The "what the hell is that mess on your desk" thread.

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From the left to the right

Volvo Magazine,
JVC GR-DVP3,
JVC docking station,
empty tape,
Z!P,
a theatre ticket,
a put-around-your-neck-and-hang-stuff-on-me thingy,
box with pens, pencils and crap,
some adapter,
left speaker,
monitor,
keyboard,
right speaker,
headphones (MDRV700 baby!),
wireless mouse & keyboard reception thingy,
mousepad (DELL?),
mouse,
scanner,
CD-rack,
CD's lying around,
phone,
TV remote control,
box with MORE rewritables,
empty zip drives,
printer,
2 packs of A4's,
coasters,
pack of tie-raps (Don't ask.),
cell phone,
watch,
a chronograph(?!),
AXE marine,
lip stuff,
10 euro bill,
nokia club card,
stapler.

Hence, that's just my desk.
 
:lol:

I just tidyed up my work desk so I can leave for today so.
  • Phone
  • IBM Keyboard
  • Ms optical Mouse
  • Samsung SyncMaster 171s flatscreen monitor
  • IBM Netvista (under desk)
  • Notepad
  • Mug ive never used
  • Floorplan of the building
  • Printout of the 787b setup Lotus350 sent me

Before I tidyed up I had about 10 sheets of paper with tasks I had to complete (went into the bin after competion) about 5 misc cd`s (visio, ms project lotus notes w2k sp3 etc) also bits of a McDonalds breakfast.
 
Snoopie, you're deranged, but OK, here goes. I'm at work...

Left to right:
Application CDs
Hole Punch
Landline Phone
Toolkit
Personal mobile phone
Office phone list
Papers relating to projects I'm working on
Desk Tidy ( :lol: )
Left speaker
KVM switch
HP71 17" monitor
HP Keyboard
Right Speaker
Mouse mat (System Software Solutions)
MS Wheelmouse
Work mobile phone
CD containing the worst-written software ever, APB Propware
Water bottle
HP Omnibook 6000 laptop
HP Jornada 568 in cradle
Mouse mat (Welcome to Las Vegas)
MS Wheelmouse
Supplier catalogues
Coffee cup
In/Out trays stuffed with more project nonsense.

Err, that's it!
 
OK, from left to right.

Some small pieces of papers with some notes on it,
Mobile phone,
Monitor,
watch,
headset,
left speaker,
RallyXs magazine,
keyboard,
mouse,
Dell mousepad,
7 SENTINEL rewritable CD's,
2 Coldplay concerttickets,
2 cinematickets,
little box with pens and pencils,
a put-around-your-neck-and-hang-stuff-on-me thingy,
desklamp,
right speaker,
some school books,
Max Payne CD,
discman,
Coldplay music CD,
webcam,
some 2 euro coins,
some Club coins ( for free drinks in club Locomotion),
gum.

That's about it.
 
Originally posted by made in holland
a put-around-your-neck-and-hang-stuff-on-me thingy,
Click to expand...

You have a put-around-your-neck-and-hang-stuff-on-me thingy too? Cool!
 
Allrighty, I used to have a picture online somewhere, but a thousand words will have to do. Left to right:

Rolled up blueprints of an older building I'm renovating
drawings for the current project, laid out flat
architect's and engineer's scales
a foot-inch calculator
a Badtz-maru note pad
cartridges for my Lamy fountain pen
Mach 5, Racer X's car, the Snake car from the evil guys
Lamy fountain pen
Rotring fountain pen
a linoleoum sample, used as a coaster for:
Speed Racer coffee mug
Palm IIIxe
Luxo swing arm lamp with Sony headphones hung over it
electric eraser
harman/kardon computer speakers
21" Dell monitor, keyboard, and mouse with wrist-rest pad
Palm cradle
potted snake plant
Post-it dispenser
landline phone
half-size sample Eibach pro-rate spring, with pens and pencils in it
more tile samples - coasters for tape dispenser, stapler, etc.
N-scale electric train set
IN box
controller for the train set
OUT box
Tetra Tech Sports hat
 
I do have a picture.
Radio
70 year old level
Parrot stand
kleenex
Electric stapler
Littleton Middle school presentation
Dedham Middles School plans
Stack of CD's (Burned, blank and rewrite-able)
Pen holder
Scope (mouthwash)
Phone
Message pad (we don't have voice mail !!!???)
a Fiber re-inforced Gypsum Wallboard sample, used as a coaster
Water bottle
Memory Stick USB adapter
Main computer
note book
Speaker
Back-up CD's
Monitor (W/ pics of the wife)
Natural Keyboard
Logitech Rollerbar
Notebook
Dedham Middle School flyer
Speaker
Stabler
Mini tape recoder
Voice recorder
At-A-Glance calendar
Architectural Record "Assessing the Nation's Vulnerabilities"
In box/out box
Rutland Educational program

