Month: September 2006

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New Office Setup

So as I mentioned a few days back, I got a new desk. It’s labor day weekend and everyone got off early on Friday, so I came up and built this desk. It’s really pretty. With my new setup, I have so much more space. I guess before, all the space behind me wasn’t being used.

To build the desk, I first had to make froom for it, so the old desk and all the other crap were taken down and moved to the side. Yes, both my computers went down as well as my internet connection. Now, I’m also facing toward the window(s) instead of facing toward the wall. It generally feels more secure and like I said, I feel that I have more space now and I can even fit another table on the left of me.

crap everywhere to free space to build deskgarbage from building deskgarbage from building deskdesk is builtnew desk with computer setupnew desk with computer setupnew pov from new desknetworking hardware pilemore crap on new deskserver deskleft side of new deskright side of new desklistening to music and eating fried dumplings

Anyway, after everything was built and setup, I noticed I needed more furniture to hold stuff, like the networking crap in the corner and the rear speakers that are sitting on the floor. So since I didn’t have any plans today (besides sleeping in, which I did till 3pm, or was it 4pm), I headed over to IKEA to check stuff out. I made measurements on what I needed to fit nicely into my setup and also to give enough space for my Roomba to come in, though with my new setup, the Roomba’s bound to start eating up cables, so I need to figure out how to avoid that.

I decided I needed a bookshelf for the networking hardware and it’ll also hold my left rear speaker.
I needed a little box to house my computer and to put the printer on top of it.
I had some space between my desk and the wall and thought it be nice to have a drawer/cabinet type thing.

After getting to IKEA, it took quite some time to find what I needed, though choices were aplenty.

I ended up getting the KILBY bookcase for $19.99. The one I linked to is the larger version for $29.99 because I can’t seem to find the smaller one on their site. It was a bit wider than what I was looking for (would end up extending past an electric outlet), but I decided that due to it’s “cost” and I can always just not install the back panel, leaving the back through to the wall completely, it was worth it.

I ended getting the CORRAS bedside table to use as my printer stand. It was just right, had an internal height of 18″ (my computer was 17″ tall) and would fit my printer on top quite nicely. It did come with a shelf, but I didn’t bother installing it. This was also the most expensive piece at $34.99 (though the site says $29.99; did I get gypped?).

The hardest one to find was the drawer, because I only had 14″ to spare (or I could push my desk further away from the wall, but that seemed like a big hassle with all the crap already on it and setup. Then there was the price of ~$50 for a tiny drawer. That’s why I ended up with the FLÄRKE computer unit, though I wasn’t going to house any computer in there. I thought my trash can would fit nicely in there and I could hold some documents on the top shelf and on the top of it, I can put my scanner.

new ikea boxescompleted computer standcompleted bedside tablebookshelf without the shelfcompleted bookshelfcomputer stand to hold trash can and scannerconverted bedside table to house server and printerconverted bookshelf to hold networking hardwaremy new office setupmy new povthe left over ikea boxes and crap

Welp, there you have it!

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Things You Should Know But Probably Don’t

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BUT PROBABLY DON’T (from MS newsgroup)

Bolded were ones I found interesting
Italicized were ones I already knew

  1. Money isn’t made out of paper, it’s made out of cotton.
  2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
  3. The dot over the letter i is called a “tittle”.
  4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
  5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.
  6. 40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
  7. 315 entries in Webster’s 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
  8. The ‘spot’ on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was albino.
  9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily.
  10. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
  11. Chocolate affects a dog’s heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.
  12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark’s stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
  13. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).
  14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn’t wear pants.
  15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830’s as medicine.
  16. Upper and lower case letters are named ‘upper’ and ‘lower’ because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case’ letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, ‘lower case’ letters.
  17. Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time, hence, multi-tasking was invented.
  18. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
  19. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
  20. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never a recorded Wendy before! turns out to be false: source (from HJO3)
  21. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver
  22. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa’s lips.
  23. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
  24. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original “Halloween” was a Captain Kirk’s mask painted white.
  25. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar (good to know.)
  26. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can’t sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless.)
  27. The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
  28. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
  29. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It’s the same with apples!
  30. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
  31. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
  32. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
  33. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages it.