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John posted:What's the deal with this phone? Every time I post a pic of my desktop on the forums, someone has to mention the phone and gives no reason. It's the default phone telecom at the university gives to everyone. Because we all have Cisco Avaya VOIP phones of scheduling awesomeness +3 and miss the fact that phones make phone calls. I don't need my god drat desk phone to tell me I have email or scroll RSS feeds, IT'S A PHONE! 
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Telex posted:No, you've got it backwards. (as did I). After looking at pictures of the Ikea Galant desk online (the corner desk version), I do not understand what you mean by a lip that goes around the back and sides. I see that the legs or maybe the metal frame that supports the wood could possibly cause a problem, but I can't see up under the desk. Is there a recessed lip of wood on the underside of the desk that is preventing the clamp from fitting or do you have a non-corner desk variation with a different wood top?
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Finally decided to stop poo poo-livin' and get a desk instead of balancing all of my crap on top of a dresser. It's some random used office desk which is surprisingly sturdy, adjustable height, and has some really neat cable management features which I've used to haphazardly wad up my power cords. Click here for the full 1600x1516 image. (The wall is not filthy, it's just full of divots somehow.)
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foundtomorrow posted:After looking at pictures of the Ikea Galant desk online (the corner desk version), I do not understand what you mean by a lip that goes around the back and sides. I see that the legs or maybe the metal frame that supports the wood could possibly cause a problem, but I can't see up under the desk. Is there a recessed lip of wood on the underside of the desk that is preventing the clamp from fitting or do you have a non-corner desk variation with a different wood top? I'm talking about the metal frame I guess. It's thick and deep enough that the monitor mount just won't fit. I think I have an older model, mine just has straight legs, no T or A shapes. As such it has the metal frame going around the entire desk. It's a bummer, but this desk is awesome.
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Anaconda Rifle posted:
This may quite possibly be the most beautiful thing I have ever seen... I mostly use mine as an HTPC with a bluetooth keyboard/mousepad from the couch; I spend too much time sitting behind a desk at work to justify doing the same at home  
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[ I finally got my setup together this week ! it's a 15 inch MBP with my new monitor and my comp that is under my desk and all the messy cables that go with it...
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I moved to a new place where I have a whole room for my office so I spent/wasted some time on it. Click for the full size. The desk is two maple filing cabinets with a solid maple countertop laid on top. The rest is pretty basic.
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Bucket Joneses posted:I moved to a new place where I have a whole room for my office so I spent/wasted some time on it. Excellent, I'm thinking about making my own desk in a similar fashion. Where did you get the countertop?
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Nebulis01 posted:Because we all have Cisco Avaya VOIP phones of scheduling awesomeness +3 and miss the fact that phones make phone calls. I don't need my god drat desk phone to tell me I have email or scroll RSS feeds, IT'S A PHONE! On the one hand, my VoIP phone can block and redirect calls based on about a million factors to help me avoid idiot users. Point Polycom/VoIP. On the other hand, an indestructible brick phone can be used to brain idiot users, solving the problem long-term. Point brick phone. I don't know which side to root for.
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Sep 7, 2010 20:29
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Solution: a brick exoskeleton for a VOIP phone.
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Solution: Connect the murderphone to the Polycom's headset jack. The best of both worlds! (I doubt this would actually provide enough voltage, but damned if it doesn't sound swell. Plan B: Duct tape.)
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dreesemonkey posted:Excellent, I'm thinking about making my own desk in a similar fashion. Where did you get the countertop? I went to a local hardwood place (Crosscut Hardwoods in Seattle) and bought it from them. I paid 250 for the top and about 150 a piece for the filing cabinets which I bought shop-direct. Saved a ton on cables from Monoprice. Bought the printer and got a 22" monitor for free so I went ahead and got (suckered into) the second one to match. For some reason I am now contemplating mounting a third 7" monitor below the main two just for fullscreen irssi.
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Mr_Person posted:
The wall is filthy by your light switch. And your desk is way too small for a CRT monitor. It would bug the crap out of me for my left hand to be hitting that all the time. OSU_Matthew posted:Sweet 'scope.
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 Here it is from a distance, with my desk chair. The desk itself is tiny, from back when my only computer equipment was a massive CRT monitor and a PC case that could find under the desk. There's little room any more. I have 2 Dacal DVD carousels underneath (cos I hate browsing through my boxes and sticking game DVDs in)  Here it is a bit closer. My lappy is synergised with my PC, thanks to whoever it was who meentioned it in thread. What you can't see behind the monitor is this HDD dock. And the PC itself:  I am in dire need of a new desk.
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Mr_Person posted:Finally decided to stop poo poo-livin' and get a desk instead of balancing all of my crap on top of a dresser. It's some random used office desk which is surprisingly sturdy, adjustable height, and has some really neat cable management features which I've used to haphazardly wad up my power cords. Is that a cartoon dog on your light switch?
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bout it flautist posted:Is that a cartoon dog on your light switch? I believe it is. And something else very archaic I noticed are those VHS tapes sitting in that bookshelf.
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bout it flautist posted:Is that a cartoon dog on your light switch? It's Chef, the former bear mascot of Kid Cuisine. That switch caught on fire at some point many years ago, and the area around it was repaired with blue contact paper which is now starting to yellow.
