really nice one! what material did you use for the desk top? You have a pretty nice arrangement with room to store things while not feeling cluttered but well arranged!
Nice done! How does the surface of your desk work out? I am thinking also of building a custom desk but am unsure about its surface. Did you put any special topping on the surface to make it even?
No-one has commented on any of Eleasars desks yet.
Let me give you a few answers regarding my old desktop setup, before I post my new arrangement in a couple of days/weeks:
- the lamp (in the front) is from a christmas market somewhere in Germany. Don't know where to find these on stock but watch out for an "african market" anywhere near you, and you'll most definitely find similar ones.
- the legs: are pretty good working easels, each side (front and back) separately adjustable in height. I found them in a Germany hardware store (OBI). They're manufactured by a certain German workshop but I can't remember the name, sorry.
- the "add 2 monitors to 1 MacBook" thing: 1 screen is connected to the Mac mini (MM) 1 screen is connected to the MacBook Pro (MBP). MM and MBP are connect via LAN. From here, "Screenrecycler" is your best friend.
Through "Screenrecycler" the Mac mini can "share"/give/hand-over it's screen to the MacBook Pro to use it as if it was connected directly. It also appears in the system preferences as a 3rd screen, completely configurable.
Nowadays the Mac mini has 2 outgoing display connections, being one of it's key features to me. But still this is the best(/only?) option to have 2 additional monitors on a MacBook which has then the screen real estate of 3 freakin' screens (if you count it's own one).
You can't really watch movies fluently on the one that's connected via LAN+Screenrecycler, but for office/twitter/coding-stuff it's been pretty awesome, as long as it lasted.
In January we're moving out, but in the meantime there's changed quite a lot inside here. I'll post an update of the current setup and also the new one, around mid/end of January. Definitely stay tuned for this update! There's so much more "geekery" to see, folks! ;)
Cool desk, though I can't quite tell what you used for legs. Are they cannibalized from another table or something? I'm interested because I currently use a door blank on top of file cabinets. The file cabinets provide lots of storage, but they're poor for keeping anything but files organized and they're bulky.
awesome stuff! just a quick question... are the 2 monitors connected to the mbp via mini display port? if yes how did you get it to show on 2 monitors??
Eleasar Chriso 15 Oct, 2009
really nice one! what material did you use for the desk top?
You have a pretty nice arrangement with room to store things while not feeling cluttered but well arranged!
Eleasar Chriso 15 Oct, 2009
Nice done! How does the surface of your desk work out? I am thinking also of building a custom desk but am unsure about its surface. Did you put any special topping on the surface to make it even?
No-one has commented on any of Eleasars desks yet.
David L 20 Dec, 2010
Hi folks, thanks a lot for the warm comments!
Let me give you a few answers regarding my old desktop setup, before I post my new arrangement in a couple of days/weeks:
- the lamp (in the front) is from a christmas market somewhere in Germany. Don't know where to find these on stock but watch out for an "african market" anywhere near you, and you'll most definitely find similar ones.
- the legs: are pretty good working easels, each side (front and back) separately adjustable in height. I found them in a Germany hardware store (OBI). They're manufactured by a certain German workshop but I can't remember the name, sorry.
- the "add 2 monitors to 1 MacBook" thing:
1 screen is connected to the Mac mini (MM)
1 screen is connected to the MacBook Pro (MBP).
MM and MBP are connect via LAN.
From here, "Screenrecycler" is your best friend.
Through "Screenrecycler" the Mac mini can "share"/give/hand-over it's screen to the MacBook Pro to use it as if it was connected directly. It also appears in the system preferences as a 3rd screen, completely configurable.
Nowadays the Mac mini has 2 outgoing display connections, being one of it's key features to me. But still this is the best(/only?) option to have 2 additional monitors on a MacBook which has then the screen real estate of 3 freakin' screens (if you count it's own one).
You can't really watch movies fluently on the one that's connected via LAN+Screenrecycler, but for office/twitter/coding-stuff it's been pretty awesome, as long as it lasted.
In January we're moving out, but in the meantime there's changed quite a lot inside here. I'll post an update of the current setup and also the new one, around mid/end of January. Definitely stay tuned for this update! There's so much more "geekery" to see, folks! ;)
Further questions anyone?
Frank Tamborello 14 Dec, 2010
Cool desk, though I can't quite tell what you used for legs. Are they cannibalized from another table or something? I'm interested because I currently use a door blank on top of file cabinets. The file cabinets provide lots of storage, but they're poor for keeping anything but files organized and they're bulky.
bryan k 14 Dec, 2010
awesome stuff!
just a quick question... are the 2 monitors connected to the mbp via mini display port? if yes how did you get it to show on 2 monitors??