[RESOLVED] What's on YOUR desktop?

[CobraTekMax]

We all groan when we go to do a job in the field, and see the computer buried under a mess of papers, beanie babies, candy wrappers, etc. But, are we any different? Do we practice what we preach?

We have cleaning ladies at work who keep my desk nice and tidy. But at home, my Duke Nukem action figure guards my always open case, while Solid & Liquid Snake fight to the death on top of my Cambridge Sub. And the new pride of my collection, Ash from the Evil Dead Series, sits on top of my monitor ready to hack some deadites up.

So, what kind of junk do all the other techs out there have on and around your machine(s)?

[corelogik]

from left to right,
cd rack stuffed full and over flowing (some disks on top of the thing),some floppies and some more cd's on the desk, floppy case or 2 (some extras strewn around the desk in a haphazard fashion. assorted case parts (ie; bay covers that are no longer in use) small pocket knife for opening envelopes and stubborn miouse bottoms. on the monitor i have a vietnam era replica of a huey gunship on one side and my stuffed Y2K bug on the other. my zip drive on the right side of the monitor stand, zip disks some in cases, some not. blank cd's on a spindle, joystick, air freshner, empty cd cases, stapler, hole puncher, calculator file folders a couple of bills, and assorted papers with notes of various things that seemed important at the time i wrote them. on far end of the desk is my bag with assorted screwdrivers and utility/software disks as well as the always present soldering gun, solder and a few of the most common sizes of cmos batteries.

lmao, its really not as messy as it sounds (i have a rather large desk that i built for the purpose!) but it would and has appeared to be so to some who have seen it. beside like MS, i have my own proprietary file system.

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CoreLogik - "I Control Your MotherBoard"
DigitalSolutions (http://www.Dreamsoft.com/pages/digitalsolutions)

[This message has been edited by corelogik (edited September 28, 2000).]

[Sowulo]

TOO MANY STICKEY NOTES!!!!

[MAYHEM]

Three "L" shaped desks, split by a file cabinet and a printer stand, encircle the room. Left to right(going all the way around):
Book: The Complete Ferrari, by Roger Hicks
Pen holder/clock
Ashtray
Two 80 CD holders
Ans. Mach
Telephone (line 1)
Telephone (line 2)
ISDN Modem
8 port 10/100 Switch
pen holder
Stack of music CDs
HP 840c
Floppy disks in boxes
Two way switchbox for monitor
Linux Bible

At varios times you can also find:
Thrustmaster FLCS/TQS/RCS system
Suncom F15 Talon joystick and matching throttle
MadCatz and/or MS steering wheels
Various levels of dust

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Who the hell is General Protection and why is he messing with my comuter?

[corelogik]

i think i forgot to mention what was under the desk,.... nevermind its too scary to think about.

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CoreLogik - "I Control Your MotherBoard"

[CobraTekMax]

Okay, if we're gonna discuss what's UNDER the desk as well, I might as well mention my big jumble of power cords, speaker wires, and printer cables that I have lovingly nicknamed "fire hazard". Also, I forgot to mention my Jabba the Hutt beanie, and my half dozen or so ashtrays. http://63.236.72.252/cgi-bin/forum/smile.gif

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Clatu...Verata...nnnn...necktie...nectur...nickel. ...it's definately an "N" word...

[Snock]

Tools, candy wrappers, soda cans, PC Gamer and other assorted CD's, sticky notes, printouts, a pair of headphones, untold numbers of pens and pencils (though I can never find one when I need one), enough floppies to tile a floor with, and the carcasses of eight dead Western Digital hard drives. There's a computer in there somewhere too.

That's just what's on top of the desk. I won't even venture to guess what's under it.

[ledrichard]

cds,zips,broken cd cases, ashtrays, empty beer cans (various brands) subwoofer speaker system, 17'' monitor, cigarettes, screwdrivers, box'o screws, antistatic bags, and finally a stack of porn!
seriously!



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hey its me again!

