Author Topic: Show us your (physical) desktop (Read 206,813 times)

AndyM · « **Reply #175 on:** March 03, 2011, 02:23 PM »

Turns out they still make it!

(Sorry for going off-topic, I'll stop.)

jgpaiva · « **Reply #176 on:** March 03, 2011, 02:23 PM »

Not in 5-liter jugs, I hope

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cranioscopical · « **Reply #177 on:** March 03, 2011, 03:28 PM »

Quote from: jgpaiva on March 03, 2011, 02:01 PM

Quote from: AndyM on March 03, 2011, 12:57 PM
Vitalis, jgpaiva?

When I was a kid, Vitalis was a very popular men's hair tonic (my grandfather used it).
Ah Ah Ah... That's a jug of portuguese water

A somewhat eccentric grandfather, AndyM? Portugal's a long way to go in order to fix one's hair…

app103 · « **Reply #178 on:** March 03, 2011, 07:43 PM »

jgpaiva, is that a mouse next to that tiny little keyboard...or an arch support?

jgpaiva · « **Reply #179 on:** March 03, 2011, 07:59 PM »

Quote from: app103 on March 03, 2011, 07:43 PM

jgpaiva, is that a mouse next to that tiny little keyboard...or an arch support?

That's a Magic Mouse. It's actually pretty good, I must admit. The keyboard however if just perfect

wreckedcarzz · « **Reply #180 on:** June 13, 2011, 11:03 PM »

Cleaned out my room a bit after helping a close friend move out of his parents house (and realizing how much of a packrat he is, and then in turn realizing how much I am as well) so I took some crappy cellphone pictures of my current setup now. It hasn't changed much unless you look for things (which if you want to do, last years pics are here. Also, for the extra curious, 2009 images are available here.

Noticeable changes from last year:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Server moved to ground, now 100% wireless (except power)
Gaming machine now using wireless network connection - only power, video, sound, keyboard+mouse
New, HD screen
Routers moved to top of computer cabinet for better signal (not visible)
Printer now on top of stand atop parts cabinet; laptops sit below
Alarm clock/iPod dock/FM radio is now being used instead of collecting dust!

Here are today's pictures

In updated pics (from left to right): 19" HP LCD monitor (for sale, actually), 4th gen iPod Nano hooked to my Jenson dock/radio/alarm clock, my gaming rig (now with liquid cooling!

), the new monitor for said gaming rig (ASUS VH242H 23.6") with 5.1 setup, then on the ground is my personal "server" for file storage and tedious, low-priority tasks (set it and forget it), then my new iBook G4 sitting next to my ASUS 1005HA-P.

EDIT: The black Compaq laptop from '09 is not lost: it sits atop the server right now

Directly behind where I was taking these pictures are 3 more almost-working (no OS) computers, along with a 17" Dell CRT monitor (also trying to sell, ugh) and a somewhat frightening amount of cables that I have yet to put away properly (that is what the cabinet is for that the iBook/netbook are sitting on).

josant · « **Reply #181 on:** March 22, 2012, 11:44 AM »

Not the most ergonomic space... Mostly I have been working from my client's offices or from cafés and so haven't had a work-space at home, this setup is new. It's a corner of my 6 year old daughters room (she has moved her bed into her borthers room) the screen is one I found in the basement (must be ten years old) and the Macbook is on a notebook stand.
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nudone · « **Reply #182 on:** March 22, 2012, 02:03 PM »

Interesting looking back through this thread - as it goes back six years - I wonder how different our desktops are now compared to back then.

Here's my 2012 setup (there's a large Wacom Cintiq screen and machine/s somewhere else in the room under a load of crap). No doubt, this will seem quite inappropriate in another six years time; I suspect we'll all have giant fold out tablet displays running Micrsoft Metro XL.

tomos · « **Reply #183 on:** March 22, 2012, 03:02 PM »

Quote from: nudone on March 22, 2012, 02:03 PM

Here's my 2012 setup (there's a large Wacom Cintiq screen and machine/s somewhere else in the room under a load of crap). No doubt, this will seem quite inappropriate in another six years time; I suspect we'll all have giant fold out tablet displays running Micrsoft Metro XL.
(see attachment in previous post)

Looks very nice

What's all the gradated colour lists on the left screen - if that's not a personal question!! - I mean what's making the lists

nudone · « **Reply #184 on:** March 22, 2012, 03:39 PM »

Quote from: tomos on March 22, 2012, 03:02 PM

I mean what's making the lists

I cheated. The colour blocks are just part of the background, i.e. the wallpaper image. The colours are the (x11) CSS3 colour names - something I just thought might be handy to use so I don't have to remember things like #DCDCDC when editing CSS; instead I'll just look at the colour names and type gainsboro (which is #DCDCDC).

