell tolls.
posted by Devils Rancher at 9:31 AM on January 29, 2012 [2 favorites]
I don't have a desk at home at the moment, as we just moved into a new house and dumped a lot of old crappy stuff on the way, including my desk.
I mostly hang out on MeFi at work anyway, so this is probably more appropriate.
posted by dg at 4:58 PM on January 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
I mostly hang out on MeFi at work anyway, so this is probably more appropriate.
posted by dg at 4:58 PM on January 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
What I'd love to see, if he would consent to show it, is pb's desk; have we ever seen that?
Sorry I'm late. But sure, back in one of the first threads I posted pictures of home and home away from home. That was a few years ago though and my monitors have grown (thanks, Matt!). Here's my desk at home today.
posted by pb (staff) at 10:15 AM on January 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
Sorry I'm late. But sure, back in one of the first threads I posted pictures of home and home away from home. That was a few years ago though and my monitors have grown (thanks, Matt!). Here's my desk at home today.
posted by pb (staff) at 10:15 AM on January 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
OMG, pb has an effing CueCat on his desk! I totally, completely love that.
posted by delfuego at 10:29 AM on January 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by delfuego at 10:29 AM on January 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
I took a decent-ish picture of how my desk at works actually looks right now.
posted by rtha at 10:59 AM on January 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by rtha at 10:59 AM on January 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
Not only do I love seeing all of your desks but even more, I love love love seeing all of your annotated photos on flickr!
posted by Lynsey at 10:01 PM on January 30, 2012
posted by Lynsey at 10:01 PM on January 30, 2012
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