[BadCache]

Lets see.
19" monitor
keyboard
mouse and mouse pad.
speakers
wingman extreme 3d flight stick
stack of homeade Memorex coasters.

Thats it. My desk had a few drawers that I think are gateways to other dimensions if I could get past the mess.
My way of cleaning involves a lot of hiding!

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Suicidal twin kills sister by mistake! Story at ten!

[drgonzoid]

well lets see, my collection of star trek figurines is attached to various cases, my 21" and the 17", a cradle for my lappy, stacks and stacks of absolute crap cover cd's, big lollie jar, electric bong, video cams and the sci fi section of my dvd collection, apparently there is also a desk in there somewhere

[RLD]

Under Desk:

2x 6 outlet power boards.
1x 4 outlet power board.
2cm layer of dust.
Several lurking extension leads.
2 years worth of paper (rubbish).
Heater.

I should really get a fire extinguisher next to my desk.

[myarema]

DESK????? You mean theres a desk under all this.

[gtiseb]

let's see, at home: Superman protects the computer. he's surronded by models of exotic sports cars . At work I got the phone a scanner and a whole bunch o' cd's lying around and a Super Sayin Son Goku glued to my monitor.

[klenard]

Well on my desk are 20 Dragonball Z action figures posed in a battle scene. my speakers, a couple of beer and soda cans and bottles, about a million floppies (strewn about the desk and room., about a thousand CD's, 17" monitor, speakers, a few hard drives, and an empty Chef-Boyardee Ravioli can.

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You have to be smarter than what you are working with.

[skut]

lets see....2 books (art of war, fire in the valley) some puter mags, ashtray (normally) and a few dip cups (and soon to be a pyramid of copenhagen cans).

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prompt$p$g [dos = elite]

[goldmeier]

Computer books and magazines. piles of CD's and floppy disks (many of which are worthless - either do not work or are from win3.1...). Certificates from Microsoft laying on top of my open computer case. Spare fans. Old hard drive. Crumbs and power cords. A spare keyboard and 2 extra mice.

Rafi

[Nighthand]

19" monitor, 17" monitor, 15" monitor, 3 pcs (main, extra, and nt server) and zillions of screws, floppies, cd spindles, papers, subwoofer system, steering wheel, keyboards, mice, etc. Man I gotta get me one of those Serveview boxes. Oh, yeah. My Darth Maul Action figures do my guarding.

[FU_MAN]

Monitor
keyboard
mouse
speakers
clipboard full of game cracks and cheats
20 Mountain Dew caps that I have to enter at the website
Something I cannot ID Possibly food for it is wrapped in a McDonalds wrapper...I am not sure but I think it just moved...

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hAS ANYONE SEEN MY "cAPS lOCK kEY"?

[DesertEagle]

Lets see, there is a copy of the 5 Rings by Musashi, a Palm Pilot, a Toshiba 4010 CDS laptop, 50 blank cd's, a Yamaha Fender guitar clone and Amp, a Rockman chorus box, some unopened gum, 40 rounds of .22 caliber ammo, assorted clips for a Ruger 10/22 rifle, a half dead plant, a humidor with a few nice cigars in it, a cordless phone, 2 cell phones I no longer use, assorted Electronic parts, an Estes model rocket, launcher and assorted supplies and engines for said rocket. Some yellow stickies with unknown phone numbers on them and some doggie treats for snacking on (the dogs, not me http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum/smile.gif ). I gotta get a grip on my life !!1

[DesertEagle]

I forgot about the Cable modem

[Jgold47]

Bills Cell phone, chargers, razor, printer 17" outside case of cpu, lots of candles (girlfriend), phone, 2 hdd, 120 blank cd's in 4 spindles (i get sick of seeing the same cd each time) wires, sub. bills, school papers and a sticker of my fraternities patron saint,

[winky]

On mine you will find a constantly changing assortment of hardware, screwdrivers, cd's, junk mail, and other junk I needed at one time. And to think, that is not a scary as what is under it.