AO
 

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From left to right:;)

Left PC speaker
17" A70S Monitor
Right PC speaker
Mouse pad w/mouse on it:p
RCA Digital Broadband Cable Modem:cool:
Epson Stylus Photo 780 Photo Printer
Sony AM/FM Walkman:cool:
a light:lol:
a container with pens and pencils in it
2 CDR's
Driver (PC) :cool:
a stack of CD's
bottle of glue
pencil sharpener
floppy disk driver for mouse:)
CD-ROM for motherboard drivers
box of Crayola markers:p
Sony headphones:cool:
Nascar Racing 4 (PC) :cool:
GTA3 (PC):D
Exacto knive container
Nutty Professor tape:D
2 rulers
a CD-R w/system backup on it
 
Originally posted by neon_duke
Allrighty, I used to have a picture online somewhere, but a thousand words will have to do. Left to right:


...a Badtz-maru note pad...
Click to expand...

:confused: Why do you have a Badtz-maru note pad??

OA
 
Here's mine, left to right, it's a rolltop desk BTW:
"important" papers
Kenwood flashlight and blue LED light
wind-up mouse(cat toy)
desk calender
Timex watch(mine, ontop of calender)
CD-sleve and other papers
some Chewy Chips-o-hoy cookies(that I'm eating right now, ontop of the papers)
Sony "Wobbler" remote for 53" Sony XBR TV(remote has round wieghted base so it never flips over)
Clock thingy with some pens and junk
HP Deskjet 690C(at the back of the desk behind the things I already listed)
Left speaker(Harman/Kardon)
Dell 17" Monitor
Cat mousepad
Dell mousepad
Dell mouse with scroller wheel
right speaker(Harman/Kardon)
Some Clarinex notepaper thingys with other paper
Bell Phones telephone
bowling ball cleaner pad(I found it, it's exellent as a dust remover/monitor cleaner)
Dierbergs(grocery store 4 blocks from here) Photolab pictures in sleve
a loose roll of film negatives
Can of Wizard Country Berries air freshiner(a must for us...where people have a problem with flagulence, we make a competition...)
some other papers.

That's it really...
 
OK, I'm at home now, and attached is a pic of my home desk. You can see, from left to right:

Beer fridge (30th birthday present!)
CD spindle
B&O Beovox speaker (with table lamp, and giles-guthrie.com business cards on top)
Altec Lansing speaker (one of four)
Umax Astra 1220S scanner
Motorola surfboard cable modem
Pack of negative strips
Nikon Coolscan IV ED film scanner
Dell Dimension XPS-B1000r PC
Compaq Proliant 800 Server
More negs
Various documents and a couple of pens and a stanley knife
Stapler
"Calchou" whisky miniature
Anglepoise lamp
Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Champagne bottle (we were celebrating friends' engagement)
Champagne glass, twice as big as it needs to be
More documents
Dell QuietKey keyboard
Altec Lansing Subwoofer
Microsoft Wheelmouse on Gateway2000 mouse mat
Dell-badged Sony 21" monitor, with Scalextric Limited Edition Cars: "Diablo Challenge" Lamborghini Diablo, BTCC-winning Audi A4 and Subaru Impreza WRC
Altec Lansing speaker
Panasonic KX-P6500 laser printer, with BRDC Dinner place names for me and Susan on top
B&O Beovox speaker with coaster on top (coaster has design of teddy bear in Jordan overalls)
Stack of envelopes
Sofa arm with remotes for amp and minidisc player
Guillotine
Stack of CDs (Chemical Brothers - Come With Us; DJ Shadow - Entroducing...; New Order - Low Life; Idlewild - The Remote Part; Depeche Mode - Exciter; John Digweed - MMII)
Technics SA-EX500 Dolby ProLogic Receiver
Sony MD-JE520 Minidisc Deck
Marantz CD65IISE CD player
Chest of drawers
 

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Starting from my computer, left to right.

