Show us your home office/studio... [Archive] - Page 2

Nidz

8th of October 2005 (Sat), 10:33

http://home.alphalink.com.au/~nbaxter/misc/room.jpg

I like ot think of it as organized chaos.. Some may call it a rubbish tip. It's realy easy to find things. Just dive in the pile of rubbish.

This is the end result if you buy too much crap off ebay. This could be you so stay away from ebay people!

ps: it was a very crude stich so the monitor is off and so are a lot of other things. It's realy a tiny room. Soon I am moving to another room in my house which is a lot bigger and I can't wait to make a fresh start.

Big_B

8th of October 2005 (Sat), 12:39

A clean desk is the sign of a sick mind :-)

I'm going to put that above my desk! :lol: :lol:

cosworth

8th of October 2005 (Sat), 12:55

What kind of bag is that red one? (Lowepro Orion?)

Yup. Orion Trekker II. I like that it folds in half and you just yank the camera out. Keep lenses up top. I am a pretty big guy and I like that it's so adjustable to fit my back with either a t-shirt on or all my motorcycle riding gear when I go mobile.

malla1962

10th of October 2005 (Mon), 17:19

What kind of bag is that red one? (Lowepro Orion?)How come you are so tidy LOL my room is like a tip.:D:D:D:D:D:D

PEACHMAN

11th of October 2005 (Tue), 14:24

A clean desk is the sign of a sick mind :-)

Boy , I'll go along with that !!

PEACHMAN

11th of October 2005 (Tue), 14:28

how do intend to get any work done in a clean neat environment. This is how it's supposed to look.:)

http://i.pbase.com/v3/69/408669/1/50336885.desk.jpg

Lonny

and yes i know it's not a very good pic. taken with my old coolpix 885.

How come those hutch/desks look so big in the store ? (nice screen saver ;) )

CyberDyneSystems

11th of October 2005 (Tue), 14:34

Thread merged with "historic" one ;)

whyzzerd

12th of October 2005 (Wed), 02:50

Here is the little place I call home.
on the left is my computer complete with a picture of me snowboarding, on the left is all of my scrapbooking supplies, and to the far right out of the picture is my husbands home, his play station.

32893

On the front of the computer is a BMW sticker.... half of the people who see it ask is whern BMW started making computers. :)

Neil H

12th of October 2005 (Wed), 05:54

http://www.just-cruizin.com/NeilH/WorkSpace.jpg
Cleared it up a brave bit before i took the pic!! The tft is also a tv!! have a compro tv card stuck into the pc!! 5.1 surround audio
Changing the 17" CRT to a TFT soon aswell i think!! tho to be honest i think i prefer the CRT for photo viewing!!!!

Neil H

Crypto

14th of October 2005 (Fri), 13:49

ok, so I just needed something to take a picture of. Anyone care to share their setup? At work, I'm always facinated at how others set up their workspace.

etaf

14th of October 2005 (Fri), 14:47

My area
http://img316.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wkst9qd.jpg

tommykjensen

14th of October 2005 (Fri), 14:50

A lot of users already posted photos of their workspace here:

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=21608

Crypto

14th of October 2005 (Fri), 15:19

My area
http://img316.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wkst9qd.jpg

Nice and tidy

Skip Souza

14th of October 2005 (Fri), 15:43

A clean desk is the sign of a sick mind :lol:

tommykjensen

14th of October 2005 (Fri), 15:45

A clean desk is the sign of a sick mind :lol:

Hehe wonder what that says about my last employer that had a routine/policy called "Operation clean desk" :lol:

Maureen Souza

14th of October 2005 (Fri), 15:54

A clean desk is the sign of a sick mind :lol:

Lousy excuse for your messy desk, dear. Now you know why I moved across the room:lol:

Crypto

14th of October 2005 (Fri), 16:54

A clean desk is the sign of a sick mind :lol:
come on man, share a snap shot

condyk

16th of October 2005 (Sun), 07:08

A clean desk is the sign of a sick mind :lol:

I really do need help :lol: :lol: :lol:

Damn ... I'm so anal I don't even need a chair!!

thomascanty

16th of October 2005 (Sun), 09:12

Wow, condyk! You're in serious need of professional help... :lol: :lol:

Crypto

16th of October 2005 (Sun), 09:47

I really do need help :lol: :lol: :lol:

Damn ... I'm so anal I don't even need a chair!!

LOL, do you even have those components connected? kidding ofcourse
I have wires everywhere.

condyk

16th of October 2005 (Sun), 10:29

I have wires everywhere.

Yes ... I have the same problem. I've really got to tidy up these leads sometime :lol: :lol:

Ronald S. Jr.

16th of October 2005 (Sun), 11:40

I'd get a headache from those white walls, condyk :shock:

condyk

16th of October 2005 (Sun), 12:17

I'd get a headache from those white walls, condyk :shock:

:lol: It's Ok, I wasn't thinking of asking you to move in anytime soon.

Eagle

16th of October 2005 (Sun), 15:42

Here's my area.

Skip Souza

17th of October 2005 (Mon), 04:30

Eagle, love the critters :-)
O.K. here's my work (?) area. Remember my motto.
A clean desk is the sign of a sick mind.

Skip Souza

17th of October 2005 (Mon), 04:34

As you can see my mental health is deteriorating :rolleyes:

Ronald S. Jr.

17th of October 2005 (Mon), 16:53

got enough canned air, skip? :lol:

Eagle, I admire a man who still plays with his NES. That makes two of us. :-D

©andergraph

17th of October 2005 (Mon), 17:24

My setup so far. Got a Canon LiDE 80 after these were taken.

http://homepage.mac.com/messnerk/Setup03.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/messnerk/Setup02.jpg

you know what, those older style plastic acd still look so great compared to many members crts, awesome size too.