[archangel]

I have a scanner, left speaker, 17in monitor right speaker, keyboard in front (sometimes you will find my cat sleeping on it... can't break his habit of stretching out on it), printer and computer (w/ dark ages Spawn keeping an eye out for trouble). Under desk, 1000+ cables, woofer, 30lb UPS (very old) and couple more cables. Almost forgot, about 10lb of paper, CDs (old stuff, new stuff, and god only knows what is on them) and more paper. I think I should clean up.

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[This message has been edited by archangel (edited October 02, 2000).]

[SavagePenguin]

Right now... an apple I stole from the police department (an officer told me to take it from the Chief's basket, so I'll claim entrapment!) and a little stuffed penguin on the monitor.

And the usual unmarked floppies, scraps of paper, napkins, and empty soda cans.

At home I have a Beanie Baby moose that my 4 year-old brother-in-law picked out for me.

*edited because my spelling is horrible*

[This message has been edited by SavagePenguin (edited October 02, 2000).]

[tecman]

one metric ton of shy-at

[klenard]

Here is what i ahve on my desk at work:

2 19" inch monitors, 1 21" monitor, my crappy network machine. assorted power supplies, some empty boxes, 2 CD holders bursting with CD's, a bunch of floppies and i have no clue what is on them, empty soda cans, about 10 video cards, about 15 hard drives ranging from 6 Gb to 30 Gb, about 20 cpu's ranging from 266MHz to an Athlon 850MHz, about 10 sticks of PC100 32 Mb SDRAM, 4 sticks of PC66 32 Mb RAM, a bunch of floppy drives, a defective Athlon 700 MHz processor, phone, tools, 2 sets of defective Altec Lansing speakers, 4 mice, 5 AMR modem cards, AC adapters, heatsink with fans, a barcode reader, an LS120 super disk, 2 CD-RW's, assorted motherboard manuals, assorted driver disks, data switch, 3 keyboards, USB modem, a cup full of zip ties, 3 DVD movies (mystery men, lethal weapon 4, and funny farm), pens, scattered papers, a spindle of CD-R's, a few motherboards... i think that's about it. It is amazing that i even know where everyhting is.......

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You have to be smarter than what you are working with.

[This message has been edited by klenard (edited October 02, 2000).]

[RoboG4]

My setup is a desk surrounded by two cabinets, they pretty much serve as an extension of the deskstpace. From left to right, floor speaker(12"sub,5.25"mid,1"tweet), epson 740, 19"monitor, desklamp, calcIII homework, 9" borg figure, 13"tv, sony STR-DE345 reciever, phone, floor speaker.

[FatalException0E]

Oh geez, let's see......
The box my Leatherman came in
Tape Measure
CD case with my games
CD case of other software
Plate I keep loose change in
Bills
Bills
Bills
Price sheets from work
Keys
Glasses
Cell Phone
Stuffed frog from my girlfriend
Floppy box
Speaker
Lightbulb
Checkbook
Monitor w stuffed bulldog on top of it
Trackball
Plastic flowers in a vase (also from GF)
Coke can
Other speaker
Printer
Phone
Alarm clock

The CPU is on the floor (cover off), the keyboard is on a drawer under the desk, and I have just enough clear desk space to rest my arm and use the trackball.

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Two things are infinte: the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - A. Einstein

[Monkey_bangin_on_computer]

Open computer case (to control the heating caused by overclocking my P2-350 128 MB PC100 SDRAM 100 FSB to P2-466 128MB of PC100 SDRAM running at 133) with an external parallel port ZIP drive sitting on the upper CD-ROM drive and three CDs (Phil Vassar, Who wants to be a millionare (not even mine) and Puzzle Bobble 2 along with a ZIP in the drive and one on top of the CDs with a floppy too. Two CLC manuals with two more CDs on top, Warcraft and Lords of the Realms II and a book I haven't gotten a chance to read since classes started.

To the left of my open computer is a cabinet door to keep my cat (who keeps going behind my monitor) out of my computer. Then there's the monitor with the labtec satalite speakers wedged below it (the sub woofer hides some of the cords that spill out below my computer).

