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Pete the Geek
OK. A bit of idle byplay before I start. What Kind of Dog Are You? click on the dog at the bottom of the page or 'game' on the left hand side. A cool "steam-driven-computer" interface and it klunks along asking you questions and lighting up buttons and spitting out the answer. I'm a Saluki, apparently.
Right now I've got four computers on or around my desk, four mouses, three keyboards, two monitors and a power of papers. My laptop can drive a monitor, I've discovered, and I've found a USB interface to a PS/2 keyboard and I specified an optical mouse with the laptop, so I've disconnected the server's monitor and plugged that into the laptop, and hidden it away under the desk. I'm setting it up with my current working environment so my travelling experience will be as close to my home experience as possible.
Chris Pratley's weblog inspired me to crack open the OneNote copy that's been collecting dust for about six months. I then tried to install Service Pack 1 and discovered that the whole application is available as a freebie preview download. Chris says it's "super rock solid stable".
I'm looking forward to using this product - over the next few months I want to store lots of off-the-cuff notes about the various writing projects I've got going, and setting up a series of Word documents seems rather klunky. Plus I can draw diagrams and write freeform notes, include bits of web pages, all sorts of stuff. Looks to be immensely flexible. Just had a bit of a play session with coloured pens and stuff - cool!
Spent most of the day running around checking out libraries and opshops. We now have more audiobooks borrowed than will fill the travelling time. All seven of the John Marsden "Tomorrow" series. Aimed at teenagers, but apparently good for adults as well. A couple of Terry Pratchets, a travel story for me, and Over The Top With Jim, an Australian classic for when my father-in-law is in the car, because he'll be able to identify with a lot of the events in it, and it's a great story anyway.
Found the six books released at Cafe Essen in town. Left three there - the Clive James memoirs, which are incredibly funny. I journalled them and left them in situ for others to find. Phantom of the Opera - I've got to leave this at the Sydney Opera House! Heart of Darkness - must think about this a bit. Bravemouth - I want to read it.
This is something I can use OneNote for - working out where to release books for theme releases. Don't want to drive all that way and forget one. Must leave a book or two under the balls of the bulls in Rockhampton.
Found a whole bunch of great books along the way. American Gods, the new Bridget Jones book, a few others. Mt TBR is growing to alarming proportions.
Right now I've got four computers on or around my desk, four mouses, three keyboards, two monitors and a power of papers. My laptop can drive a monitor, I've discovered, and I've found a USB interface to a PS/2 keyboard and I specified an optical mouse with the laptop, so I've disconnected the server's monitor and plugged that into the laptop, and hidden it away under the desk. I'm setting it up with my current working environment so my travelling experience will be as close to my home experience as possible.
Chris Pratley's weblog inspired me to crack open the OneNote copy that's been collecting dust for about six months. I then tried to install Service Pack 1 and discovered that the whole application is available as a freebie preview download. Chris says it's "super rock solid stable".
I'm looking forward to using this product - over the next few months I want to store lots of off-the-cuff notes about the various writing projects I've got going, and setting up a series of Word documents seems rather klunky. Plus I can draw diagrams and write freeform notes, include bits of web pages, all sorts of stuff. Looks to be immensely flexible. Just had a bit of a play session with coloured pens and stuff - cool!
Spent most of the day running around checking out libraries and opshops. We now have more audiobooks borrowed than will fill the travelling time. All seven of the John Marsden "Tomorrow" series. Aimed at teenagers, but apparently good for adults as well. A couple of Terry Pratchets, a travel story for me, and Over The Top With Jim, an Australian classic for when my father-in-law is in the car, because he'll be able to identify with a lot of the events in it, and it's a great story anyway.
Found the six books released at Cafe Essen in town. Left three there - the Clive James memoirs, which are incredibly funny. I journalled them and left them in situ for others to find. Phantom of the Opera - I've got to leave this at the Sydney Opera House! Heart of Darkness - must think about this a bit. Bravemouth - I want to read it.
This is something I can use OneNote for - working out where to release books for theme releases. Don't want to drive all that way and forget one. Must leave a book or two under the balls of the bulls in Rockhampton.
Found a whole bunch of great books along the way. American Gods, the new Bridget Jones book, a few others. Mt TBR is growing to alarming proportions.
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Pete, I've just got to ask: exactly how big is your desk? ;-))
How big is my desk?
My workstation is upright on the floor at the left end (my side) and the server is another upright at the other end. Two 17" CRT monitors, one at each end, and in the middle is a defunct Compaq - or maybe it works and I can't get a signal out of it, dunno. There's a keyboard shelf, and on the other side my laptop sits on the top shelf of the cupboard, feeding into what is normally the server monitor. One mouse pad at each end. Any spare space is taken up by keyboards and coffee cups and papers and speakers.
My wife hates my work environment, but it suits me - I know where everything is.