Skip Souza

17th of October 2005 (Mon), 19:15

got enough canned air, skip? :lol:

I keep it in a warming oven for the upcoming state elections. :lol: :p :lol: :p :lol:

Eagle

17th of October 2005 (Mon), 20:50

Eagle, I admire a man who still plays with his NES. That makes two of us. :-D

The classics(NES, PS1)(Super NES in closet) are in the computer room. The modern ones(PS2, XBox) are in the living room with the bigger screen.

Eagle, love the critters :)

Got to fight 'em for the space sometimes!

Ronald S. Jr.

18th of October 2005 (Tue), 00:21

Yeah, I tried my NES on my 51" HDTV in the front room at my house. I figured hey...it's high def, it'll be fine...it just wasn't pretty. It's barely tolerable on my 36" in my room.

malla1962

23rd of October 2005 (Sun), 05:50

Heres my den.:D:D:D

mark_r52002

23rd of October 2005 (Sun), 09:14

here we go..its a state, different shelving going up as we speak to completely clear my desk and make room for my printer.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/mark_r52002/DSC02095.jpg

JBillings

23rd of October 2005 (Sun), 13:53

Here's my work/play area. Got kicked out of my home office by my better half, so I took over the home theatre:D

1. Canon i9900
2. Apple 20" Cinema Display
3. PowerMac Dual 2.0 gig G5 (3 internal 250gig HDs)
4. Apple 17" Studio Display
5. Printfix scanner
6. 2 external HDs (180 & 100)
7. external CD and DVD writers
8. Epson 2450 Scanner
9. Apple iBook 14" G4

Liberalis

30th of October 2005 (Sun), 06:32

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/Liberalis/312_1212.jpg

Yep, I'm really sick :lol:

328iGuy

1st of November 2005 (Tue), 14:59

Yep, I'm really sick :lol:

Nice monitor, same as mine! :lol:

codex0

2nd of November 2005 (Wed), 13:23

Here's mine. Yes, I actually brought three printers to college :o .

codex0

2nd of November 2005 (Wed), 13:25

Actually, ©andergraph, I use two of those old monitors as tvs at home :).

vcutag

2nd of November 2005 (Wed), 20:44

Sadly, my lens isn't wide enough to get the whole workspace in one shot (it's in a kind of smallish room). Here are my desk and wet-darkroom printing workspace:

http://www.shadesofblack.org/albums/misc/desk.jpg
You can see the light-table in the background, the enlarger is to the left of it at a 90º angle, parallel to the desk. The desk wraps around to the right.

http://www.shadesofblack.org/albums/misc/enlarger.jpg
Said enlarger, I use that low cabinet to the left of it for my trays, paper and miscellaneous storage is to the right. That weird white thing on the cabinet is a fan-thing with a filter.

Zepher

11th of November 2005 (Fri), 22:07

Here is my workstation,
http://www.transamws6.com/pics/pc/desk4-05.jpg

kaitanium

13th of November 2005 (Sun), 15:17

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/Liberalis/312_1212.jpg

Yep, I'm really sick :lol:

i see that aeron chair!!!! love those things =P

jporter12

20th of November 2005 (Sun), 22:13

Nice car Zepher!

Ronald S. Jr.

20th of November 2005 (Sun), 22:28

Nice car? LOOK AT THAT BRITNEY SPEARS POSTER! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

:p

jporter12

20th of November 2005 (Sun), 22:43

Nice car? LOOK AT THAT BRITNEY SPEARS POSTER! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

:p

I can only dream about having her, but the car is more realistic! LOL Actually, the car is probably more "real" than her, too!

I'm just a big fan of the third gen F-Body cars.... (don't get me wrong, I appreciate beautiful women, too!)

Zepher

21st of November 2005 (Mon), 11:06

Nice car Zepher!
thanks,
had it for 2.5 years now and been modding it and auto-x'ing it.
http://www.transamws6.com/pics/formula/acu4-oct05.jpg

kaitanium

21st of November 2005 (Mon), 12:23

Nice car? LOOK AT THAT BRITNEY SPEARS POSTER! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

:p

shes a little toooooo questionable...:p *throw up

b16pwrdej1

6th of December 2005 (Tue), 14:39

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/bjtphoto/100_1850.jpg

Desktop was built by me and one of my friends. I use it at home to post-process.
Specs:
-Thermaltake Tsunami Case
-Asus P5WD2-P Intel 955 Socket 775 Motherboard
-Intel Pentium D 820 2.8gGHz
-OCZ 1024MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz EL Gold Dual Channel
-WD Caviar 300GB Serial ATA HD 7200
-WD 120GB External
-Ultra 500W X-Finity Power Supply
-Asus CDRW
-HP DVD 740VE Burner
-Powercolor Radeon X800GT 256MB PCIe w/Dual DVI
-Acer 19" Flat LCD
-Saitek Eclipse Keyboard
-Microsoft Laser 6000 Mouse

Laptop is a Dell Inspiron 600m (1.8ghz Pentium M, 1 GB Ram, 80GB HDD). Used while at school for post-processing. My desk is alittle messy at the moment because I just recently put it all together. The scanner laying on top of the Norfolk Southern track chart is a Yaesu FT-60R (which I have yet to program). On the wall is a small "collage" of photographs I had taken - it was blown up and printed at poster size by a local printshop.