The power strip/surge protector is laying on the edge of my makeshift computerdesk and a night stand I use for my computer junk. I have a Microsoft racing wheel on top of the nightstand and two joysticks and a throttle control on top of a pile of boxes in the corner (next to the nightstand that partially holds the power strip).

My keyboard is in a small metal case that sits on the desk (an old wooden student desk) and under my computer and monitor.

My chair is older than time itself, a really cheap dinning room table chair, green with flowers and metal legs I've had to bend a couple times. The keyboard tray is littered with papers, pennies, a pencil, a wrapper from a granola bar, a wrapper from a band-aid, two floppies, an old sticky pad with Ultima 4 info, and an old key that I have no clue as to where it came from.

There's no room on the keyboard tray for a mouse so that's on a black cabinet door (matching the one guarding my computer from my cat) that's held down by a scanner covered in papers. The mouse pad is Yoda and beside it are three cups one inside the other that are dirty, a salt shaker, a Rush cassette that hasn't worked right in years and a single clean cup (will wonders never cease, something clean!).

The other computer's case is closed but it has all kinds of junk piled high on it.

I guess I should clean one of these years http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum/smile.gif

*Ok, ok, it's late so I had to edit*


[This message has been edited by Monkey_bangin_on_computer (edited October 03, 2000).]

[xcoderx]

I gotta get me a protector for my computer. I'll have to take a trip to Best Buy and see what games have action figures. Heh, good excuse to buy a game. ;)

On my desk and I just cleaned it about two weeks ago - computer and all that, force feedback stick, sidewinder, 2 phones, cd case, unopened mail(yuck, my 10 yr HS reunion), cd cases w/ cds hopefully, alarm clock, couple coke cans, loose change and change beer mug, lamp, couple manuals, misc. paper w/ notes, pen/marker, disk case, watch, sunglasses, keys, wallet, pay stubs, stapler(empty)

[kevrox]

On my desk I have:
17 inch monitor
speakers
removable HDD
printer
CD's -too many to mention
"Go Aussie GO" Kangaroo figure from the Olympics

[kevrox]

On my desk I have:
17 inch monitor
speakers
removable HDD
printer
CD's -too many to mention
"Go Aussie GO" Kangaroo figure from the Olympics

[iateyourcat]

280 servers in 9 states.

..oh you mean the actual desk? thought you meant desktop..

[This message has been edited by iateyourcat (edited October 03, 2000).]

[Kaiser]

Let's see...

Phone, Box with a Printer Toner cartridge in it, 17" monitor (god I miss my 21" at home!), memory chips, cell phone, tray with outstanding stuff I REALLY should deal with, lots of post its with almost illegible writing (anyone notice how bad your handwriting gets when you sit at a keyboard all day?), IDE cable, smaller 15" monitor, 3 PCs, all open and with bits missing from each (waiting on parts you see) and now I have tro go cause someone left the window open and all those bits of paper I mentioned have gone everywhere! ;-)

[Patchkit]

Cat 5 tied to my blinds, my cable modem and hub are sitting under my x-wing. A three foot statue of brain (from pinkey and the brain)guards my CD's (i finally got one of those case logic binders), boxes of unpacked books with empty cases and power supplies stack on top form a path to my desk. My stereo hooked into one pc (to help let my neighbors hear the sounds of burning Mechs)Joy sticks, VR glasses hung from my monitor, a peice of shrapnel glued to the top of my monitor infront of my Tick action figure (spoooooon)a fan to help keep it all cool, i once saw below my CDROM drive, i think there was a three and a half inch drive there, bills, bills, bills, and oh yeah bills. But then again, i don't ask people to come over and fix my computer for me. Hell i don't even ask me to fix my computer for me. http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum/smile.gif

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How do you set a laser printer to stun?

[Patchkit]

Oh yeah, for some reason i cut out every funny add i see and hang it on my wall, but that doesn't count as a desktop does it?

