Show us your workspace...

[piersk]

.. or at least the place where you do most of your coding...

For those that are going to take photos of your bedroom, I suggest closing the curtains so the outside view does not show whereabouts you are.

(Credit goes to dalecosp for the idea of this)

Also, I (and I'm sure Jupiter media) take no responsibility for any contravening of company rules in posting photos etc etc

[weekender]

http://www.adamhopkinson.co.uk/workplace.jpg

main points to note are lots of juice, webcam, mcD's, easter egg, toblerone, candles, lava lamp. My laptop is my temple, you see...

[piersk]

thank god it's not just me that has loads of crap round my laptop...

ill bring my camera in to work tomrrow. i even have a miniture of scotch on mine! Beat that!!


Note: I'm not an alcoholic, they are bottles brought back from an event that the company helped to organise

[weekender]

beat that? on my table beside my desk i have a bottle of smirnoff, a bottle of limoncello and a bottle of butterscotch schnaps, although i dont normally drink shorts

[piersk]

Originally posted by weekender
beat that? on my table beside my desk i have a bottle of smirnoff, a bottle of limoncello and a bottle of butterscotch schnaps, although i dont normally drink shorts

But am I right in thinking thats your desk in your room? I'm talking about my desk at work...

[weekender]

ah yes. I've found worse things in my office, but i myself have nothing like that

[prinzcy]

wow weekender, it shows that you really work hard there. really. i meant what i said.

[weekender]

cheeky

[piersk]

I'd also like to say that I'm sickened(!!) to see that you're usnig IE!!


SICKENED DO YOU HEAR?




Yes, there is *tic* in fact no one else in my office to *tic* talk to....

*tic* I think I might be going mad *tic*

[weekender]

actually mate that's opera on my screen...

[piersk]

Originally posted by weekender
actually mate that's opera on my screen...

.....huh??


oh, so it is. ahem.

Boy my face is red... well, actually, its not, but I do feel silly. Apologies for pinning that on you there, adam... :o :o :o

[weekender]

no worries mate. I know how hard student placements can be. really. i meant what i said...

[piersk]

anywho... back on topic....

Whos next... dalecosp? I'm intrigued to see what your office looks like

[tekky]

hehe, sadly, I do most of my PHP stuff at work... and well... as much as I love everyone here... I'm not gonna risk getting slammed to the ground by the Security Forces just to sneak a pic of one of the desks in our shop :D

maybe i'll post a pick of my desk at home after I get off work... :p

[goldbug]

Home (http://www.goldendance.com/images/duallie.jpg)
Work (http://www.goldendance.com/images/Image(07).jpg)

[weekender]

nice dual tft's goldbug

[tekky]

Originally posted by weekender
nice dual tft's goldbug

I agree, are they on a custom stand? (looks like possibly one beneath em but cant really see too well :p)

[goldbug]

Originally posted by tekky
I agree, are they on a custom stand? (looks like possibly one beneath em but cant really see too well :p)

Nope, both each on stock stand(s). One of these days I might get adjustable/robo arms for each of them (free up actual desk footprint), but that's far down the list. Before I even bother with arms, I need to get something new to feed the screens, probably a Nvidia FX 5700 Ultra or Matrox Parhelia (using 1 AGP, 1 PCI FX5200 currently)

[Elizabeth]

http://www.giftsforengineers.com/shop/images/PICT0171.jpg

[goldbug]

e-beth: Is that pr0n on your whiteboard?

[Elizabeth]

Originally posted by goldbug
e-beth: Is that pr0n on your whiteboard? Naturally... what else would it be?

[goldbug]

Originally posted by Elizabeth
Naturally... what else would it be?

Ahh, just making sure. :D

[dalecosp]

Originally posted by piersk
anywho... back on topic....

Whos next... dalecosp? I'm intrigued to see what your office looks like Heh, really ... :D

I've found the camera, and the cable. Now, if I could just find the driver CD, and keep the win98 box from crashing long enough to get it up.

For some reason, the XP boxen (wife's) in the house doesn't want to see the thing. Fix it? Yeah, sure, after the big pile of machines over there on the bench ... and the three or four new sites, and warehouse app... :rolleyes:

I thought about just holding the scanner up to the room, but ... :confused:

:D :D

[pyro]

Originally posted by dalecosp
I thought about just holding the scanner up to the room, but ... LMAO... :D

[Weedpacket]

Originally posted by pyro
LMAO... :D I've seen scanners where that works.... not too well, but it works....

[vaska]

the house closed today...we move this weekend...can i take a rain check and post pictures after the renvoation...in about 8 months i'm guessing...

this is what our current place looks like if you had ascii vision...


