Valhalla Legends Forums Archive | Excess of Grok | Computer Desk

AuthorMessageTime
Grok
Does yours beat mine?

http://www.valhallalegends.com/images/DSCF0207.jpg
http://www.valhallalegends.com/images/DSCF0208.jpg
July 18, 2003, 11:38 AM
iago
needs more empty coffee cups/pop cans to be believable :P
July 18, 2003, 1:44 PM
Naem
Nice chair.
July 18, 2003, 3:02 PM
Grok
Table: $119 at Furniture Store

Chair: $59 at Wal-Mart

Monitor Cradenza: $65 and labor

Losing almost no workspace except in the back corners of the table: priceless!
July 18, 2003, 5:21 PM
Grok
[quote author=iago link=board=6;threadid=1953;start=0#msg15184 date=1058535889]
needs more empty coffee cups/pop cans to be believable :P
[/quote]

Fixed. Acceptable now?

http://www.valhallalegends.com/images/DSCF0209.jpg
July 18, 2003, 6:05 PM
Raven
My desk is sort of similar to that, except I don't have that nifty bookshelf. But the actual drawers more than make up for it. If I still had that digital-camera-like-thing, I'd show it to you guys. Fortunately, the desks they give us at the University are alot nicer. I'll feel spoiled. ;)
July 18, 2003, 11:25 PM
Nova1313
http://www.novaslp.net/pics/fullview.JPG

http://www.novaslp.net/pics/sideshot.JPG

http://www.novaslp.net/pics/topshot.JPG


If you can't tell already im not the most organized person in the world.
July 19, 2003, 4:13 AM
TheMinistered
http://www.backstab.ca/~source/PORTRAIT.jpg
http://www.backstab.ca/~source/LANDSCAPE.jpg
July 19, 2003, 3:48 PM
CrAz3D
How can y'all be so unorganized? Grok's is nice & clean, tghe way it should be.

I'm a neat freak, everything has its respective place & is there unless needed. My desk is all "pretty" ;)
July 20, 2003, 11:41 PM
Nova1313
I work 14 hours a day 6 days a week. So the day I am home my desk gets cleaned. For the rest of time mail and bills pile up. I have all that nice stuff but i dont get to use it hardly ever which is a true shame. :/
July 21, 2003, 4:25 AM
Grok
I need to know the recommended maximum length of EIDE cables, so I can mount my CDR/DVD in the lower-left shelf of my computer rack, and move the computer into a quiet housing. Does anyone know these lengths and can save me a search?
July 21, 2003, 11:34 AM
Adron
[quote author=Grok link=board=6;threadid=1953;start=0#msg15465 date=1058787244]
I need to know the recommended maximum length of EIDE cables, so I can mount my CDR/DVD in the lower-left shelf of my computer rack, and move the computer into a quiet housing. Does anyone know these lengths and can save me a search?
[/quote]

I think the recommended maximum length is around 40 cm.
July 21, 2003, 12:55 PM
Grok
That means I will need an external interface. Should I look for a USB2 adapter for EIDE to connect the CD-R or is something easier and cheaper available that won't decrease performance of the CD-R?
July 21, 2003, 2:30 PM
Adron
[quote author=Grok link=board=6;threadid=1953;start=0#msg15492 date=1058797844]
That means I will need an external interface. Should I look for a USB2 adapter for EIDE to connect the CD-R or is something easier and cheaper available that won't decrease performance of the CD-R?
[/quote]

What about Serial ATA? I think those cables can be longer...
July 21, 2003, 3:01 PM
Grok
Something like this? $20.

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/doc2/a21040.html

Controller cards appear to run about $50.

Cable (http://www.mwave.com/mwave/doc2/a00306.html) about $9.

$79 + shipping to move CD drive 1m away from computer. Hmm.
July 21, 2003, 3:31 PM
Thing
You guys are lucky having an actual desk. :(
I have to use a Metro Rack. I think it was meant to store food on.
http://www.vpnsys.com/images/metrorack.jpg
July 21, 2003, 4:08 PM
Adron
Something like that, yes... New motherboards often have SATA built-in anyway, so it's the future. The only thing you need to check is that your drive will work with a SATA converter.
July 21, 2003, 4:11 PM
Skywing
[quote author=Thing link=board=6;threadid=1953;start=15#msg15507 date=1058803687]
You guys are lucky having an actual desk. :(
I have to use a Metro Rack. I think it was meant to store food on.
http://www.vpnsys.com/images/metrorack.jpg
[/quote]
Ouch. That looks like a wiring nightmare.
July 21, 2003, 6:34 PM
Grok
I'm looking at something like this USB/IDE enclosure to mount to the bottom-left opening in my cabinet:

http://www.kingwin.com/pdut_detail.asp?LineID=&CateID=27&ID=104

Might get two of those, put the CDROM/DVD in one, the CD/CD-R in the other. $74 each, plus cables.