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How do you set a laser printer to stun?

[pga]

I can't even find my desk.... it's buried under just about anything you could imagine.

[WebJedi_Master]

Mine is almost always in a state of burial.

Let's see:

2 desktop computers + laptop.
Endless stack of CD's.
Tools.
A loose hard drive, network adapter, and phone.
An HTML and winNT book.
a few sheets of paper.


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BREAKFAST.EXE Halted...
Cereal Port Not Responding

[Khameleon]

CD cases, blank CD stack, overflowing ashtray, empty beer bottles, floppies, empty ice cream containers. (Yeah, I'm a slob. What of it?)

[goinpostal]

Lets see 17" monitor, 15" above that, my primary PC is next to me(I can never seem to keep it under the desk for more than a day), a second PC(server)to my right, a 5 port hub under a bunch of papers and CDs, ontop of the 15" is a lego X-Wing, my priceless collection of empty cigarette packs carefully strewn about the room, the box my chassis came in "what if I have to send it back"(had for over a year), countless CDs and floppies(I have no idea what is on them), about $800.00 worth of games I bought because the "box looks cool", played once then abandoned but never thrown away in case of a world wide breakdown of society(I will need something to do in the bunker while the radiation subsides). Oh and a POS HPdeskjet that eats its weight in cartridges a year.

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--The Internet -- It's not just for porn anymore!!!

[everettes]

My wife!

[everettes]

And under the desk.... the secretary! :-)

[WickedTech]

Home computer on desk:
21 inch monitor
computer
deskjet printer
printer stand w/ assorted papers and manuals jammed in its drawers
cd holder (with a few cds sitting on top and a slew in jewel cases in front of it)
giant altoid box (empty)
speakers
bills
junk mail
unmarked floppies
unmarked cd-rs
cd-rs that didn't burn correctly
coaster
a paper towel
1 piece of parchment
cds from Maxmium Linux
collection of sticky notepads from DVDExpress
pens
keyboard
trackball [mice suck http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum/wink.gif]
Saitek 3d Cyborg Joystick
ZIP 100 external parallel port
cable modem
my shiney new Netgear 10/100 hub
cables
a 4MB 32pin RAM chip in anti-static bag
stickers
a plastic thingie from the old Black Knight pinball game
2 old pinballs
assorted pens
German-English/English-German dictionary
French-English/English-French dictionary
a few candy wrappers
the combination to some lock that I can't find
soccerball inflation kit
arcade tokens
blank cd-rs
blank cd-rws
headphones
dragon (stuffed animal) on my monitor
2 ceramic dragons perch on my monitor
microphone
Ryo-oki stuff animal
3 headed golden dragon action figure thing from Gozilla
A little teddy bear wearing a bumblebee suit (it was a gift from the girlfriend what can I do)
a Kodomo (sp? the tree spirits from Princess Mononoke)
scanner sits on a couple of boxes next to the desk and under the desk is my collection of D&D materials (mostly Greyhawk) w/ my Dragon magazines and my computer's subwoofer

Mind you I refuse to discuss the contents of "craft/hobby" desk as that's just too much of a mess to ever contemplate cleaning it w/ anything short of a flamethrower. http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum/redface.gif
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[This message has been edited by WickedTech (edited October 03, 2000).]

[CondoPC]

You guys have a desk?
....Oh, that's what is holding up this huge pile of stuff. Good, only half as much junk to sort through. Now where's that monitor?

[jbar1]

Wow. You guys make me feel normal. Here I thought I was the only one with dozens of unmarked flopies, CDs and CDRs. I gave up mice and trackballs as they take too much room (need the room for useless junk) so now I use a mouse pen. Sometimes hard to find! If my customers saw my desktop they probably wouldnt trust me around their systems. But then I have help with my mess as everything that breaks in the house from remotes to hair dryers find their way to my desk. Oh well who said it was a perfect world

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If life is a bitch then what is death? I believe I will take the bitch!

[PitaBred]

Lemme check...

