There’s something of a thing among geeks to show off their desks, and apparently score points for messiness. Actually I used to be a serious contender in such competitions but the office I built myself at home really relieved things, I have space and things are not actually all that messy usually – simply because the environment is designed around my personality, rather than the other way around. The exception of course is the cabling, but no amount of careful design and tidying can ever get computer cables neat, it’s simply against the laws of physics or something.
But, my desk is pretty pimped and I’m proud of it, gadgets and lights abound and it looks pretty awesome at night with the screensaver on even if I do say so myself. The latest addition is my plasma ball on the far right (where it cannot interfere with the electronics) which joins my old friends Yoda and Daffy (beneath my monitors) and the Bride (on the left-hand wall).
Of course, claims of glory require photographic proof so here it is. The first picture is in light, the others show the desk in darkness when it really, if you’ll excuse the pun, shines.
Yes. I really am that geeky.
