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#221 2021-04-14 18:24:54

ohnonot
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Re: Post your actual desk(top)!

phuturism wrote:

I love the weird sculpture in front of the boarded-up fireplace - that's almost some sort of conceptual art, a statement, in a domestic context big_smile

hhh wrote:

I found a 24" Dell monitor with a removable stand and in great condition, no screen chips and only one shallow, very narrow 2mm scratch, the plastics are all good too. It was left for trash in front of an apartment when some tenant moved out.

That's how I got my current monitor. I've had it for years now.

Then we also have an electronic waste bin a few hundred meters away; I must admit I sometimes go scavenging there just for the heck of it, and used to have an accumulation of usable devices (a couple extra monitors, PSUs, even a 500GB hard drive).
There's a computer repair shop (probably the last of its kind for miles around) a few hundred meters in the other direction from that bin, I suspect the shop owner is filling it regularly.
Evtl. I got fed up with the hoarding and brought almost all of it back to the bin - and as it happens so often in life, soon thereafter I was sorely missing a second monitor...
So I went back to the bin, and there it was waiting for me! Now I have 2 monitors of identical size and comparable quality. I think they're both 22". They definitely are of 1680x1050 resolution.

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#222 2021-04-15 00:42:44

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Re: Post your actual desk(top)!

ohnonot wrote:

https://i.imgur.com/lo0XBW5t.jpg
I love the weird sculpture in front of the boarded-up fireplace - that's almost some sort of conceptual art, a statement, in a domestic context big_smile

not sure if serious :-)

it's a rented house and a previous tenant left it there - I think it's a holder for dried sticks/long dried flowers etc that you see in some houses.  I like it empty too though

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#223 2021-04-15 04:13:05

hhh
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Re: Post your actual desk(top)!

ohnonot wrote:

Then we also have an electronic waste bin a few hundred meters away;

I'm jealous, that is certainly not a thing in most or maybe all of the US. Most everybody throws electronics and batteries into trash because they don't know any better, which goes into landfills, eventually corrodes and then can contaminate ground water. Heck, even recycling is a scam in this country, something like over 80% of it goes into landfills.

It's gonna be great when people's Teslas start being disposed of here, we'll have landfills of burning Tesla batteries.


No, he can't sleep on the floor. What do you think I'm yelling for?!!!

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#224 2021-04-15 09:50:10

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ohnonot wrote:

Then we also have an electronic waste bin a few hundred meters away; I must admit I sometimes go scavenging there just for the heck of it,

That would be handy. Ours is several kilometers away, and the bin is set in ground fairly deep. Would have to bring a ladder with me.


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#225 2021-04-15 16:04:37

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^ PackRat lives about an hour car ride away from me, somewhere in the woods of South Carolina, I think. Why does he have an electronic waste disposal bin and I don't here in Charleston, one of the largest metro areas in the state?

https://www.charlestoncounty.org/depart … ations.php

Laughing now, "The Romney St. Convenience Center is closed." I know that center, it's a 6 minute bicycle ride from my house. What a scam, they don't even collect my recycling a third of the time. And the collection is only every other week in the first place.


No, he can't sleep on the floor. What do you think I'm yelling for?!!!

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#226 2021-04-16 00:46:41

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Electronics recycling in Charleston is handled by independent contractors like Meridian Metals. The local schools may also accept electronics for recycling as part of a funding drive; check with the school district.

I live about 3 hours from you over by the Savannah River site. Sizeable engineering demographic in this area with lots of electronics to recycle.


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#227 2021-04-17 20:08:12

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hhh wrote:

I'm jealous, that is certainly not a thing in most or maybe all of the US.

It certainly isn't the norm around here either, and a compuer repair guy using it makes it even better.
Without him it would be mostly hair dryers, toasters and crappy phones...
But hey, you did get your 24" monitor!

Come to think of it, we also have this waste disposal place nearby where people can bring larger stuff with their cars, with neatly labeled containers for different types of waste - and again, one for computers.

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#228 2021-07-20 15:03:16

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IMG_20210720_094604699.th.jpg

Just 'cause I could. wink

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#229 2021-07-20 15:09:33

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^ No rudder pedals? Amateur!!

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#230 2021-07-20 15:09:47

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Blimey, bet it's hot in there!


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#231 2021-07-20 15:59:25

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Marianne!! Nice to see you again :waving:


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#232 2021-07-20 16:59:31

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:waving: Nice to see you too!

I got a notification about this thread so I thought I'd pop in.

damo wrote:

Marianne!! Nice to see you again :waving:


"There is nothing to compare with a budgie’s look of triumph when they have thrown an object on to the floor for their slave to pick up."
(Rose Youd 09/06/2012)

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#233 2021-07-20 17:16:27

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glittersloth wrote:

^ No rudder pedals? Amateur!!

Guilty as charged. But, no interest in FS. I got to ride one once, It was inspiring. Left me feeling out of sink for hours afterwords.

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#234 2021-07-20 17:21:17

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oatmeal speaker stand ftw

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#235 2021-07-20 17:27:47

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Re: Post your actual desk(top)!

eight.bit.al wrote:
glittersloth wrote:

^ No rudder pedals? Amateur!!

Guilty as charged. But, no interest in FS. I got to ride one once, It was inspiring. Left me feeling out of sink for hours afterwords.

8bit

People have hacked/reprogrammed those sorts of accessories to augment/automate tasks they weren't intended for. There's lots of little projects on github and the like. Pedals to switch workspaces/monitors, for example. Also been done with driving pedals, midi stomp boxes, etc. Basically, anything containing firmware chip of some sort (or connected to a Raspberry Pi or Arduino) is game. Some people in my profession use Behringer mixing consoles for Lightroom or Capture One adjustments.

EdiT:
Old example - https://hackaday.com/2011/05/05/automat … oot-pedal/

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#236 2021-07-21 13:11:07

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Re: Post your actual desk(top)!

eight.bit.al wrote:

Just 'cause I could. wink

8bit

Yup, just like my system, almost identical, just a few minor details missing.

And according to the subject title: » Post your actual desk(top)! » I cannot post an image.

Why - because I cannot see my "desktop".  I must clean it off someday.


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#237 2021-07-21 13:16:54

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Sector11 wrote:

Why - because I cannot see my "desktop".  I must clean it off someday.

Nope. Desktop means everything on it too. So, when will you be posting? smile

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#238 2021-07-22 13:57:43

Sector11
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Re: Post your actual desk(top)!

eight.bit.al wrote:

Nope. Desktop means everything on it too. So, when will you be posting? smile

8bit

My forgetter is getting better.  Now if my rememberer works better than my forgetter, I just "might" get a
tuit.png
and

  1. take the picture

  2. transfer it from camera to computer

  3. send it

- will try the "round-tuit" later today.


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#239 2021-07-22 15:54:31

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el_koraco wrote:

oatmeal speaker stand ftw

Got a real deal on'em too.

/me looks over at the can of
black spray paint. One of these days...

8bit

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#240 2021-07-22 18:14:39

Sector11
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Re: Post your actual desk(top)!

OK he is go ....

WARNING - Not fit for young kids or dogs.
S11.desk.top.th.jpg
Kids will say: "Hey, if he can have a messy desk I can to!"
- you don't need that frustration.
Dogs, if they can, they will chew on everything
- you don't need that frustration either.

and S11's version of "The Wall" by Bricks n Stones:
2021-07-22_145907_S11.th.jpg


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