--------------------------------------------
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| | | |
--- ---| | ----
| | |
------------ - --------- |
| \ ||||||| | | |
| / ||||||| | |
| | |
-------------------


yeah, exactly like this... ;)

[bubblenut]

No way!:( I though you were living on a starship :D
Bubble

[Weedpacket]

...Must .... fight .... intense ... gravity ....
Oh man, who turned off the inertial dampers?

No, really, try [code] tags.

[vaska]

Ack, "code" tags voila!!!!!

Now it works, sort of.

tangent: My original degree was in literature and has pretty much been the backbone of everything I've done over the past 5 years. But last night I started deconstructing sentence structures using my rudimentary knowledge of PHP (and javascript) - should I be worried? I started thinking that it could make for some rather interesting typographic exercises too. //tangent

:D

[piersk]

Originally posted by vaska
should I be worried?

Yes. When you start to use programming languages in every day life, then there is no hope for you. You might as well start wearing these (http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/)...

Having said that, I am trying to persuade my g/f to buy (and wear) this (http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/ladies/5981/) and to buy me this (http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/coder/6620/) (wasn't there a geek one like that)


My god I think I've just successfully hijacked my own thread\m/\m/

[another edit]For all the men out there: would you buy your g/f these (http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/ladies/6792/) (or ladies, would you buy them??)[/another edit]

Phew, I've found it

[pyro]

Originally posted by piersk
[another edit]...these (http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/ladies/6792/) (or ladies, would you buy them??)[/another edit] I would think the question would be "which one would you wear?" ;)

[planetsim]

200 Ok sounds right

[piersk]

Originally posted by pyro
I would think the question would be "which one would you wear?" ;)

Well, neither are really my colour...

[pyro]

Lol... I specifically only left the part about the ladies in there, too. Ah well, I tried. :p

[Elizabeth]

As long as the "200 OK" was in the front, they'd be acceptable.

[vaska]

Ah, tshirts. Someday somebody is going to do a history of the world in 200 tshirts or less book.

Dieselsweeties (http://www.dieselsweeties.com/shirts/) always has some of the best stuff...

http://www.dieselsweeties.com/shirts/recycle357.gif
http://www.dieselsweeties.com/shirts/mixtape357.gif
http://www.dieselsweeties.com/shirts/sexywarcrim400.gif
http://www.dieselsweeties.com/shirts/soldout360.gif
http://www.dieselsweeties.com/shirts/rocker300.gif

[weekender]

gotta love www.tshirthell.com

http://www.tshirthell.com/shirts/products/a269/a269.gif

http://www.tshirthell.com/shirts/products/a286/a286.gif

[dalecosp]

Originally posted by piersk
anywho... back on topic....

Whos next... dalecosp? I'm intrigued to see what your office looks like Ok, finally got a camera going 'round here...

2 shots, interior. I'd show exterior, but I'd sure like to get a coat of paint on the outside before anything's posted for posterity... ;)

Workbench area (91.2K) (http://daleco.biz/images/workbench.jpg)

Desk area (103K) (http://daleco.biz/images/deskarea.jpg)

I actually stacked the mess on my desk for y'all, too :D

[planetsim]

Is that one of the dummy books i see on the bookshelf.

[dalecosp]

Nope, you see at least two of 'em ... you didn't know I was a "Dummy"??

UNIX for dummies was about two bucks, I couldn't resist. Didn't find much I wasn't already acquainted with, but makes a fun read, as opposed to, say, McKusick's "Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System".... ;)

C for dummies was about five, IIRC, and I picked it up when I found myself getting bored with K&R. Made it through the whole thing in a day or two, and then found that it was equivalent to about one, maybe one and a half chapters of K&R; so I suppose it was only good for entertainment value.

Other books on that shelf include Larry Ullman's "PHP for the World Wide Web", Elizabeth Castro's Javascript tome from the same series, Welling/Thomson's "PHP and MySQL Web Development", K&R 2nd ed., and somebody's copy of "Using FrontPage 2000". I think it belongs to a defunct ISP I used to run the mailserver for. I've just purchased Leon Atkinson/Zeev Suraski's "Core PHP 5 Programming" --- great for the direct history of the project, thoughts behind development, etc., but the main portion of the text is basically just another take on the PHP Manual. It might not be fair to judge it on that section, because there are three more, but section two is the biggest part of the book....

I think that's about all of the programming books I have that were written since the Internet became public knowledge ... the rest are in another barn :D

[vaska]

About to get a remodel, this is the future home of the stuff I do. It's a little old cottage/garage at the back of our new place. New roof, new windows, new floor, new heating, new electrical coming. Enough comfy space for three or four people, a small kitchen and bathroom and a gigantic work table for everything that can be imagined.

http://www.vaska.com/imgs/IMG_0310.JPG.jpg

http://www.vaska.com/imgs/IMG_0306.JPG.jpg

[Weedpacket]

Originally posted by vaska
New roof, new windows, new floor, new heating, new electrical coming. But just one little thing seems to be missing.... :)

[vaska]

Woops, should I have just said new 'everything' except the walls? Well, the windows are going to be recycled too...