pixelgrunt

8th of January 2006 (Sun), 13:45

This is a fun thread. It's nice to see how others work and play. Here is my setup:

http://homepage.mac.com/mboegner/pictures/workspace.jpg

Dual G5 @ 2GHz with 3.5 GB RAM
20" Cinema Display
15GB 3G iPod
HK SoundSticks
epson all-in-one-piece-of-crap
Dell D610 laptop
12" PowerBook
Ott-lite 5000?K desklamp
Typesetter's drawer on the wall

I also have an OS X server in the basement performing file services, data backup and the like.

jacobsen1

1st of February 2006 (Wed), 13:41

Here's mine:
http://www.pbase.com/benjacobsen/image/54206635.jpg

nothing much. My desk workspace is awesome. I need to get a picture of it sometime to share. We are allowed to work with the maintanace department to have them build what you want. I had them build a U shaped desk with one side as a pinensula. It's awesome. Wish the one as home was this nice. When we do our addition it will be though.
Ben

quietman

4th of February 2006 (Sat), 17:13

My Office,
I actually work in the next room (Dojo)
http://www.martialartsacademy.org/profandpayne.jpg
I am seated, Mr. Payne is standing, he is a student/teacher, his son, and some of my other students, are in Iraq right now.

stephaniebarnes

5th of February 2006 (Sun), 02:41

mine's unfortunately in my kitchen....here's front and back

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v425/Stephie6906/IMG_0967.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v425/Stephie6906/IMG_0991.jpg

Calzinger

5th of February 2006 (Sun), 06:00

I don't have a shot of my desk; just my PC.
It's a custom build (obviously). :D

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI Socket 939 Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (overclocked to 3800+ speeds)
eVGA 6800GT Video Card (overclocked to 460/1260)
Geil 2x512mb DDR550 PC-4400
Seagate 300GB SATA Hard Drive
NEC 16x DVD+-RW
OCZ 520w Powerstream Power Supply
And of course...water cooling :D

#1
http://photo.calzinger.net/_sitecontent/_cache/_photos/computer_cathodes/[640].[426].1.jpg

#2
http://photo.calzinger.net/_sitecontent/_cache/_photos/computer_cathodes/[640].[426].6.jpg

#3
http://photo.calzinger.net/_sitecontent/_cache/_photos/computer_cathodes/[640].[426].4.jpg

#4
http://photo.calzinger.net/_sitecontent/_cache/_photos/computer_cathodes/[640].[426].7.jpg

Screamer

7th of February 2006 (Tue), 13:01

Here's a quickie of mine I just shot. The only thing that isn't in the picture is an Epson 2400 and a Dell Latitiude Notebook.

Sorry for the use of wide-angle and blown highlights. Morning sun...and I didn't feel like lowering the brightness on the calibrated monitors. :)

http://www.macinophotography.com/potn/rig.jpg

Spphotos

8th of February 2006 (Wed), 22:05

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/3108/img93970hk.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

drookie

8th of February 2006 (Wed), 22:15

Calzinger

9th of February 2006 (Thu), 06:28

All I can Say is "DUUUUUDE!!!!!
Hah, I got plenty more.

kit lens:

#5
http://photo.calzinger.net/_sitecontent/_cache/_photos/computer_cathodes/[720].[480].2.jpg

#6
http://photo.calzinger.net/_sitecontent/_cache/_photos/computer_cathodes/[960].[640].3.jpg

#7
http://photo.calzinger.net/_sitecontent/_cache/_photos/computer_cathodes/[960].[640].8.jpg

#8
http://photo.calzinger.net/_sitecontent/_cache/_photos/computer_cathodes/[960].[640].9.jpg

#9
http://photo.calzinger.net/_sitecontent/_cache/_photos/computer_cathodes/[960].[640].10.jpg

70-200 f/4L:

#10
http://photo.calzinger.net/_sitecontent/_cache/_photos/computer_cathodes/[960].[640].IMG_8333.jpg

#11
http://photo.calzinger.net/_sitecontent/_cache/_photos/computer_cathodes/[640].[886].IMG_8346.jpg

noelty

16th of February 2006 (Thu), 15:37

http://static.flickr.com/30/100287559_42fff4d96f_b.jpg

drookie

16th of February 2006 (Thu), 22:01

Hah, I got plenty more.

Sweet setup and very nice pics!

ACDCROCKS

27th of February 2006 (Mon), 23:16

http://static.flickr.com/30/100287559_42fff4d96f_b.jpg

How tall are the people living in your house? lol ;)

noelty

28th of February 2006 (Tue), 01:55

How tall are the people living in your house? lol ;)

Heh...my wife is 5'10 and I am 6' even...we like the high ceilings...you should see the living room!

Double Negative

9th of March 2006 (Thu), 15:13

Okay, so the nostalgia of wet chemicals is fading and we're all [mostly] digital now... So let's see your digital "darkroom!" Maybe add a few lines to describe your setup.

Here's mine. It's a five year old Mac G4 "Quicksilver" that's been beefed up over the years. 620GB of storage, 1.5GB RAM, 24" Dell 2405FPW LCD, FireWire CF reader... That's a 24-70mm ƒ/2.8L under the LCD for scale. It's not a rocket ship but it gets the job done very nicely. I was going to upgrade this year but decided to let the Intel switchover progress a little more first. So I spent the money on L glass and the LCD instead. :)

The desktop background is an awesome shot of a field in Wisconsin in winter, shot with a 16-35mm ƒ/2.8L if memory serves, and is copyright by a POTN/Flickr member here. I want to give credit, but I'm spacing the name. If it's yours and you object, let me know.

http://litpixel.com/ee/images/normal/home_mac.jpg

This is my feeble attempt at community-building... If this was a thread in the past, by all means tell me to STFU. :D

Michaelmjc

9th of March 2006 (Thu), 15:19

Wow I really like that background, whered you find it?

