Monday, October 15, 2012

A Peek Behind The Curtain

...At RXC3I:
     Still anything but neat, it is getting organized.  Real-estate taxes and doctor stuff in the clips waiting to get filed.  On the desk, tools left over from installing the color-coded clips, my "wheelbarrow full of cash," Vitamin I, clutter.  Some research materials on the shelf and, on the desk to the left of the keyboard, I Work On A Starship notes and related items -- the bound black notebook is labeled The Hidden Frontier Factbook, which I am slowly filling in with everything I already knew.  ;)  (Gah!  The keyboard is way overdue for a wash!)

     Some handy gadgets on the hutch verticals: a "Command" cord bundler, stuck on with their clever damage-free adhesive, holds USB cables; on the right, smaller hooks from the same company (a 3M division) work really well with some tiny bungee-loops with molded on hooks to hold small items.  The color-coded clips across the top are an updating of the old office "spikes."  Very handy for sorting and you don't impale your hand even on a clumsy morning.
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14 comments:

  1. NAVIGATOROctober 15, 2012 at 7:53 AM

    NO MORSE KEY (S) FOR CW?

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  2. Roberta XOctober 15, 2012 at 8:30 AM

    There are 25 bugs and straight keys on the shelves at the other side of the room -- until recently, my desktop was too crowded to be a safe place for a telegraph key!

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  3. NAVIGATOROctober 15, 2012 at 9:21 AM

    YOUR DESK IS FAR MORE ORGANIZED AND NEATER THAN MINE!

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  4. DonOctober 15, 2012 at 10:14 AM

    Lovely Bride fair swooned at the sight of your desk. She thought mine was bad! ;-)

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  5. AnonymousOctober 15, 2012 at 12:41 PM

    "a tidy desk is the sign of a sick mind"

    I think my desk-top probably needs a wash too, that's a guess since I haven't seen it since 'The Great Taking Max [the GSD] To The Vets Debacle of 07' which resulted in a new screen, disinfection of a selection of pharmacotherapeutics tomes (stress induced dribble, His I hasten to add!) and my, fortuitously, finding where I'd left the keys to the Pinzgauer. (He really [no I mean REALLY] hates the vets).

    Oh, and mine has cup-holders ;-p

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  6. BGMillerOctober 15, 2012 at 4:11 PM

    Honestly, I look at that desk and the first word that comes to mind is .....

    Comfortable.


    BGM

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  7. jedOctober 15, 2012 at 6:11 PM

    I must say I'm impressed. I think I have you beat for volume of stuff, but yours is more compact.

    Please tell us that rotary-dial phone is live. :)

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  8. Roberta XOctober 15, 2012 at 7:56 PM

    It's live, Jed. It's one of two WeCo 300s on the desk, in fact. And they both work.

    Able, my computer came with an electrically-driven cup holder but it won't bear much weight. Silly design.

    Across and around the room, 25 keys, two of them part of very nice "buzzer sets" on wood bases; also two telegraph sounders, at least a half-dozen microphones and three typewriters. 'Cos you never know.

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  9. JD(not the one with the picture)October 15, 2012 at 8:08 PM

    Is that a hand crank drill at the bottom left of your monitor?

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  10. Roberta XOctober 15, 2012 at 8:37 PM

    Yep! A Stanley "Defiance."

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  11. kishneviOctober 15, 2012 at 9:40 PM

    For future reference, the best way to deal with a dirty keyboard is to get one that's black with black keys. Guaranteed to look clean no matter how long you go between cleanings.

    And btw, your desk is already a marvel of neatness compared to mine. I don't keep anything important on my desk (or my dresser), because anything other than my computer that ends up on my desk inevitably ends up "being in there somewhere or other".

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  12. Roberta XOctober 16, 2012 at 8:07 AM

    Actually, there's one waiting in the on deck circle: nearly all my desktop computer hardware comes from the discard bin at work.

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  13. rickn8orOctober 16, 2012 at 9:54 AM

    "A clean desk is the sign of a sick mind."

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  14. JohninMd(HELP?)October 16, 2012 at 1:06 PM

    As long as YOU know where everything is.....it's organized.

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