17" monitor (I WANT A BIGGER ONE!)
Mid-tower case
50 CDR spindle
Tape dispenser
Floppy case
StarCraft toys (Zerg, Maring and Special Edition/Brood War Marine. Anyone have the Protoss?)
Old PII heatsink/fan
Stapler
Assorted homework papers, etc. (yes, I am a lowly college student still)
Stereo (so roomates can hear others dying in Unreal Tournament)
5 empty Mountain Breeze cans, 1 empty Mug Root Beer can
3 empty glasses
Mostly empty bowl of Ramen noodles
Bag of candy http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum/biggrin.gif
2 large speakers (gotta love surround sound http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum/smile.gif)
Printer on top of stereo (old, ugly, smears text, but it was the right price. Free.)
Headset, for clan games
MS Sidewinder 3D Pro
Cordless keyboard reciever (yes, I love my Logitech Cordless Desktop Pro)
TI Calc cable
Small Halogen Lamp. Very bright. Very hot.
Box of tissues
Various books, about half to do with coding
Package of plastic no-slip nubs
Pocket dictionary


I think that's about it...

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Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of

[InsaneTech]

Whats on my desktop....
hmm, y'all dont wanna know, heheh

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warned, and thus, loose
all rights to sue me!

[dwaine]

Desktop, hang on im looking for it, ok found it.
Lets see. Starting Left to Right.
HP 682C with cordless phone on it, scanner with paper for the printer on it, computer case with desk lamp and bills on it, phone connected to the computer line, a mountain of floppies, cds, and cdrs, left speaker with 50 cdr spindle under it, calculator, taz coffee mug with pens, pencils, and markers in it, game controller, headphones, TV remote, DVD remote, Dish Network Remote, VCR remote, 15" monitor (i want a bigger one), mylanta (upset stomach from looking at the mess), right speaker with 50 cdr spindle under it, sub behind the right speaker, more floppies, cds and cdrs, nic card, modem, NES games, Genesis games, N64 games, Chilton auto repair manual, various networking and troubleshooting manuals, college degrees in frames (my brainbench.com certificates replaced them), another calculator (keep losing calculators for some reason), and phone books.
Also Lizzy (the baby of the family), my 5.5 ft. Ignauna and my wifes rat (sunstar), they actually co-exist in the same place.

[u8drtsox]

I have a desk???? I'm luck to find my mouse sometimes.

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Sometimes I fill my tub up with milk and blow bubbles

[captpackrat]

At home:

Stacked across the desk, from right to left. A large speaker, a stack of CD drawers with more CD's and floppies piled on top, and a USB hub and a small speaker perched precariously atop the stock, a UPS, a dual PIII server with a stack of discs ontop, a 21-inch monitor cantilevered over the edge of a monitor stand designed for a 17-inch monitor, another USB hub, a webcam, microphone, small speaker, sync cradle and a couple stuffed animals all on top of the monitor, then next to the desk, a stereo system and the other big speaker, with several CD racks balanced atop them. And papers and files stuffed into the spaces between machines/CD racks/etc.

And that's just the main server....

[EggGut]

Lemme see, About a million papers everywhere, pc magazines, game boxes, cd's all over the place,boot disk,broken cd cases, my Lava lamp , Slot covers, screws, blank cd cases, post it notes, screw drivers, coins, pc covers , and under my desk wires wires and mores wires, under the wires there is a SubWoofer for my speakers some where. And thats just the first layer. Who knows what lurks beneath the top layer,

[captpackrat]

At work:

I have a U-shaped desk that fills the entire cubicle. Starting from the left:

A Fu dog statue.
A large dome surveilence camera (like you see in the ceiling at WalMart), sitting sideways, with a bunch of cables running from it to under the desk.
A stack of unlabeled CD-R. Who knows.
A rat statue.
A Jar-Jar motorized Pez Dispenser. Not quite as bad as the Jar-Jar tongue candy, but perverse in it's own way.
A stack of Cisco router IOS notebooks.
A stack of assorted computer components.
A disc case.
A rabbit hand puppet. Wearing a leather bomber jacket, and a flight helmet and goggles.
Assorted papers and office supplies, with misc computer parts buried therein.
A wind-up toy mouse.
A box fan.
A collection of coffee cups and empty Mt. Dew cans.
A dead hard drive.
A couple good hard drives.
Various tools.
Penguins caffinated mints.
Instant coffee (for emergencies)
A coffee cup with pens and stuff in it.
Monitor #1.
A couple stuffed animals (a mouse and a rabbit. The rabbit is a screen cleaner)
Keyboard & mouse #1.
Another mouse stuffy.
Computer #1 (K6-3 500, Win98)
A stack of O'Reilly "In A Nutshell" books, along with various technical references.
More tooks.
A cable tester.
A multitester.
A bag of sunflower seeds. That have been here for a few months. O_o
Some cartoon artwork pinned to the walls. Mmmmm. Mouse babes and rabbit girls. http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum/wink.gif
A 'magic wand' used for Heavy Wizardry.
A DVD-RAM coaster.
A phone.
A 'Caution: Bosses in mirror may be closer than they appear' mirror.
A laptop (P-266, Win2K)
A Netgear 8 port 10/100 switch. Just for me! Mwahahaha!
A picture frame with an interesting picture in it.
A white board.
Perched on the corner of the cube, a smaller security camera, percariously balanced, and held in place with duct tape.
Computer #2 (Cel 400, BeOS 5)
Yet another mouse stuffy.
A funky flexible plastic sculpture.
A poster parody of Heavy Metal, titled "Heavy NIMH" with Mrs. Brisby.
Keyboard & mouse #2
Monitor #2.
SCSI external drive.
And yet another mouse stuffy.
An Intellex 2.1 DVR prototype. Cover off, and parts splayed all over.
A small yellow mouse stuffy.
Several dealers badges and buttons from various comic conventions.
An Intellex 1.6 DVR test system. Cover off.
A TouchTracker dome camera controller.
Keyboard & mouse #3.
Monitor #3.
KVM switch.
A can of Whoop *** cola.
An ethernet to 110V converter. Really.
Some manuals printed in German. (What the hell?)
The other Fu dog statue.

Underneath the desk:

A rat's nest of cables of all sorts: video, network, power, telephone, serial, dome control.
A massively overworked power supply for the domes & TouchTracker.
A couple records boxes (someone stole my file cabinet!)
A composite monitor.
The Intellex's covers.
A couple power supplies.
A stack of empty boxes.

Outside the cube:

Dozens of comic strips (Sabrina Online, User Friendly, Kevin & Kell, and Freefall)
A couple dealers badges from ComicCon International: San Diego (In place of my nameplate)
A Pepe Le'Pew magnet.
A floppy disc torn to shreds, and a label underneath reading "Why won't my floppy work?"
A CD-ROM with holes punched through it, staples, scratched to pieces, etc.
Various news articles, both real and humourous.
Various pictures and drawings of rats.


I have the second most interesting cubicle in this office.... http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum/wink.gif

[Green Iguana]

13" TV, VCR, dual cassette deck, printer, stereo receiver amplifier, monitor, CPU, stacks of useless notes, unidentified floppies, digital camera, calculator, glasses, magnifying glass, remote control and a large male Iguana.

[Darren Wilson]

20" Eizo Flexscan T662T Monitor sat on topof a pile of Porn mags to keep it @ eye level!
Epson 640 printer with empty cd cases and letters on the paper tray at the front (these things can hold a lot of weight!!!)
USB Zip100 with a disk in it with god knows what on it ( probably porn of some description)
Usb Diamond Modem not connected to the phone socket
3 overflowing ashtrays (nicked from pubs as they hold more)
Packets of Pro-Plus (some empty, some full)
Blank CDR's ready for putting those downloads onto
More junk mail
Council Tax reminders (don't you just love them UK residents will know what I am on about!)
Alarm clock
Various pieces of fishing tackle
Picture of my son
Loads of other stuff I can't make out what they are though
MS Internet Keyboard and cool IntelliXplorer Mouse!
USR External V90 Modem connected to phone line (soon to be replaced by USR Cable Modem)



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[Mister Beergut]

On top of desk - Mass Clutter and about three ashtrays.