Man that LCD screen is so sexy!

Double Negative

9th of March 2006 (Thu), 15:31

There are still many here: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=21608&highlight=Show+us
D'ohhh! Didn't think to search for "workspace." :o

Thanks, Michaelmjc. I've been using a Sun 21" monitor for about six years and it served me well, but it's getting old and a little fuzzy. Totally killing my eyes. I was hesitant to make the leap to LCD - but with the weight, power, heat and space savings... Not to mention being able to read the screen... It was worth it. Still adjusting to it, but it's hard to argue with a 1920x1200 resolution.

Double Negative

9th of March 2006 (Thu), 15:36

LOL... That would've worked. :)

I got the background from Flickr. I knew I should've bookmarked the member's page. He's got some really nice shots there. Of course, I needed something simple (hate cluttered wallpapers) and of course, blue...

poogpost

9th of March 2006 (Thu), 19:46

http://www.pbase.com/johngo1/image/43567208.jpg

CyberDyneSystems

9th of March 2006 (Thu), 20:16

Wow,. more "clean" people .. ;)

And Poogpost is sporting 5 Grammys! (and one Cobra :) )

Looks like quite the Audio Workstation indeed!

lorandh

10th of April 2006 (Mon), 05:03

Sorry for reviving this old thread :oops: , but here's mine:

Mathiau

18th of April 2006 (Tue), 00:00

missed this thread! darn it .

Mathiau

18th of April 2006 (Tue), 00:22

Well, the last one i had, Xmas time - my old house i was living in - had just sold my baby below this pic so only had a Insprion 9100 laptop, nothing special - new monster is in the works though!

http://fuzzy.phpwebhosting.com/~mathiau/mathiau/potn/IMG_4142800x.jpg

my old baby! (now sold) New system should be H2) was well, but cant decided what CPU to use, going to try and wait for Conroe :)

P4 3.2 Pressy @ 4.06ghz
1g OCZ Platinum 2 x 512 ram
76g Raptor HD
2 x 200g HD's
Visiontek x800XT O/C'd with Silencer
Dual Fortron 400W PSU's
and H2O!
http://fuzzy.phpwebhosting.com/~mathiau/mathiau/potn/IMG_7463.jpg
http://fuzzy.phpwebhosting.com/~mathiau/mathiau/potn/IMG_7469.jpg
http://fuzzy.phpwebhosting.com/~mathiau/mathiau/potn/IMG_7458.jpg

StevenRaith

18th of April 2006 (Tue), 03:37

I'll pop my wee baby into this thread tonight, Alas right now I have to go to work [should have left an hour ago but toothache was killing me].

All you clean freaks - for gods sake, avert your eyes - you may be the first people on the internet to see the full horror of my 10*8 room and all the random electrical crap in it....:cool:

Mathiau

18th of April 2006 (Tue), 03:59

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! not random electrical crap! - as long as the wires are neat..lol :)

Calzinger

18th of April 2006 (Tue), 06:30

Hey Mathiau, what rad are you using? I threw a double heatercore from a 1977 Bonneville in mine. http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=1157804&postcount=210

tommykjensen

18th of April 2006 (Tue), 13:43

thomascanty

18th of April 2006 (Tue), 14:04

Forget all that. Look at that view out of the window. Cool.

That was exactly my thoughts, too! I never even looked at his workstation... :D

Mathiau

18th of April 2006 (Tue), 16:56

Hey Mathiau, what rad are you using? I threw a double heatercore from a 1977 Bonneville in mine. http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=1157804&postcount=210

I was going to go that route but got lazy cause i didnt want to clean and paint a heatcore, so i got an CoolingWorks™ CoolRad™-12T 120mm Radiator, nothing spectacular, but i was only cooling my pressy so didnt need much more, $39.

As for the view,thanks, thats the reason i moved into the place, that was my old house i was renting - cant take any current pics, but will find some i have taken - i often climbed on the roof @ night an took 30 sc long exposure shots.

The house is on the side of a mountain overlooking the central valley of san jose costa rica and surrounding area - i had 3 volcanoes in my view (all in active) it was so peaceful to look at. The mountain you see in this one is an inactive volcanoe, Arenal is still active, but further north.

http://fuzzy.phpwebhosting.com/~mathiau/mathiau/potn/skyline.jpg

This was with:

f 4.5
SS 30 seconds
iso 100
WB Auto

Sitting on my roof, as you can tell it was windy, i had to hold my tripod down, thas why it is not as sharp as i would have liked :(

Calzinger

18th of April 2006 (Tue), 18:03

I was going to go that route but got lazy cause i didnt want to clean and paint a heatcore, so i got an CoolingWorks™ CoolRad™-12T 120mm Radiator, nothing spectacular, but i was only cooling my pressy so didnt need much more, $39.
I got a pretty good deal on my double heatercore, $35 from dangerden.com (1977 Bonneville Double Heatercore + fittings (http://www.dangerdenstore.com/product.php?productid=48&cat=14&page=1)). Luckily, it was already modded with the fittings (for 1/2" ID tubing of course) so all I really had to do was throw it in there. Of course it isn't very easy to fit double heatercore inside a case (size of 2x120mm fans), but after a bit of cutting, it fit just perfectly! I also have a full size tower which helped (http://image.www.rakuten.co.jp/arpanetsystem/img10091246120.jpeg) to fit.

My cousin and I decided to paint it anyway. It was no trouble though since you should only put a light coat. You obviously don't want any trapped heat inside your radiator. ;)

Supposedly heatercores are supposed to dissipate heat better into the air, but if you aren't cooling some madness, then single rads do just fine. As you said, since you're only cooling your CPU, I'll bet the rad does a perfect job. I was pushed towards getting the double heatercore because of how much heat my 6800GT pumps into the system. On the stock cooler, it used to get as hot as 90C! Now, it runs no higher than 41 C.

