Post your actual desk(top)!

nore · 2020-04-21 04:10:26

Talking about clean. These days, one desk is just not big enough,

so I have to occupy dining table

and spread stuff on the floor.

Almost in order. I need more than just velcro cable ties.

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Döbbie03 · 2020-04-21 05:11:52

Freshly tidied.

3000k output lamps do wonders for colours.

My Grandfather built this desk. Sitting at it reminds me of happy times as a kid spending time with my Grandparents who I was very close to.

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unklar · 2020-04-21 07:30:36

Thank you for following the thread in such large numbers.

@damo,
it's the one on the right.

@Sector11,
you make me curious.

@nore,
wonderful! You should think about expanding the house...
In my case, my wife is the only one holding me back on "expansion."

@Dobbie03,
very clean workplace!
I am also impressed by the quality work of your grandfather. Top!

Döbbie03 · 2020-04-21 08:06:24

unklar wrote:

I am also impressed by the quality work of your grandfather. Top!

Thanks man, he was a master at his craft and a perfectionist.

Every year he would sand down and re-varnish all the doors in the house. I remember as a kid watching him finish varnishing a door, he got down so he could look along it to make sure the finish was perfect. It had in one of the corners a little hair that must have floated in. He sanded the whole thing and started again. You would never, ever would have even noticed. Grandad did

I miss him.

corey.taylor · 2020-04-21 08:23:05

Betting you heard "Measure twice cut once, son." more than once in your life eh.

Desk 100% looks like it'll outlive you. Don't make them like that any more (for less than a thousand bucks).

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Döbbie03 · 2020-04-21 09:16:45

corey.taylor wrote:

Betting you heard "Measure twice cut once, son." more than once in your life eh.
Desk 100% looks like it'll outlive you. Don't make them like that any more (for less than a thousand bucks).

Just a few times I also heard "just because you can't see it doesn't mean it can't look perfect too" a fair few times.

The desk is in perfect condition. It will no doubt out live me. Its all ready twice my age

corey.taylor · 2020-04-21 10:23:44

Sensational.

Mine pales in comparison but its been home for a month and will be for at least another.

Just big enough, I reckon.

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nore · 2020-04-22 04:09:00

Dobbie03 wrote:

I also heard "just because you can't see it doesn't mean it can't look perfect too" a fair few times.

Perfection is admirable but it takes a lot of time. I try to follow another saying:

Fools won't notice and wise won't tell.

But I must agree, that often those little details you can't see at once eventually make difference between excellent and mediocre.

unklar wrote:

You should think about expanding the house...

I'd rather prefer returning to work mainly outside of the house, again. Having physics lab under the desk, chemistry lab in the kitchen and math class on dining table is not my long term plan.

unklar · 2020-04-22 06:29:26

nore wrote:

unklar wrote:
You should think about expanding the house...
I'd rather prefer returning to work mainly outside of the house, again. Having physics lab under the desk, chemistry lab in the kitchen and math class on dining table is not my long term plan.

In any case I wish you all the best for it and, stay healthy!

ohnonot · 2020-04-22 10:41:13

nore wrote:

Talking about clean. These days, one desk is just not big enough,
https://i.imgur.com/1VWx4FVs.jpg

What's with all those laptops?
I bet there's an interesting hacker story in that; like, what OSs each machine runs and why you use them.
Must be a bit more to it than just "teacher's home office overload"?
The small one on the table? The white one on the chair?

fvirgola80 · 2020-04-22 16:23:40

My location

nore · 2020-04-24 07:04:15

ohnonot wrote:

What's with all those laptops?
Must be a bit more to it than just "teacher's home office overload"?

Actually, that's what it is. Originally, I took this photo for a WA conversation, there was a bit collegial competition going on. "Not out of hand, yet, but quite near." So, it's a shameless setup, I admit. Other photos are real and realistic, and not even the whole truth.

Laptop on the right is property of my employer (Windows 10). Now I use it mostly for Teams and other MS related stuff and recording from document camera. Desktop machine (2010, Debian 10) is what I use most for work, if MS software is not required.

On the left above power supply is my newest laptop (2011 model, Debian 10); that's what I carry around and use as smart TV, because it has HDMI. It's also useful for video editing, desktop machine tends to freeze when I'm exporting projects to videos.

ohnonot wrote:

The small one on the table? The white one on the chair?

Cute little thing is eeePC 901, still ticking with bunsenified 32-bit Debian. It's battery is almost dead, so it's lost most of it's usability. No use buing a new battery. Shift button also dumb, CapsLock remapped to replace it, and screen has taken some blows. Nice for occasional couch surfing, and keeps reminding me what I hate in tablets.
Whitekey Acer (2006) and HP on the floor (2008) are mostly for distro testing.

ohnonot · 2020-04-25 07:18:16

^ some vintage stuff!

nore wrote:

Cute little thing is eeePC 901, still ticking with bunsenified 32-bit Debian.

Always nice to see one of these little things still alive.
I sold my pearl-coloured acer aspire one (with 3G modem!) and felt the pangs of regret soon after!

johnraff · 2020-05-06 01:26:39

ohnonot wrote:

...it will just wear itself down to a level that I cannot accept anymore.

How do monitors wear out? What will deteriorate?

Maybe the process has been so gradual here that I haven't noticed it...

ohnonot · 2020-05-07 06:41:15

^ My current monitor is a little pale around the edges; I think that's a sign of age.
Like I said, no actual reason to change, and like you said: maybe the process is so gradual that I don't notice it... until I do (some time in the future).
However, working in full daylight - with the sun illuminating the white wall behind me - is something I cannot do with this monitor, and never could.

hhh · 2020-05-08 20:18:54

You've heard of NPR's Tiny Desk Concert Series? Yeah, that room and desk are huge compared to mine, I got that beat. Excuse me for the hotlinks.

Daytime...

Night...

I'm still working on cord management.

Sector11 · 2020-05-08 22:03:27

hhh wrote:

I'm still working on cord management.

Aren't we all - the curse of computers.

damo · 2020-05-08 22:43:35

^^ I still think that my old Inspiron was the most comfortable laptop I've had - nice and rounded sides, unlike the hard spikey cases everything seems to have now, which leave sore spots on my wrists

Here is my Crunchbang machine...

hhh · 2020-09-30 23:22:09

I finally found a free piece of wood that gives me a proper soundstage. I present "The Flying Brick"...

Sector11 · 2020-09-30 23:34:42

I see more like: The Balance of Sound!

EDIT:

or The Sound of Balance!

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