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.
Nikki Jeske 03 Nov, 2009
Wow, that's a beautiful view. I bet you get inspire a lot.
Nikki Jeske 03 Nov, 2009
I not only love your set-up, but I'm loving the room and decor. The colors are very nice.
Nikki Jeske 03 Nov, 2009
Wow, this is elegant and simplistic. And that great is beautiful!
Miles Wheeler-Smith 04 Nov, 2009
I like this, it looks very well used!
Stefan Kohler 03 Nov, 2009
Looks nice to me. Sometimes decoration can be distracting - this is definately not the case here ;-)
Paul Jobson 20 May, 2011
i own that same desk lamp.
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.