Mathiau

18th of April 2006 (Tue), 20:05

^^^ that is why i loved my coolermaster stacker!! room for a 3 x 120mm rad if i wanted in 2 diff places - so a nice case helps - but if a dremel doesnt scare you then any case will do :), i know the heatercores are the best core for the money and i do beleive they are more efficient then most rads - surely more then the one i had and alot of people do praise them!

That is a nice large case! i love the room, as much as i want small shuttle, my next rig is going into a stacker 830 - love that case as well and i just love the freedom you get with all the room, your not cramped!

Alextian

22nd of April 2006 (Sat), 19:36

obviously. you wont processing your best digital shoots without PC.

and you might use your PC everyday.

so why dont you show your pc's photo to us? it's show time now!:lol:

I'm play first.

http://www.kucco.co.uk/pc/1.jpg

jbkalla

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 01:02

sugarzebra

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 01:07

Very nice set up Alextien.....did you put your computer desk in front of the fireplace??

cjm

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 01:41

Here is mine from a year ago. Pretty much the same as now, except I moved the shirman tank. :lol:

jbkalla

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 01:47

CJM, is that the actual computer built into the monitor (or vice-versa), like an iMac? Is it a Canadian brand? I've never seen it before...

Mathiau

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 01:51

its been done, i made the same mistake - thread already started

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...ad.php?t=21608

cjm

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 01:55

Actually that is the clearest most sharpest monitor I have ever seen. It is the LG Flatron 777fnPlus. I've considered switching to LCD but this monitor is at least twice as sharp as most I've seen. It might be bulky but it is awesome! My actual computer is a compaq which is right under the monitor.

Alextian

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 06:51

Nice keyboard, monitor and case, Alextian!

Actually, nice everything! Chip, card reader, iPod... So neat and clean!

Can't handle mice, though... Have to use trackballs! Still, I have your keyboard! :-)

Note how messy it is? It took me hours to get it that clean. Normally, you can't see the desk!

thanks for your reply jballa. I'm actually pretty crazy of upgrade pc.lol.

and I'm very happy with my keyboard which I've used about half year and no problem at all. just some people dont understand why I bought a keyboard as this.lol.

pup

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 07:08

http://wakefuldreaming.com/0406/setup.jpg

Alextian

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 07:15

Very nice set up Alextien.....did you put your computer desk in front of the fireplace??

lol. good question.

I was still thinking where I can put computer desk in my living room when I moved in this new house.

because I have a creative s750 which is a 7.1 speakers system. and nowhere else suitable for it.

that's why I did put my pc in front of the fireplace.:lol:

however. I never switch on the fireplace. a heating in another side of the room.

::John::

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 09:20

Sorry about the window reflection - it was a quick shot

:lol: :lol:

SuzyView

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 09:38

73229

This is in the corner of my family room. It's about 2 months new. You can tell my kids use this with me now. There are legos and K-Nex all over the place. But I love having a computer that actually works when I am running the RAW files. And the set-up allows me to go between 3 computers in my house for the internet.:D

Edit: That's the famous Yellowstone picture my husband took 14 years ago. I think everyone I know who went to that viewpoint took that shot. The trees make a natural frame. Very nice.

StevenRaith

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 09:40

My PC is a mess - only just realised when i had a look at it just now, poor beasty :(

Must strip it down and rebuild it after a good cleanup....

Overview of Teh Desk of Teh Doom:
http://www.evoposters.net/carpics/album231/overview.jpg
Note the Cup of Tea of Correctness and the Random Drawer of Life, The Universe, and Everything. Oh, and my crappy clippers which I must set fire to [or more likely, chuck in the bin] at some point and replace with some decent ones.

The Guts:
http://www.evoposters.net/carpics/album231/guts2.jpg
http://www.evoposters.net/carpics/album231/guts.jpg

My god, I think if I were to let a few volts leak out of the PSU into some of the fluff buildups, we could start the evolution of life all over again!

Under the mess and jungle of cabling [I don't build machines like this for work for what it's worth - do what I say, not do as I do, etc...] there are the following:
Asus A7N8X Nforce2Ultra mobo
Athlon XP 2400 [266FSB]@333*13 for appro 2800 spec [was 3200 spec@400bus but installed some cheap RAM which put paid to the FSB speed..]
1gb DDR400@333mhz [2x512mb, dualk channel]
2x SP120C SATA HDs in RAID0 set
1x WD Caviar [spits] 40gb 8mb cache 'special' edition. Allegedly...loud and slow...
GeForce FX5700 LE
4x case fans
1x aero7 HSF [needed for when I had 3200 spec, pointless now]
LG 16x DVDRW multidrive thingy
3.5" floppy drive [required for RAID set!]
Crappy generic ATX full tower case thingy, only bought for the decent 3.5 bays and because i was in a hurry - had all the bits and nowhere to put them...
Oh, and the Altec Lansing 2.1 sub thingy for annoying the nieghbours.

Shopping list for Monday - 3 cans of compressed air, electrical contract cleaner, and incidentally, a set of quiet fans and quiet HSF along with some arctic silver - I have forgotton how loud this damned thing is....

I vote my PC to be the roughest one here. And I think I win...it's the downside of living like a pikey student, in a room that is barely 7x10ft, with all my possessions crammed in there....

SuzyView

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 09:48

LOL :) You remind me of my son, except, he sent his CPU home for the summer FED EX and they lost it. He had 18 months worth of MP3's added hardware and files gone and he insured it for $500. Poor kid.