Under the desk, a true fire hazzard. Tangled cords, papers that have fallen, a gas and break pedal, and just enough kindling of pet hair and dust bunnies that one spark could set the whole thing ablaze!!

[furlong47]

From left to right:
(top level)
-A stack of books (dictionary, computer manuals, ham radio manuals)
-U-matic video tape
-My beta fish, Chauncey
-tissues
-phone book
-4 rubber rats
-box of jewelry
-speakers and monitor
(bottom level)
-Star Wars books
-some burned CD's and games
-Star Wars pizza hut toys (Yoda and Coruscant)
-3 beanie horses and a lobster
-a pile of crap including zip disks, paperwork, stuff i should have mailed last week, the phone bill, utensils that need washed, etc
-a dead floppy drive
-a 9600 baud external modem (missing pieces)
-desk calendar
-8 aluminum tumblers
-microphone, keyboard, and mouse
-nailpolish
-various medicine
my keys, comb, and ID float around in here somewhere, i usually have to dig for them,
and woe to anyone who opens the top drawer!!

[Sharlet]

Printer
Scanner
Digital clock
Indoor/Outdoor thermometer
Speaker
Monitor with stuffed Y2K bug and web cam.
Speaker
Full tower with plant on top.
Keyboard, Mouse, Microphone and Joy Stick.
Calculator
Box of pens and misc. goodies.
Piles of invoices, bills and notes.
Spindle of blank CD's, misc. floppies, Zip disks & CD's.
Keys, glasses, stapler, tape dispenser, scissors, knife, nail file & clippers, coffee cups and an electronic Rolodex.

[rebelj]

Ive got two stations:
station 1:
starting at left
bookshelf filled with cds and a stuffed groundhog on top (he's blocking the shot glasses http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum/smile.gif )
USB flatbed scanner - unplugged because it is too noisy
lexmark 1100 printer (this machine is using windoze only)
pictures of the 9 year old boy I mentor
large pepsi bin
2 sat speakers seperated by a snowman
2 dragons
barometer/thermometer/clock
rabbit/pig/tiger/wolf/penguin stuffed animals
(grow up?? why.. then I would have to be responsible!)
taz glass with candle inside
candy dish full of petrified candy
faceplate for car radio
papers
unidentified floppy disks--not used in last 2 years
17" monitor on top of power center
sub buried behind more papers
external modem
flashlight
ashtray
cig packs in various stages of emptiness
lamp
checkbooks
various RPG games
a tie
calculator
more bills
spare mouse pad
and underneath...
p233 (clocked to 300) - amazing what you can build from spare parts, it actually is a good RPG machine!
empty boxes(footrest)
cords/surge protectors(3)/animal hair
cover for cpu (i put it on if we have company)
and on the side...
phone with caller id
Notre Dame football schedule

now for system#2.....
Radio shack bar code scanner (hey, my boss gave it to me http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum/tongue.gif )
speakers
beer can
lamp
alarm clock
monitor - 15" temporarily
glass full of pepsi (fresh)
ashtray
celeron 400 cpu (who put the cover on???)
F15E raptor joystick
unorganized pile of cd's and manuals
cd rack - mostly empty
briefcase
ibm ps2 - holding up cd rack
6 pepsi cans
cordless phone (I Found It http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum/smile.gif )
pocket knife
Malibu rum bottle full of pennies
guard duty is by a Pokeball given to me by the boy i mentor
drawing by same boy
Stephen King book - Needful Things
spare cd audio cable


http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum/smile.gif "Spend a couple of hours a week with a child - it will open your eyes to a whole new world and chage the childs life for the better http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum/smile.gif

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Being normal is just an excuse for poor imagination!