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The office

Friday July 8, 2005

Okay, so I waited until my sexy new monitor arrived before I started this but boy was it worth waiting for!

So here it is, just what everyone wanted, another bloody meme. I am nothing if not original... anyway.

Picture/s of my office today

Black and white 'cos it looks tidier... a bit... okay, okay, I'll get the vacuum cleaner!


Essential Matrix style cable layout to impress the Missus (ahem!), plus sexy 19" Formac, shown on left.


Dining room developer section for those clients with £300 budgets.


The view is great!

General specifications

PC (Primary)

  • Windows XP
  • AMD Athlon XP 2400+
  • 1 GB Ram
  • 75 GB Hard drive
  • ATI Radeon 7500

Mac (Most fun)

  • OS X Tiger
  • 800mhz PowerPC G4 (iBook)
  • 640 MB Ram
  • 30 GB Hard drive
  • ATI mobility Radeon 9200

Essential hardware

  • APC surge protector and battery back up extension lead.
  • Maxtor 200GB external hard drive.
  • USB hub
  • Coffee mug and kettle
  • Very long bright red crossover cable running across floor.

Gadget posing as necessary

You know how it is, you don't really need it but darling, I simply had to have it:

Most wanted

  • BT to upgrade my broadband connection to 2 MB
  • Wireless network

Moving along

4 people whose workspace I would like to know more about:

  1. David Appleyard

    1127 days ago

    640gb of RAM?

    You sure? :)

  2. Philroche

    1127 days ago

    Super idea.. everybody loves the chance to show off their hardware ;).

  3. Jolo

    1127 days ago

    Looks nice… and hey, that’s big—200GB External Hard Drive

  4. Wyatt

    1127 days ago

    Sweet setup, I wish I had more than one computer. And I really wish I had a Mac, but its too $$$ for a lowly high school student.

  5. Schultzy

    1126 days ago

    You havnt got wireless pfft

    nice setup though

  6. Ryan Brill

    1126 days ago

    Awesome meme… I’ve been meaning to post pictures of my workspace for a while now, just need to get things in order a bit more first. ;)

  7. Michael G

    1126 days ago

    Nice view from the window John, very quaint.
    I’ve just been upgraded to 2mb tho I’m waiting for this to hit my area… www.bethere.co.uk/

    Btw a wireless set-up is a must :)

  8. Matthew Pennell

    1126 days ago

    FFS – is this the International Year of the Meme or something…?!

  9. Kev

    1126 days ago

    Bugger…well you’re going to have to be a bit patient with me as I’m not back in the office till next Wed and my home setup is beset with new-baby type stuff (babygro’s/bibs/assorted other shit).

    Nice monitor though ;o)

  10. Glen C.

    1126 days ago

    Oh boy. Not another meme. I wonder how many people will want to strangle you after this is all through… good luck with that.

  11. Glen C.

    1126 days ago

    Heh, from what I understand a lot of these people feign negativity, but deep down they’re just happy someone likes them.

  12. Kev

    1126 days ago

    OK you persuasive old sod ;o) I’ll take a piccie tomorrow. I can’t take one now as Tabby’s asleep behind me with the lights off!

  13. Glen C.

    1126 days ago

    Er, what I meant to say instead of “they’re just happy that someone like them” is that they couldn’t live without your site.

  14. Faruk Ate?ΓΌ

    1126 days ago

    Heh, you should be interested in my workspace! I bet it’ll make you go “wow, cool” at least a few times :-)

    (bet you a beer, btw)

  15. Philip Roche

    1126 days ago

    I’m done http://www.philroche.net/archives/the-office/ :). Not the most impressive but it keeps a smile on my face.

  16. Matt Robin

    1126 days ago

    Phil: Great shed…and nice looking fan tower thingy! :)

    John: “BT to upgrade my broadband connection to 2 MB” (I had this two months ago here in Hertfordshire – and it is making a big difference, you’ll really like it!)

  17. Max

    1126 days ago

    Heh, just as I took a snap of my work space just for the heck of it, Oxton starts a meme. I’ll see if I can get it presentable and on Flickr. =]

  18. Nice Paul

    1126 days ago

    Actually I’m Much-Less-Nice Relly, wife of aforementioned Nice Paul. I’m peeing my pants at the idea of Paul showing his workspace to anyone. I’ve just relegated him to a much smaller room and desk after watching his paperwork consume anything in its path in our ‘dining room’. Including the 6ft table, floor, 4ft glass desk, sideboard – frankly anywhere that he could still see to balance paper.

    He has had his new desk less than 48 hours. Already I see one mug, 1 spoon, 1 network cable, 5 cds, glasses, 30+ pieces of paper, some photos, a tissue(ugh), a green folder and the diary and pen he can never find underneath it all.

    I feel a song coming on. “Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman …”

  19. praetorian

    1126 days ago

    Wyatt said … “Sweet setup, I wish I had more than one computer. And I really wish I had a Mac, but its too $$$ for a lowly high school student.”

    Yea, $500 for a mini is a crushing blow to any student after paying a grand for PC.

  20. dotjay

    1124 days ago

    Phil Roche said:
    “Super idea.. everybody loves the chance to show off their hardware ;).”

    Well, I’m rather ashamed of my old PC now. :( Anyway, here’s my office at the moment.

  21. Jonathan

    1122 days ago

    I dig your setup. Good resources I think. I run a similar setup for my windows machine. I dual boot with linux on occasion as well. I run 160gb, but that’s about the only difference.

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