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Magnus Praeda
Jul 18, 2003
The largess in the land.
My desktop at work. Apparently my university is also LIVING WORKING LIKE poo poo.

Click here for the full 2000x1498 image.

Visible things include:
Part of our receptionist's back
The ugly red "client" chair
My work desktop: some el-cheapo Dell I hate using: it's a desktop with a laptop-style CD drive :wtf:
My laptop: MacBook Pro 2.16 gHz Core Duo
iPod and sunglasses (both mine)
Coffee mug (not mine)
Not visible:
Me in uncomfortable, yet stylish "consultant" chair
2x24oz diet Rockstar (I'm a caffeine junky)

I'll probably post my home desktop sometime later.

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Magnus Praeda
Jul 18, 2003
The largess in the land.

Bucket Joneses posted:

Here is my work space. I'm still working out my monitor situation so that's why there are two LCD panels just hanging out there.

Monitor on the far left drives an Xbox360 and a PS3 hooked up to a HDMI switchbox in the shelving unit above. Audio for those go into the headphone amp. The monitor in the middle is for my work desktop machine that will hopefully soon be able to drive dual monitors. The monitor on the far right is for my test machines that are hooked up to the KVM.

I also re-floored my cubicle with laminate flooring because the material was really cheap and the carpet in this cubicle is disgustingly dirty. Now I just need a new chair.

What the hell do you DO for a living? You have both an Xbox360 AND a PS3 at your office cubicle which you have floored with (admittedly fake) wood flooring? I envy you (read: want to kill you and take your job).

Magnus Praeda
Jul 18, 2003
The largess in the land.

BorderPatrol posted:

Got a new keyboard so I decided to redo my cabling and tidy things up today.



Is that desktop a hackintosh or do you have the PowerBook hooked up to both monitors somehow?

Magnus Praeda
Jul 18, 2003
The largess in the land.

VanguardTruth posted:

Got the mStand for the MBP and the old macbook sits below it, waiting at the ready if it is ever needed again for files etc. I wonder if there is a comparable program for OSX to be able to jump my mouse between the MBP and the Macbook if I for example ran the macbook closed off the external monitor.

Give teleport a try. I have it on my eMac, MBP, and unibody MacBook. It operates as a kind of software kvm.

linky: http://osx.iusethis.com/app/teleport

Magnus Praeda
Jul 18, 2003
The largess in the land.

Martytoof posted:

...and you can drag small files back and forth between computers.

In theory you can drag big files back and forth too. It just does a copy command between the two machines. I don't recommend this, though. I had to kill it once when I accidentally dragged a 4gb .iso from one machine to another (I was trying to drag it onto a dock icon). I've used synergy+ a few times but I really dig the integration into system preferences and clipboard syncing is really handy.

On topic: Vanguard, you should space your satellite speakers around your workspace/room more. As set up you're going to get muddier sound and aren't benefiting from the multiple channels. If you really don't have a place for the rear speakers, consider leaving them disconnected. (Nice Buddy Christ, btw)

Magnus Praeda
Jul 18, 2003
The largess in the land.

drat you grandpappy! posted:

I am going to put screws to mount my xbox power supply under the desk, and I want to make it removable in case I wanna bring my 360 somewhere, does anyone know if I can use a regular PC power cable to power it, so I dont have to have the 360s power cable loose in back of my desk?

Yes, you can use a standard PC power cable to power the 360's power brick since the former is an IEC C13 connector and the latter has an IEC C18 which work together.
More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_connector

Magnus Praeda
Jul 18, 2003
The largess in the land.

PopeOnARope posted:

Depends on the country and the brick. In Canada, it accepts a C13, albeit one which is notched. You could notch a standard cable, I suppose...

Huh. Didn't know that. I can't see a good reason for them to change out the power brick between Canadian and American versions (or that there were even different Canadian and American versions at all). Notching a standard C13 wouldn't really impair the functionality of the cable unless it was a really lovely low-rent affair.

ragzilla posted:

That notch designates C15/C16 which is extended temperature range.

Probably because those bricks, like the rest of the 360, get really loving hot really loving fast. But it still hasn't melted the non-standard cord I'm using with mine (needed a longer cord).

Grandpappy, how are you running your cables together/tying them? If you've just got them loosely held, you can just pull that one DVI cable and put it closer to the top of the stack or run it separately. If you zip-tied it, you're probably going to have to cut the ties and re-do the wires, keeping the DVI's length in mind. Or you could do some nasty poo poo with dvi-vga adapters and their inverse. :downs:

Magnus Praeda
Jul 18, 2003
The largess in the land.