He's 22 now and just got a DELL laptop for himself with a zillion things on it. Kids and their toys. He's hoping to inherit my 10D for himself this summer. He's no poor kid anymore.

Edit: Doesn't all that electronic stuff make your dorm room very hot?

StevenRaith

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 10:02

Dorm room? THis is a rented bedroom in a flat I'll have you know! I'm a respected IT Professional working in one of the most exclusive boroughs of London, don't you know ;)

Proof:
http://www.evoposters.net/carpics/album231/fizzog.jpg

Yeah, it does make a bit of heat to be honest - it' makes a great space heater in the winter, but come summer it really starts to get on my tits and I get ideas of building a MiniITX thingy, one of those cube jobs, or possibly [whisper it] a Mac Mini with a decent thridy party TFT...

I'll always have a WIndows machine however, need something to keep me in touch with work..

Anyway, as I mentioned, do as I say, not as I do - if my work lot could see those snaps, they'd wet themselves - I'm the single most pedantic git in the world when it comes to cable tidying, cleanliness, dust avoidance, etc with the boxes I build at work.

However, this is my box, and if I want it to be filled with fluff, fag ash [that aero7 makes some really pretty puffs of dust when you flick cig ash into it] and some dead insects, then I bloody well wil have it filled with it. If it dies, I'll just ahve an excuse to build another one :cool:

condyk

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 10:17

The hair clippers I see there must be useful Steve son ... for keeping all the fluff under control. Here's mine. I'm wondering if I should upgrade the monitor. 42" just doesn't cut it when you start spreading the tools out. What do you geeks reckon?

Brian Puccio

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 10:48

Sorry about the window reflection - it was a quick shot
{Nice IBM toys}
:lol: :lol:

I love IBM hardware!

http://brianpuccio.net/system/files?file=images/thinkpad_keyboard.preview.png

I've started to wear down the keyboard on my Thinkpad. I really love this machine, its a tank. I'm not happy about the crap products that Lenovo has been putting out since they sold their PC/laptop division.

SuzyView

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 10:54

Sorry about that Steve. How did I think it was a dormroom? Seen too many of them here in the US, I guess. My son's room was about 10x10. He is 6 feet 3, so it was a tight squeeze for him.

My home has 4 computers on the internet now, I use 3 of them all the time. I'm inheriting my 18 year old's 4 year old HP laptop and my 8 year old is getting my 5 year old laptop. This new Dell was a dream for my photography stuff and I am grateful to have all you money-spending-great-gear-hogs making me feel like I need to be doing my photography better. What a great excuse! :)

StevenRaith

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 11:16

The hair clippers I see there must be useful Steve son ... for keeping all the fluff under control. Here's mine.

Hair clippers have a multitude of uses, but I won't go there :shock:

And that's not hair clippers in your pic - thats a 42" rear projection TV with your mouse and keyboard in front of it! :D

Suzy - having a small room is a complete PITA, however I completely fail to see the point of moving to a larger room as I would still have the inconveniences of sharing a flat [shared facilities, and *shudders* other people...] so I am waiting till I can afford my own flat before shifting.

However, even on over £25k I still can't even afford to rent a studio flat.

London - thge worlds most hilariously overpriced property evar. I don't even live in Lodon, I live 25 miles out, and a studio flat is still £100k...

jbkalla

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 13:34

Sorry about the window reflection - it was a quick shot

:lol: :lol:

No fair, KiwiBloke! They won't let me take a camera to work! What the heck is that, anyway? ENIAC? ;-)

Mike6158

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 13:46

its been done, i made the same mistake - thread already started

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...ad.php?t=21608

Thread not found...

Mathiau

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 13:54

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=21608

there we go

title Show your workspace/workstation

Mike6158

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 13:54

Dude... it would take me a month to clean my work area up enough to be able to see my setup... I usually have (2) laptops and (1) desktop up at any given moment. I've got a 75Gb USB hard drive just under my 23" flat panels (I use a dual monotor setup for the desktop). I've got a 300Gb network drive and a switch sitting to the right of one laptop. A scanner and a Yaesu FT-847 sitting the left of the other laptop (Yaesu is ham transceiver. NE5U for any HAM operator / photographers out there.) Bills (I'm selling those real cheap to anyone that wants em. Just PM if you want to make an offer.), electrical drawings, cause and effect matrix, and all kinds of other work related bs sitting on this desk... whereever the desk is... I assume there is a desk or this stuff is made of anti-gravity material... And on the list to buy is (2) more 23" flat panels for the laptops... I'll have to get a wall mount for the displays if I do that...

If I ever clean this mess uo I'll post a pic.

PS- There some very nice installations shown so far... I'm envious.

Mike6158

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 13:56

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=21608

there we go

title Show your workspace/workstation

Cool... that works. Thanks...

pup

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 18:23

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...ad.php?t=21608

there we go

title Show your workspace/workstation

about 70% of the pics dont load : [

cjm

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 18:30

I hate IBM notebooks. That little red mouse dot drives me nuts. When I've owned a notebook in the past, wireless USB full sized mice were a Godsend!

Mathiau

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 18:40

about 70% of the pics dont load : [

Most of them work for me, those that dont is because people took them offline likely.

cjm

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 18:42

Pup that is because that thread is so old. Its easy to say its been done, because everything has been done but that old thread is obsolete now because most of the pictures on it have been deleted.

Mike6158

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 19:09

I hate IBM notebooks. That little red mouse dot drives me nuts. When I've owned a notebook in the past, wireless USB full sized mice were a Godsend!

Ditto... besides that they are buggy... Give me an Inspiron any day...