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PiCroft posted:I am in dire need of a new desk. Maybe it's just a strange angle, but your desk appears to be about 3ft tall. I imagine sitting in that chair and using the PC must be an absolute pain.
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KomradeVirtunov posted:Maybe it's just a strange angle, but your desk appears to be about 3ft tall. I imagine sitting in that chair and using the PC must be an absolute pain. I also badly regret getting a keyboard tray as it only gets in the way now.
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Picked this up from Ikea recently. The two storage units are from their VIKA range but like someone earlier in the thread I opted for a kitchen top instead of a VIKA top due to its extra strength and perfect width (~1.8m). WIll probally pick up some sort of cable tidy before long. Click here for the full 2000x1333 image.
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Jayo posted:Picked this up from Ikea recently. The two storage units are from their VIKA range but like someone earlier in the thread I opted for a kitchen top instead of a VIKA top due to its extra strength and perfect width (~1.8m). WIll probally pick up some sort of cable tidy before long. Where's the guitar, and what is it?
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TheGopher posted:Where's the guitar, and what is it? I actually moved it away so it didnt get in the way of the shot. It's a Jackson King V and I think the specific model is KVX10 or something like that. See it here.
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 There has been a lot of conversation in this thread about IKEA Lack tables. Here is one way of using them.
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So, I've been working and working on getting all my equipment organized and neat, but then I decided to stop being a goon stuck in a separate part of the house surrounded by computer stuff. Found this desk at a garage sale for $20. I've always wanted one of these desks, for some reason, since I was younger. Moved my main rig to the shared room downstairs, moved everything else to the basement (server, routers, switches, modem, etc. Pictures of that when it is done, which should be soon). Haven't hooked up speakers yet, might not at all, I only use this computer to game, and I use headphones for that.  Click here for the full 1504x1000 image.  Click here for the full 1504x1000 image. Monitor Rack needs adjusted. May move the LCD to the top, and put my trusty, neglected CRT inside the desk.
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Triikan posted:So, I've been working and working on getting all my equipment organized and neat, but then I decided to stop being a goon stuck in a separate part of the house surrounded by computer stuff. Found this desk at a garage sale for $20. I've always wanted one of these desks, for some reason, since I was younger. Moved my main rig to the shared room downstairs, moved everything else to the basement (server, routers, switches, modem, etc. Pictures of that when it is done, which should be soon). Ooooo. Why did you stick the CRT under that sheet of glass? That looks like an interesting set-up.
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digitalwatchmaker posted:
Amazingly the Lack tables perfectly fit switches and U type computer cases. Link: http://wiki.eth-0.nl/index.php/LackRack
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Dobermaniac posted:Amazingly the Lack tables perfectly fit switches and U type computer cases. I wonder how many people do this without getting cavity plugs and are surprised when their heavy Cisco switch just pulls right out of the wood.
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Triikan posted:Monitor Rack needs adjusted. May move the LCD to the top, and put my trusty, neglected CRT inside the desk. THat looks.... painful.
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Triikan posted:So, I've been working and working on getting all my equipment organized and neat, but then I decided to stop being a goon stuck in a separate part of the house surrounded by computer stuff. Found this desk at a garage sale for $20. I've always wanted one of these desks, for some reason, since I was younger. Moved my main rig to the shared room downstairs, moved everything else to the basement (server, routers, switches, modem, etc. Pictures of that when it is done, which should be soon). Why didn't you at least clean it off when you brought it home?
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PiCroft posted:Ooooo. Why did you stick the CRT under that sheet of glass? That looks like an interesting set-up. That's an LCD, which is not staying under there. Has a CRT in there now, though. These desks became slightly popular during the early to mid nineties in order to get CRTs out of the way. Versions are used in most newscasts. Basically, its under there because that's where its designed to be. Telex posted:THat looks.... painful. Not a bit, metal rack is perfectly out of the way. Bucket Joneses posted:Why didn't you at least clean it off when you brought it home? Yeah, didn't look that bad without the flash; its clean now. Went ahead and put a CRT in the rack, put the Samsung LCD on top.
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Triikan posted:Not a bit, metal rack is perfectly out of the way. Er, that's kinda what I mean. Staring at a screen embedded in a desk doesn't seem like a physically healthy way to do things and you'll wind up in some significant pain if you do it like that for a while I'd bet. Ergonomics and junk.
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Its at a pretty decent angle. Almost like you're reading a book. I'd almost say its better than a normal setup. That being said it does darken the display a bit so Ill be using it as a secondary display.
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We had a computer lab in high school that had those desks. It wasn't that bad, but it wasn't revolutionary either.
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The only people I saw with those monitor desks were secretaries and people that made appointments at the dentist.
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IUG posted:We had a computer lab in high school that had those desks. It wasn't that bad, but it wasn't revolutionary either. I had one computerized test in college that they did in a room with these, I guess it probably would make it a lot harder to glance at a neighbor's screen plus the student can't hide anything behind the monitor.
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And here we go.  I need a world map to put on the wall. Anyone know where to get one?
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Nice marantz integrated.
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Jealous Cow posted:Nice marantz integrated. Thanks--that's what sold me on the table.
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Abel Wingnut posted:
I would also really enjoy a suggestion for a large wall map if anyone knows of a cheap good one.
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Abel Wingnut posted:And here we go. What headphones are those?
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