This should enable me to close up the computer entirely in sound-proof box (except for ventilation).
July 23, 2003, 3:10 PM
Hostile
safe to say i win this fight, ill -try- and take pictures tonight. 8)
July 24, 2003, 5:20 PM
Yoni
This picture was taken a few days ago. I am amazed and proud of how messy my room was then (though it has been messier in the past).

http://yoni.valhallalegends.com/stuff/Mess1.jpg

A different point of view:

http://yoni.valhallalegends.com/stuff/Mess2.jpg
July 26, 2003, 4:53 AM
Grok
[quote author=Yoni link=board=6;threadid=1953;start=15#msg16055 date=1059195180]
This picture was taken a few days ago. I am amazed and proud of how messy my room was then (though it has been messier in the past).

http://yoni.valhallalegends.com/stuff/Mess1.jpg

A different point of view:

http://yoni.valhallalegends.com/stuff/Mess2.jpg
[/quote]

Of course you need those CDs to burn backups of your own programs and stuff.
July 26, 2003, 9:00 PM
Yoni
[quote author=Grok link=board=6;threadid=1953;start=15#msg16074 date=1059253226]
Of course you need those CDs to burn backups of your own programs and stuff.
[/quote]
Well, of course! Here's one:
http://yoni.valhallalegends.com/stuff/ProjectsBackup.jpg
(BNLS source code now on CDs :))

I needn't assure you that this isn't Nero you see running on the computer in the pictures, and I was certainly not using it to burn DVD-rips of Monty Python's Flying Circus at the time.
July 26, 2003, 11:42 PM
iago
[quote author=Yoni link=board=6;threadid=1953;start=15#msg16080 date=1059262920]
[quote author=Grok link=board=6;threadid=1953;start=15#msg16074 date=1059253226]
Of course you need those CDs to burn backups of your own programs and stuff.
[/quote]
Well, of course! Here's one:
http://yoni.valhallalegends.com/stuff/ProjectsBackup.jpg
(BNLS source code now on CDs :))

I needn't assure you that this isn't Nero you see running on the computer in the pictures, and I was certainly not using it to burn DVD-rips of Monty Python's Flying Circus at the time.
[/quote]

Yes, you needn't tell us because we wouldn't believe you anyway :-)

I'm surprised you didn't write it in Jewish :)
July 27, 2003, 1:12 PM
Grok
[quote author=iago link=board=6;threadid=1953;start=15#msg16135 date=1059311551]I'm surprised you didn't write it in Jewish :)[/quote]

He would have to first create such a language.
July 27, 2003, 2:02 PM
Yoni
[quote author=iago link=board=6;threadid=1953;start=15#msg16135 date=1059311551]
I'm surprised you didn't write it in Jewish :)
[/quote]
That's totally eww. Of all my burned CDs, I have only 1 that I wrote on in Hebrew, and that's only because the movie that was on it was in Hebrew.
July 27, 2003, 6:35 PM
FOH-Master
[quote author=Thing link=board=6;threadid=1953;start=15#msg15507 date=1058803687]
You guys are lucky having an actual desk. :(
I have to use a Metro Rack. I think it was meant to store food on.
http://www.vpnsys.com/images/metrorack.jpg
[/quote]
Woh that is a hela a lot of computers. you are so lucky. all your chairs look comfier than mine. whats your job? why would you need al those computers? are they all top spec? FOH :o
August 2, 2003, 7:51 PM
hismajesty
[quote author=FOH-Master link=board=6;threadid=1953;start=15#msg16854 date=1059853890]
[quote author=Thing link=board=6;threadid=1953;start=15#msg15507 date=1058803687]
You guys are lucky having an actual desk. :(
I have to use a Metro Rack. I think it was meant to store food on.
http://www.vpnsys.com/images/metrorack.jpg
[/quote]
Woh that is a hela a lot of computers. you are so lucky. all your chairs look comfier than mine. whats your job? why would you need al those computers? are they all top spec? FOH :o
[/quote]

I didnt see any chairs in that pic...
August 3, 2003, 3:28 PM
Spht
[quote author=hismajesty link=board=6;threadid=1953;start=15#msg16920 date=1059924485]
[quote author=FOH-Master link=board=6;threadid=1953;start=15#msg16854 date=1059853890]
[quote author=Thing link=board=6;threadid=1953;start=15#msg15507 date=1058803687]
You guys are lucky having an actual desk. :(
I have to use a Metro Rack. I think it was meant to store food on.
http://www.vpnsys.com/images/metrorack.jpg
[/quote]
Woh that is a hela a lot of computers. you are so lucky. all your chairs look comfier than mine. whats your job? why would you need al those computers? are they all top spec? FOH :o
[/quote]

I didnt see any chairs in that pic...
[/quote]

Detected sarcasm.
August 3, 2003, 7:22 PM
Thing
I might set up the webcam again. It looks cool at night.
August 3, 2003, 11:35 PM
hismajesty
[quote author=Spht link=board=6;threadid=1953;start=15#msg16930 date=1059938575]
[quote author=hismajesty link=board=6;threadid=1953;start=15#msg16920 date=1059924485]
[quote author=FOH-Master link=board=6;threadid=1953;start=15#msg16854 date=1059853890]
[quote author=Thing link=board=6;threadid=1953;start=15#msg15507 date=1058803687]
You guys are lucky having an actual desk. :(
I have to use a Metro Rack. I think it was meant to store food on.
http://www.vpnsys.com/images/metrorack.jpg
[/quote]
Woh that is a hela a lot of computers. you are so lucky. all your chairs look comfier than mine. whats your job? why would you need al those computers? are they all top spec? FOH :o
[/quote]

I didnt see any chairs in that pic...
[/quote]

Detected sarcasm.
[/quote]
;)
August 4, 2003, 1:39 PM
FOH-Master
[quote author=hismajesty

I didnt see any chairs in that pic...
[quote][/quote]

I was refering to grok and the others. i should hav said. ::)
August 5, 2003, 11:15 AM
warz
I have that same black chair as grok. When my dad's company moved offices I snagged a lot of neat things, such as that chair.
August 19, 2003, 4:46 AM

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