your desk and computer setup

[kishba]

i've seen a few of these threads in the past and i enjoy them much more than snapshots of people's desktops... it's interesting and always educational to actually see how other people use their computers... it also tells a lot about people... tell's whether some are organized or extremely geeky (millions of computer in small space ;)

an older thread like this helped me tweak my computer setup so i'm slightly more productive... i've found the perfect arrangement for my dual displays (finally!)

i'm only a high school student and don't have many resources (and am limited on what i can construct in my room), but one day i hope to have a setup similar to dukestreet's media lab... that thing was awesome

anyways... here's my current setup... please post your's!

[kishba]

to help inspire me i have some apple posters above me ;)

[edesignuk]

Mine is allready up at the spymac gallerys, so I though I may as well link to that and save arn some bandwidth :D
So here (http://www.spymac.com/cgi-bin/pictures/index.pl?photo=878&size=big) it is!

[kishba]

wowzer... how big are those lcds? i'm happy with my apple 17" but would love to have a setup like blakespot's dual 19" sonys... i wish i could have dual lcds!!

that's really awesome man!

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by kishba
wowzer... how big are those lcds? i'm happy with my apple 17" but would love to have a setup like blakespot's dual 19" sonys... i wish i could have dual lcds!!

that's really awesome man!
They are 18", they're great!
Of course 3 x 23" HD Displays would be a ***** load beter but hey, I don't have 9 grand! :(

[Beej]

kishba-
That is a very crative place to have a base station! :)

[Beej]

My desk...
I have a long, short room, so I had to take two pics and stick them together. Very rough job, but you get the idea.

[Beej]

My server's desk...

[kishba]

wait a minute... your priorities must be a little bit confused... you have a cinema display on your server when you have a smaller crt on your desktop...

maybe i'm just confused :confused: :D

[Beej]

The server is a multi-purpose machine, it does more than just sit there and serve. It just gets called 'the server'

[Grokgod]

I love looking at other people's desks! :D

Here is mine!

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by Grokgod
I love looking at other people's desks! :D

Here is mine!
VERY nice! Looks good. :D

[mac15]

me wishes me hads a scanner:(
my setup is so compact, it has to be the smallest desk out there

[Beej]

Originally posted by mac15
me wishes me hads a scanner:(
my setup is so compact, it has to be the smallest desk out there Bah! You call yourself a man? Real men have real desks with real mess and real hardware! :p

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by Beej
My desk...
I have a long, short room, so I had to take two pics and stick them together. Very rough job, but you get the idea.

wow. That tower looks precarious up there.... I'm sure it's fine in real life, but in the photo it looks SO on the edge---ready to fall down.

Cool set up though. And nice system 7 box. :)

[Mr. Anderson]

I've posted this before, but I'll do it again, seeing as how it will be changing drastically in a few months.

We're putting in a new full bathroom in the basement, almost finished, and this what it used to look like. Right now I'm stuck in the corner of the room, where the 21" monitor is, with crap stored all around me, stuff moved there while the other half of the basement is being worked on.

D

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by dukestreet
I've posted this before, but I'll do it again, seeing as how it will be changing drastically in a few months.

We're putting in a new full bathroom in the basement, almost finished, and this what it used to look like. Right now I'm stuck in the corner of the room, where the 21" monitor is, with crap stored all around me, stuff moved there while the other half of the basement is being worked on.

D
That's a wicked setup! I love the blue lighting, it looks awsome! :D

[kishba]

i think eye should post his setup(s)... i'd like to know how he can spend so much time posting :) he must have one comfortable setup ;)

he is a photographer, right? then there's no excuse for not posting a pic ;)

[Grokgod]

Thats quite incredible, wish I had that much space so I could put in a drawig table, as it is , I have to go downstairs to draw.

But where are the windows~ doh!

[Mr. Anderson]

It is in my basement. There are two windows, inset in the boxes near the ceiling.

My new setup might be upstairs, I'm not sure at this point. We'll have to wait until the basement is cleaned up.

D

[jefhatfield]

those are all nice setups

mine is so boring and not worth posting

i have two desks;

1) with ibook, epson 740 and lexmark printers, and an hp scanner

2) with compaq laptop and epson 480 sxu printer

...and i really like to do as much computing from bed with either laptop to make things comfy:p

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by kishba
i think eye should post his setup(s)... i'd like to know how he can spend so much time posting :) he must have one comfortable setup ;)

he is a photographer, right? then there's no excuse for not posting a pic ;)

u guys would probably be disappointed...neither of mine are nearly as cool as the duke's...

but I'll get a few shots for u to view...I have to finish up a roll of film and that will do the trick ;)

[Macmaniac]

Its very ugly at the moment. We had an addition added to our house and we never got around to redoing the computer room. I plan on painting the room soon, but here is what I have.
This is what is in the pic
iMac
Perfoma
HP printer
Old Color stylewriter 2500

[drastik]

here's mine, there is supposed to be a 19 TV on top of the VCR. The Sawtooth has a one gig upgrade in it, and the pismo, painted blue, is going G4 as soon as the box from Nuec gets here.