Mathiau

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 22:09

What is bugy about IBM laptops? I am sure they are not tha buggy considering they - as IBM, were some of the most sold laptops for buinsess and if they were buggy, buisness would not put so much money into them.

i do like dell though - alot nicer looking the levino's are now.

Mike6158

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 22:58

If you put them to work... they don't hold up. As I tell our IT people (and I get along with most of them fine since I used to do that part of the job before we got an IT department. The company that I work for is 20,000+ employees... we kind of grew a little), the IBM's are fine if all you do is send emails, type word documents, and build spreadsheets. I do all of that plus use 10 different PLC programming software packages, two different HMI programming packages, 8 different operator interface programming packages, numerous serial and ethernet drivers, a couple of different spread spectrum radio setup software packages, and a couple of data communication analysis packages. The IBM bites the dirt (BSOD) a lot. My Dell doesn't. Ever. The IBM doesn't come with a serial port. Since I connect to a myriad of devices with a serial port that's kind of important. I am using a cardbus serial port at the moment and it seems to be ok. I know what software crashes so I run what I can on the IBM and what I can't I use my Dell. Both are using XP Pro by the way. When the dirt and dust gets to be too much and keys start sticking I can turn my Dell upside down and tap it on the edge of a desk :shock: viola... clean and ready for action. The IBM ... I use one of those girly man cans of air to clean it out so as not to have anything fall off of it :D <might be a little stretch but I have cleaned my Dell as described...>

If you saw what my laptops had to "live" in... you would be amazed that either work... and the Dell is almost 5 years old...

Mathiau

23rd of April 2006 (Sun), 23:36

Nice to hear about that, i always ahd the imrpession IBM's were top of the line!

i love my dell insprion 9100, heavy as heck but have put it through hell myself and only had to get a new power cord for it (dropped it a few times)

Brian Puccio

24th of April 2006 (Mon), 01:05

I hate IBM notebooks. That little red mouse dot drives me nuts. When I've owned a notebook in the past, wireless USB full sized mice were a Godsend!

So then get a CTO with a keyboard without a track point and your problem is solved.

I love the fact that the Thinkpads are all designed to be user servicable and IBM readily publishes the several hundred page field service manual complete with part number matrices for each machine they make. I have yet to find that with any other laptop manufacturer.

Brian Puccio

24th of April 2006 (Mon), 01:06

Ditto... besides that they are buggy... Give me an Inspiron any day...

Odd, I've got an older model serving as a router/DHCP/printer server until I get some new parts in and it has an uptime of over 7 weeks.

My sister has an Inspiron and they made her foot the bill for shipping for a warranty repair. That, to me, is crazy.

Brian Puccio

24th of April 2006 (Mon), 01:30

The IBM doesn't come with a serial port.

Yes, that is a step back, the older ones did have a serial port and I hate that they got rid of it:

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Serial_Port

jbkalla

24th of April 2006 (Mon), 02:04

Mike6158

24th of April 2006 (Mon), 05:24

Wow. Serial port... Haven't had one of those (or a printer port) since my 1998-built pc. My 2001 pc had a motherboard without all that useless legacy garbage. I think ABit made it...

Of course, my 9000lb hp laptop has all that stuff again...

:D It's not useless if you need it. :D Heres a sample of what I got from my serial port on Saturday-

DTE< 01 03 00 2E 00 27 65 D9
DCE> 01 03 4E 1D 20 43 99 5C 00 00 00 00 00 41 24 B9 25 42 B8 98 8C 42 14 E7 2E 41 5A B8 2E 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 44 12 40 00 41 C1 A0 00 3D A0 00 00 3D 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 87 12
DTE< 01 10 00 29 00 04 08 18 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2B 73
DCE> 01 10 00 29 00 04 10 02

Ahh... the beauty of a MODBUS request and the slave's response... It's like looking at a Monet or Van Gogh... only not...

Brian Puccio

24th of April 2006 (Mon), 07:43

Wow. Serial port... Haven't had one of those (or a printer port) since my 1998-built pc. My 2001 pc had a motherboard without all that useless legacy garbage.

A serial port is far from useless. A floppy drive is useless, a serial port is wonderful and I'd be lost without it.

Mathiau

24th of April 2006 (Mon), 14:57

Floppy dirve isnt useless.

let see you install XP when your SATA controller isnt supported

lets see you flash that bios AND save a copy at the same time in DOS.. cant do that on a CD :)

FOr some legacy items are always useful because of the tools they have or are used too.

Sure, with In windows bios updates that is great and i do think the floppy should be done away with, as well as PS mice and keyboards

Do they not make a serial to USB adapters?

Mathiau

25th of April 2006 (Tue), 04:00

noelty

25th of April 2006 (Tue), 09:16

http://static.flickr.com/44/134587726_83afeff852.jpg

flashmat2

25th of April 2006 (Tue), 10:13

http://2.thefool.co.uk/uploader/uploaded/flashdesk.jpg

Nope, not a one-man call centre - the day we got 3 extra cisco phones which needed programming. Made for a fun shot though :lol:

Mathiau

25th of April 2006 (Tue), 20:21

noelty - how high are your ceilings!!

and that is alot of phones!, if you did have to handle all 4 i think one would go nuts!

noelty

26th of April 2006 (Wed), 01:25

noelty - how high are your ceilings!!

14 foot ceilings throught my place. We like it like that!

Mathiau

26th of April 2006 (Wed), 04:21

i would love high ceilings! just gives so much more to a room!

Nick C.

27th of April 2006 (Thu), 02:27

14ft ceilings? Do you have to call in the fire brigade to change your light bulbs?

olz

7th of May 2006 (Sun), 04:56

My simple workspace...