TheresaJayne posted:

At work we have 2 machines and they have to be kept 1 m apart at all times.

but we can use KVM between the 2, as they only provide Keyboard, mouse and video signals from / to the actual kb mouse and screen,

I know i used to have a 6m cable for one of my KVMs about 15 years ago, so is 6m enough split?

Unless a virus is able to program itself into the Keyboard or mouse or screen then you have your seperation

Does each machine control half the launch sequence or something?

Magnus Praeda
Jul 18, 2003
The largess in the land.

Moreleth posted:

I finally cleaned my office up so I'm inspired to post here. :)



Why are you keeping the boxes for your TVs?

Also: is that one of the 4k Seikis? How is it as a monitor?

Magnus Praeda
Jul 18, 2003
The largess in the land.

Laserface posted:

I was about to get a new laptop because my 2011 iMac was feeling slow, $300AUD on a SSD later and I just got another 4 years out of the loving thing. It is stupid how fast SSDs are and Dollar:data ratio is not the way to look at it - its Dollar:holyshitthisisfastasfucknow ratio, and the ratio is always awesome.

Yeah. My unibody MacBook from 2008 with an SSD and 8GB of ram still feels pretty drat snappy unless I have like fifty tabs open in Firefox or something.

Magnus Praeda
Jul 18, 2003
The largess in the land.

Does synergy still break catastrophically if you take one of the computers away? I remember trying to run it between my desktop and my MacBook years ago and every time I took my laptop to work, I'd have to set it up again when I got home.

Magnus Praeda
Jul 18, 2003
The largess in the land.

Moey posted:

epeen.

Goes well with the carefully staged vape and glass of whiskey.

Magnus Praeda
Jul 18, 2003
The largess in the land.

Moey posted:

Still missing the hat rack filled with fedoras.

That's out of frame. I think it might be behind the trash can box with the discarded Rockstar cans and paper plates.

Magnus Praeda
Jul 18, 2003
The largess in the land.

Djarum posted:

The thing I have noticed the most the last couple of years is every single stock trader guy has multiple huge monitors lack that and I am too embarrassed to ask why on earth they need that.

It's so they can keep track of several monitors worth of porn stock prices at once.

Magnus Praeda
Jul 18, 2003
The largess in the land.

AEMINAL posted:

Nice

also

Do you have a sheet where you divvy up J/O sesh times

Nah, dude. Bros gotta help each other out, youknowwatimsayin?

Magnus Praeda
Jul 18, 2003
The largess in the land.

owl_pellet posted:

While that is a nice desk, I'm asking about something like this:



My office has a few outside of some conference rooms and I sat in one the other day and it was pretty comfortable. I liked that the mousing surface extended back to support my whole arm, and the keyboard/laptop shelf that swung into place and adjusted was pretty nice. All it's missing is a similar mount and adjustable arm for a monitor and it would be perfect. Is such a thing available for home use? I wouldn't need the white opaque privacy thing or really any of the partition part. I'm not even sure what to search for.

Have you thought about asking purchasing or facilities or whatever for your office what kind of desks they are/where they're from? If you can figure out the manufacturer, you can look up the local distributor or any online stores that carry them.

Magnus Praeda
Jul 18, 2003
The largess in the land.

evobatman posted:

OTOH, check local classifieds for real office equipment from companies going bankrupt, redecorating or getting rid of their furniture and equipment for cheap. You can get amazing deals on high quality stuff meant for heavy use that will last forever in a home setting.

If you've got a college campus nearby, they often get rid of surplus property at similarly inexpensive prices. I got my current desk for $25 and it's one of those big solid wood government-issue-type desks from the 50s (kinda like a tanker desk made from wood). Moving it is... challenging.

Magnus Praeda
Jul 18, 2003
The largess in the land.
Honestly, I judge Elsa more for the poor cable management and ludicrous numbers of icons on the desktop than the fanart. At least both characters are over 18, afaik, and the art's not bad.

Magnus Praeda
Jul 18, 2003
The largess in the land.

AEMINAL posted:

...
you can lean all the way back in it kinda like a bed, which rules

How does it not tip the gently caress over?

Magnus Praeda
Jul 18, 2003
The largess in the land.
^^^e:f,b.

well why not posted:

the dungeon door on the wall, below the PC.

I'm pretty sure that's a wall heater.

Magnus Praeda
Jul 18, 2003
The largess in the land.
Is a barmat actually comfortable as a wrist rest?

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Magnus Praeda
Jul 18, 2003
The largess in the land.
Out of curiosity, what's the point of having a gigantic mousepad? Having one that goes under and in front of and to the other side of a keyboard doesn't make much sense to me but I use a trackball so maybe I'm just missing something.

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