Source here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_colors (did a screengrab and arranged things in Photoshop to create the wallpaper).

tomos · « **Reply #185 on:** March 22, 2012, 04:06 PM »

^ hah, good idea

Curt · « **Reply #186 on:** December 25, 2012, 10:57 AM »

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Show us your (physical) desktop

Sadly, this is not my desktop / table... but I wish it was:

(click to enlarge to 1198x770 pixels)

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c.gingerich · « **Reply #187 on:** December 25, 2012, 09:48 PM »

Here is mine. VERY messy though.

Curt · « **Reply #188 on:** December 25, 2012, 11:32 PM »

@c.gingerich, did you edit "my" photo and gave it extra light? The couch on your photo seems brighter than on my version.
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I envy you the huge monitor. I am still on 1024x768 :-(
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I have no understanding of what a boogie board is.

KynloStephen66515 · « **Reply #189 on:** December 25, 2012, 11:49 PM »

Quote from: Curt on December 25, 2012, 11:32 PM

I have no understanding of what a boogie board is.

I always thought they where these:

c.gingerich · « **Reply #190 on:** December 25, 2012, 11:55 PM »

This is a Boogie Board LCD writing tablet. I have the Boogie Board Rip and I love it.
http://www.improvelectronics.com

Curt · « **Reply #191 on:** December 26, 2012, 02:38 PM »

Quote from: c.gingerich on December 25, 2012, 11:55 PM

This is a Boogie Board LCD writing tablet. I have the Boogie Board Rip and I love it.
http://www.improvelectronics.com

-oh yes, now I recognize what they are. We had them when I was a child, some 40 years ago. Only, back then they weren't electronic.

CleverCat · « **Reply #192 on:** December 27, 2012, 10:40 AM »

Where would you put your legs with that table Curt?

wraith808 · « **Reply #193 on:** June 19, 2014, 06:37 PM »

I finally got around to taking pictures after my last build...

http://imgur.com/a/6c7Lo

I'll also attach one of them here.

The two monitors on the left are the new pc. The one to the right of those is the old one... and the other one is my mac. Oh.. the floating one is my ipad.

I use multiplicity to control my old PC, though I have a bluetooth Logitech k811 attached to it, my mac, and my ipad.

mouser · « **Reply #194 on:** June 19, 2014, 10:51 PM »

Nice!

Deozaan · « **Reply #195 on:** June 19, 2014, 11:59 PM »

Here are some photos of when I was trying out a 4K 39" TV as my monitor:

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39" TV with my now-dwarfed 26" monitor peeking over the top.

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39" TV with the 26" hiding behind.

As stated in the thread linked above, I felt that the 39" TV was just too huge to be conducive to working at my PC and I ended up returning it.

Edvard · « **Reply #196 on:** June 21, 2014, 03:25 AM »

Not shown: 2 huge KLH model 4132 speakers on either side of the chair.

mouser · « **Reply #197 on:** June 21, 2014, 03:53 AM »

You can always tell the old school "makers" from these photos -- a soldering iron is never far from view

Curt · « **Reply #198 on:** October 06, 2016, 09:03 AM »

questions questions

Do you know that feeling: You've read the beginning of a story, but then it wasn't finished. And now you're sitting there wondering, what happened next? This is how I have it with the following three stories:

The first story is scattered all over the thread, but you can easily find it in the "Show Posts" for our member JennyB:
https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=55110

Quote from: JennyB on July 22, 2008, 03:46 PM

Here's mine. Not exactly kick-ass, but it does me!

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JennyB, you inherited your mom's big house, but were afraid time & maintenance would eat the worth.
So, how did it all go? Did you leave it all and biked out of Ulster, or such?

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Quote from: 40hz on July 10, 2008, 06:00 PM

Quote from: Carol Haynes on July 10, 2008, 01:22 AM
Sorry but I didn't realise your life was so grim ...
Therapy needed - we have to get you out of that closet!
Here's a great idea. Sometimes the best therapy is to get busy! Check out the following for a "terrific" DIY home office project:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=xP3xiLKJ9_4

already I'm eager to watch such a video. Then a couple of people also spoke warmly about it: "LoL 40hz! That's a cool video!" "funny and... "educational" as ever"

Only, it isn't there! Not to me, anyway.
Please?

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Quote from: app103 on March 03, 2011, 11:56 AM

I have a new desk arriving soon, and it will take about 10 hrs of work to put it together. And I am going to have to dismantle and dispose of the old desk.
When all that is complete and I have everything all set up, new pics will be uploaded.

In my head the desktop was too big for the door; so it never arrived the room. Thinking about it, this story is quite old, so maybe she forgot the pictures in the photographic developer fluid?
Any way, I'm curious to see that new desktop!

~~But it's not the next one (that one belongs to JennyB). I have tried to "Modify message", but still I don't understand why Jenny's picture is displayed twice!?~~

wraith808 · « **Reply #199 on:** October 06, 2016, 12:21 PM »

Quote from: Curt on October 06, 2016, 09:03 AM

JennyB, you inherited your mom's big house, but were afraid time & maintenance would eat the worth.
So, how did it all go? Did you leave it all and biked out of Ulster, or such?

Considering her last active was in 2015, I think you're going to have to be content with not knowing the story.