Toshiba Portégé M200 Tablet PC - 1.8Ghz, 1.5Gb ram, 160Gb HD

76632

AdamJL

16th of May 2006 (Tue), 14:21

http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/9765/dsc034151oc.jpg

Taken on my g/f's old-skool Cybershot :-)

And yes, the row of cases on the left are all games.. I'm a gamer at heart :-)

The laptop is also mine - a two and a half year old Vaio.

303villain

17th of June 2006 (Sat), 22:52

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/303gli/pics.jpg

Bringin this back cause i thought it would be fun. heres mine:
HP Pavillion Desktop w/ crappy Sony monitor
Apple 12" Powerbook
WD External harddrive
Graphire 3 wacom tablet
HP crap all in one
Epson Perfection 4490 scanner

Also Pictured: Random pictures/posters, old license plate, stock WRX downpipe, Tein Spring box, old hp laptop(broken) my camera bag, junk, empty motrin bottles etc :D

ArcticEOS

17th of June 2006 (Sat), 23:08

Here is mine

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/ArcticDegree/rig1.jpg

Have fun making cracks about the lotion sitting there :p This is an old picture too. Not taken with my SLR. This is when I was single :p

Cathpah

8th of July 2006 (Sat), 12:18

Here is mine

Have fun making cracks about the lotion sitting there :p This is an old picture too. Not taken with my SLR. This is when I was single :p

It puts the lotion on the skin!

Stealth_Fighter

16th of July 2006 (Sun), 05:14

all very coooool

Doom1701e

18th of July 2006 (Tue), 19:41

Here is my command center. :) This is an old pic, added some stuff since and cleaned alittle. Will update soon.

http://www.firemaplephotography.com/offsitephotos/CRW_0027.jpg

JawsofLife252

19th of July 2006 (Wed), 01:03

^^^ I can't believe no ones asked this yet but, how do you use the computer on the bottom shelf? or do you not use it?...

Doom1701e

19th of July 2006 (Wed), 14:45

^^^ I can't believe no ones asked this yet but, how do you use the computer on the bottom shelf? or do you not use it?...

It is hooked into the network so usually I just turn it on and use its resources on the upper computer. I have the keyboard and mouse hooked up primarily for shutting down and fixing any problems. The lower computer does run Windows 98, so fixing errors happens at least 2 out of 3 runs. It is mostly just down there cause I've got no where else to put it. It is scheduled for decommision at the end of the year. :)

espressomaker

19th of July 2006 (Wed), 15:07

Here's the business end of my workspace. The CPU is homebuilt (in an Antec P180 case) and sits in a corner in the back of the room (basically out of sight). I can choose between a sofa or a leather recliner for a seat and use a wireless mouse/keyboard. Networking/computing is my profession and was also my hobby before photography regained control of my free time.

izzypizzy

19th of July 2006 (Wed), 21:53

Here's my setup. The monitor is the NEC 20wmgx2, if anybody is interested in a very high quality 20" widescreen, this is the one to get, it's pricey, but it's absolutely amazing!

Mathiau

27th of July 2006 (Thu), 01:12

Alienware NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

And you are right ,that is basically the best LCD, but for the price, ouch! the picture came out great, i assume you dont have long legs? i always need to stretch out my legs at my comp.

Here's the business end of my workspace. The CPU is homebuilt (in an Antec P180 case) and sits in a corner in the back of the room (basically out of sight). I can choose between a sofa or a leather recliner for a seat and use a wireless mouse/keyboard. Networking/computing is my profession and was also my hobby before photography regained control of my free time.

great set up, but i must correct you - it is not a "CPU" - a cpu is the processor on the motherboard, not the entire system :)

What tv is that ? plasma or LCD? quality looks fantastic.

espressomaker

27th of July 2006 (Thu), 16:25

Alienware great set up, but i must correct you - it is not a "CPU" - a cpu is the processor on the motherboard, not the entire system :)

What tv is that ? plasma or LCD? quality looks fantastic.

Thank you for pointing that out to those less familiar with PC components. I am well aware of this (I am an IT professional: MCSE, MCSA, etc.). However, I use the term CPU loosely in forums such as this in consideration of the general terms used by the audience.

And to answer your question, it is an LCD (Sony XBR 40" Bravia). I had a plasma but exchanged it for this LCD because the image quality seemed so much better. I think this was a difference more in comparing the individual models though and not so much the technology.

coreypolis

27th of July 2006 (Thu), 16:48

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v721/viperx27/IMG_2173.jpg

Ronald S. Jr.

27th of July 2006 (Thu), 19:23

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/remulac/rotfl2.gif I can't get over everytime I see that friggin printer...that thing's HUGE. I'd have no place to put that.

coreypolis

27th of July 2006 (Thu), 19:44

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/remulac/rotfl2.gif I can't get over everytime I see that friggin printer...that thing's HUGE. I'd have no place to put that.

you have no idea how long it took to find a place to put it on. we shopped for weeks for something that was suitable but didn't cost a fortune.

I did lift it and move it around by myself, but I basically can't move afterwards.

izzypizzy

28th of July 2006 (Fri), 21:07

Alienware NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

And you are right ,that is basically the best LCD, but for the price, ouch! the picture came out great, i assume you dont have long legs? i always need to stretch out my legs at my comp.

Heh, not technically an "Alienware" any more, just the case now, over the years I've upgraded everything in it, I added my own 100% internal watercooling last year :)

Yeah the desk is kind of a pain, I'm actually pretty tall (6'2), i generally end up sitting kind of at an angle.

Thanks for the comment on the picture, I used a tripod to get 2 exposures, so I didn't blow out the window curtains (too much..)

*edit* here's a pic of the insides of my PC, excuse the poor image quality