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Re: HN Members' Workspaces

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Post by jackdawjack » Sun, May 02, 2010, 10:13 PM UTC

The desk of a physics grad student... (coffee induced blurrycam)

http://phy.duke.edu/~cec24/CIMG0120.jpg

Re: HN Members' Workspaces

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Post by SandB0x » Sun, May 02, 2010, 10:20 PM UTC

chime wrote: post #46

I'm definitely in the minority running Windows (x64). Here's a video of my rig: http://www.vimeo.com/9954310 Picture: http://chir.ag/stuff/5lcd.jpg * LCD1: Communication (chat/im, email) * LCD2: Test browsers (IE, FF, Opera, Safari), Photo Editor * LCD3: Main browser (Chrome) * LCD4: Text Editor (EmEditor), SFTP * LCD5: Media (music, video, audio controls) I'm about twice as more productive on this setup than on my l…

You must be getting quite a tan!

Do you not feel the need for a marker board of some kind though? As in, what if you need to sketch something out?

Re: HN Members' Workspaces

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Post by astine » Sun, May 02, 2010, 10:21 PM UTC

kylec wrote: post #42

Wow, nearly everyone works on a Mac. Any Linux/BSD users out there?

There are quite a few of us: Arch, Ubuntu, FreeBSD, Solaris.

Re: HN Members' Workspaces

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Post by mdolon » Sun, May 02, 2010, 10:22 PM UTC

I give in: http://devgrow.com/desk.jpg

Desktop runs: XP (90% of the time), Ubuntu and OS X (hackintosh from my retail Leopard disc)

15" Macbook Pro for travel and for making music

Desk also has a slide-out tray for keyboard & mouse

Re: HN Members' Workspaces

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Post by machrider » Sun, May 02, 2010, 10:32 PM UTC

http://subfocal.net:81/~mike/desk.jpg

Looks a little different today, but not much.

Re: HN Members' Workspaces

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Post by The_Fox » Sun, May 02, 2010, 10:32 PM UTC

Tools in this photo:

Homebrew PC with Windows 7, 20" and 17" Dell Ultrasharps

Lenovo R61

TI 83+

Leatherman

http://www.thefoxes.ws/wp-content/uploads/2010/fox-workstati...

Re: HN Members' Workspaces

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Post by cloudhead » Sun, May 02, 2010, 10:33 PM UTC

look_lookatme wrote: post #76

cloudhead wrote: post #9

Here's mine: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/251849/hacking-setup.jpg

Is this Xmonad under OSX?

It is indeed!

Re: HN Members' Workspaces

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Post by SandB0x » Sun, May 02, 2010, 10:35 PM UTC

http://i.imgur.com/TzY1W.jpg

£28 worktop and legs. £12 glass marker board/whiteboard. Both from Ikea. The silver thing is just a mini stereo, not a computer. Fruit, because I'm always hungry.

It's night time in London, apologies for the terrible grainy photo. There is a nice door to the garden just to the left (so I get lots of light and fresh air.)

Re: HN Members' Workspaces

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Post by tfh » Sun, May 02, 2010, 10:41 PM UTC

oneplusone wrote: post #60

Mine is pretty minimalistic. My main Windows 7 computer is used for design work while my MacBook is for coding. http://imgur.com/J3gch.jpg

nice. I have the same mouse/keyboard combination :)

Re: HN Members' Workspaces

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Post by jrockway » Sun, May 02, 2010, 10:41 PM UTC

chime wrote: post #46

I'm definitely in the minority running Windows (x64). Here's a video of my rig: http://www.vimeo.com/9954310 Picture: http://chir.ag/stuff/5lcd.jpg * LCD1: Communication (chat/im, email) * LCD2: Test browsers (IE, FF, Opera, Safari), Photo Editor * LCD3: Main browser (Chrome) * LCD4: Text Editor (EmEditor), SFTP * LCD5: Media (music, video, audio controls) I'm about twice as more productive on this setup than on my l…

There's a cheaper way to get a tiling window manager on Windows: bug.n

http://www.autohotkey.net./~joten/