[Beej]

drastik-
Can you post a better photo of your blue pismo? It looks cool, but I can hardly see it...

[Royal Pineapple]

blue pismos are cool, does any body elas have any hardware that is difrent from the norm. i saw someone once who painted their 2001 iBook titanum, it looked sweet

[Beej]

Originally posted by Royal Pineapple
blue pismos are cool, does any body elas have any hardware that is difrent from the norm. i saw someone once who painted their 2001 iBook titanum, it looked sweet I made the Apple on the front of my graphite G4 tower glow bright blue :)

[Megaquad]

i would like to see that blue pismo,but i dont see any laptop on that picture!?
where is it?

[irmongoose]

Well.. mine IS THE messiest of all of your desks and rooms... I can guarantee that.. hehe.

Well, since Arn has turned off the IMG code... here they are:::

New iMac; Epson Printer; Stereo; External 10 gig Firewire drive; iMac poster; games, books (http://irmongoose.150m.com/desk1.jpg)

My Old crappy Peecee; my TV; iBook poster (http://irmongoose.150m.com/desk2.jpg)

Macintosh Classic II (I bought it for about $4 at my school's White Elephant Sale... (http://irmongoose.150m.com/desk3.jpg)

Oh, and what am I watching on my TV? Germany VS. Korea... the game is going on now... hehe...



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[drastik]

Originally posted by Megaquad
i would like to see that blue pismo,but i dont see any laptop on that picture!?
where is it?

Its under the monitor on the left.

Wow, everybody wants to see!:D :D
Sorry to bug and not come back, I'll post a picture of it later. Its blue on the sides with the flat black rubber in the middle left that way. I also made the apple logo glow blue. n I haven't changed the pulsing sleep light yet, as it requires soldering and such.

I also noticed that somebody's desktop had a green power light. Is that a mod? If enouh people have mods going, I'll start a whole new thread.

[Royal Pineapple]

Originally posted by Beej
I made the Apple on the front of my graphite G4 tower glow bright blue :)
how did you manage that one?
i think a mod thread would be cool, unfornatally my iBook is un modified, except for the extra ram, but thats unintresting.

[Beej]

Originally posted by Royal Pineapple
how did you manage that one?
i think a mod thread would be cool, unfornatally my iBook is un modified, except for the extra ram, but thats unintresting. I drilled a hole bhind it, rigged up a super-brite LED inside the case, then shone it out the Apple. Looks sweet.


I also put a couple of others so blue shines out the top left and right front corners of the case. The blue light refacts all through the clear handle. Wicked.

[blakespot]

Here's a more detailed look at the desk itself (http://www.blakespot.com/desk). Other shots of the room in general can be found on my geeky computer list page (http://www.blakespot.com/list), including a QTVR at the bottom (though it is somewhat dated).

Anyway, here's my current shot (tho it lacks the new iBook 700 I've acquired):

http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/g4_01.jpg



blakespot

[Beej]

Blakespot-
Sweet setup! You don't want to come to my place and build me one of thse desks, do ya?

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by Beej
Blakespot-
Sweet setup! You don't want to come to my place and build me one of thse desks, do ya?
And after you've been to the land of Oz pop over to the UK to build me one too! :p

[blakespot]

Originally posted by Beej
Blakespot-
Sweet setup! You don't want to come to my place and build me one of thse desks, do ya?
It took all day one Saturday and every following evening for one week to get it built, sanded, finished, etc. Well worth it for the space it provides. I dropped my one of my Amigas (Amiga 1200 tower) and so now have a bit more space, with room for my iBook next to the G4 (where the Apple IIgs once was).



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[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by blakespot
Here's a more detailed look at the desk itself (http://www.blakespot.com/desk). Other shots of the room in general can be found on my geeky computer list page (http://www.blakespot.com/list), including a QTVR at the bottom (though it is somewhat dated).

Anyway, here's my current shot (tho it lacks the new iBook 700 I've acquired):

http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/g4_01.jpg



blakespot

AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME desk. Great woodworking-- and nicely done and perfect for someone with so many machines. :)

Hope you're (and i think you are) super proud of your work!

[drastik]

That's deifinitely the way to go Blakespot. A custon built desk is just the key. I have my machines ten feet apart to create some lat space on the desk, but a desk made to fit would be wonderfull. Do you still keep the plans around? I'm not really a carpenter, so I wouldn't know where to begin, but any general advice would be apreciated.:D