My (Real) Desktop
It seems customary for people to post pics of their workspaces and Rands’ recent post has spurred me on to post mine. I’ve been spending this early part of 2008 clearing out my desk area so the timing is a bit serendipitous. I’ve finally packed away my old, dusty PC, which is now in the other room ready to be given to a friend. I’ve also installed a cable management solution which gets most of the cords and cables off the floor and (mostly) out of sight.
So, here it is (pics hosted on Flickr):
It is also in Rands “Pixel Rigs” group where you can find other people’s setups.
Some notes:
- The cheese grater on the left is a PowerMac (2.3GHz DC). It is being retired in favor of the Mac Pro next to it. It was the machine I originally developed Hazel on. Will be looking to sell it so drop me a line if you are interested in it.
- The monitor on the left was intended as the second display for the main machine but is attached to the old PowerMac for the time being.
- I like large tabletops, but getting the second monitor cut me off from the left side of the desk. Real desktop space sacrificed for virtual.
- There is a scanner hidden away behind the left monitor. It’s a very low traffic item so I don’t mind having to get up to get to it.
Additional pop-up notes available on Flickr.
By the way, this is my desk on a good day. Unfortunately, I haven’t ported Hazel to RL (real life) so my desk can accumulate quite a bit of stuff. With great desk space comes great clutter.
Category: Noodlesoft 3 comments »
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:18 pm
For the bonus points: the characters are from Mappy. I used to spend way too much time playing that game back in the day!
February 4th, 2008 at 12:43 am
Nice rig. To free up some desk space, you might want to look at getting some monitor arms.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Steve: I’m glad someone else remembers that game. For guessing correctly, your prize is a beer after the next Cocoaheads meeting.
Richard: Ooh, nice idea. Will definitely look into these. Thanks for the suggestion!