Samsung 955DF 21-inch monitor
Desk
Microsoft Mouse
NWO mousepad
Microsoft Sidewinder gamepad
AOL disc
Quake III disc
Flight Simulator 2002 Pro discs
2 CD-Rs
Stereo speakers
Sony MDR-G52 silver Street Style Headphones
Compressed air can
Screwdriver
USB keyboard
Athlon 2000+ (1.8Ghz) computer, silver case
HP Officejet 600 Printer and Fax
GTA3 PS2 DVD disc
Gundam RX-93 Nu 8-inch model
California State Examination award for outstanding achievement in Biology :cool:
DMX ...and then there was X CD
DJ Tiesto In the Search of Sunrise 3 CD
1 US dollar
1 3x5 card
An old ISA sound card
A cool birthday card from my aunt
1 CD-RW
A roll of film
1 red Crayon :)
 
Left to right:

Mobile phone in its holder
piece of paper from chorus class(yes, i do sing. very well, too.)
lamp(on)
lava lamp(on)
old IBM joystick for flight sim
palm pilot m105 in its cradle
microphone for computer that i never use
monitor
Logitech wirless keyboard/mouse beam reciver
mouse

and in the middle of my desk i have a plastic cover thing and under it are:
a map of the US with the routes of trips ive been on
A 2 dollar bill (US)
My school schedule
my school calendar
2 american flags
my friend's brother's business card
and a picture of the Twin towers i took on my birthday in 2001
 
Left to right:

HP scanner
Epson C80 printer
Power strip
G3 desktop
Cup holding 3 pencils
Clock
Flyers
Yellow, lined notepad
Blank whie notepad
Stucky post-it yellow, lined notepad
Phone list
Car buying guide
USB keyboard
Optiquest monitor
ADP keyboard (for startup)
External modem
ADP mouse
Mousepad
HP Deskjet printer
iBook laptop
Logitech MX500 mouse (for iBook)
Mousepad for MX500
Telephone
Electric pencil sharpener
Cup with two markers, a pen, and tacks

There's more junk on the surface around the table, but you specified only on the table. ;)
 
from left to right, as everyone else

-CDs (i'd say about 30, in 2 rows of 15-20)
-Alcatel Modem
-HP Scanjet 2100C scanner (not working, wonder why it's there...)
-on the scanner's top: - headphones and some papers
-Logitech Wingman gamepad
-Logitech sound system (can't remember the name)
-HP 21'' monitor
-Logitech "Internet" USB keyboard
-Logitech USB WheelMouse
-Custom built Computer
-1:18 scale Audi R8 2001 spec Le Mans Winner (on top of the computer) ( :confused: )
-Canon S200 printer
-phone
-notepad and pen
-1:12 scale Honda NSR500 (2001 Rossi bike) (again :confused: )
 
My desk is currently the dining room table.

About 70 computer game/system/display boxes for various games and systems.
n64
NES
Genesis v2
SNES
phonebook
yamaha cd that came with CDRW
screwdriver
s-video cord
a few computer pieces
my monitor/keyboard/mouse/computer
27" wega TV
lots of messed up placemats
my keys
1 rootbeer can
a paper plate
a greek coaster thing (replica of the "greek" rosetta stone)
Devil may cry
$1.47

Yeah thats about it.
 
I dont even need to get started naming all the junk on this desk...Ive got atleast 2 of everything on here most of which I have never seen or know what it does or want to know what it does...
 
left to right


coaster
speaker
phlat screen moniter
legos
legos
legos
cdplayer
flopies.(its kinda sad i still use them)
speaker
box a
box b
box c
box d
cd's
head phone
head phone
printer
papper
pen
pencil
pencil 2
pencil 3
air
money
gta:vc pre-order stub
pen 2
cd-rw
money ($87.63)
and more air
 
mobile phone
2CD cases
motherboard and chipset manual
a pen
2 speakers
monitor
tower
keyboard
mouse
empty rum bottle
joystick
4, 10 pack CD holders
my wallet, keys and watch
subwoofer
miscellaneous cables
digital camera
 
l2r:

- 45 computer games
- CDs i have yet to burn
- German dictionary
- Bose Wave Radio demo CD
- worm light
- box of floppies
- writing implements
- anti-virus box
- left speaker
- monitor / keyboard / me
- SharkPort
- microphone
- digital camera
- right speaker
- tower / mouse
- math book
- stack of blank CDs
- 2 dimes and a quarter
- printer
- 45 more computer games
- root beer
 
Left to right:

Gatorade bottle
digital camera
printer
old ice cream bowl (chocolate)
speakers
moniter
keyboard
MS laser mouse :)
MS steering wheel
MS joystick
pencil sharpener
pack of computer paper

Thats it :)
 

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