Or, new camera (which is why I took these pictures - 6.3 megapixels of good-ness) or new haircut (because I got my first haircut in over a year this weekend - really)...

:D

[dalecosp]

originally posted by Weedpacket
But just one little thing seems to be missing.... :)I assumed at first he meant, "Desk and computer", as in, the place where you're actually working now.

Then I thought, "well, it could be heating/cooling systems", and then "bathroom", but I reread and that was in there, so I thought, bikes, lanterns, yard equipment, he's joking about "the kitchen sink" ;) (not a bad theory?)

Then once I had my brain working, I read this:Originally posted by Elizabeth
As long as the "200 OK" was in the front, they'd be acceptable. :o and a possible meaning weaseled itself into my consciousness ... :eek:

Now, when I'm not in shock, I'm ROFLMFAO ... :D

[vaska]

yeah, well...the current work space is basically a hole in the wall while i'm waiting...too embarassed to show that...

the new camera has had me taking pics of everything under the sun while i learn all the functions...i think i've take 300 or so in only a couple days now. ;)

[Elizabeth]

Originally posted by dalecosp
Now, when I'm not in shock, I'm ROFLMFAO ... :D I wondered if anyone would catch my drift on that one. ;)

[piersk]

Originally posted by Elizabeth
I wondered if anyone would catch my drift on that one. ;)

Look I have 2 hours of work left. I'm tired. Can someone explain please. (if you don't wanna give it away, then PM (http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/private.php?s=&action=newmessage&userid=132282) me)

[piersk]

You are such a dirty minx! :D :p

Although if you could choose which way it was facing then you could let your partner know how you were feeling...

If anyone can get this thread to sink any lower, they deserve a prize

[dalecosp]

Originally posted by piersk
You are such a dirty minx! :D :p So someone did PM you?

BTW, I just tried, and your mailbox is full ... do I need to start a thread for ya?? :D

[vaaaska]

Originally posted by dalecosp
So someone did PM you?

BTW, I just tried, and your mailbox is full ... do I need to start a thread for ya?? :D


huh, considering this all came on the heels of my post, i'm not sure if i should be offended or not. really... :(

[piersk]

Originally posted by dalecosp
So someone did PM you?

BTW, I just tried, and your mailbox is full ... do I need to start a thread for ya?? :D

Well, I've deleted some PMs, but you could start one anyway. T'would make me feel special :p

[jebster]

Bah, you all have neat computer areas compared to me! If you seen it around mine you would see what a true mess is! Can't help it though, too much crap, not enough room! Got no camera to take a picture with though :( Kinda embarrassing anyhow. :o

Originally posted by Elizabeth
I wondered if anyone would catch my drift on that one. ;)

Didn't take a second! LOL

[piersk]

Originally posted by jebster
Bah, you all have neat computer areas compared to me! If you seen it around mine you would see what a true mess is! Can't help it though, too much crap, not enough room! Got no camera to take a picture with though :( Kinda embarrassing anyhow. :o

Ha! That's what you think!! (http://rover.diablog.co.uk/P5030010.JPG) :p

[jebster]

Originally posted by piersk
Ha! That's what you think (http://rover.diablog.co.uk/P5030010.JPG)!! :p

Not even close :p Seriously, 1 small room + 2 computers + 3 printers(don't even use two, should get rid of them) + cable modem + 2 routers(both suck..) + 5.1 speakers + stereo + tv + couple hundred CD's(music and computer) + Wires everywhere(fire hazard?) + crap loads of old floppies(don't even know why they are still here) + LOTS of books(got them on clearance) + papers everywhere + boxes from software and games(Those cheap games that only run on old computers like mine) + couple filing cabinets + office supplies everywhere + 2 office chair(1 executive like new one, and an old crapper) + a chair that belongs in the living room = one messy room. And that isn't near all the crap in here. Plus factor in most of the stuff is really old, so it is much bigger than it needs to be. Oh and every wall has a desk(3 of them) or big crap holding thing against it to make the room even smaller seeming topped off with shelfs covering one of the walls(above a desk). Oh and a binary clock my brother made :D

hehe, hoped that help draw a picture in your mind about this room.

[piersk]

Well, you should have seen my desk before I tidied it on Saturday.

I was going to post a picture, but I couldn't find my camera to take one with :(

[jebster]

Originally posted by piersk
Well, you should have seen my desk before I tidied it on Saturday.

I was going to post a picture, but I couldn't find my camera to take one with :(

I'd do the same but I'm a pack rat, I get to attached to all my crap to through it out! LOL It's pretty bad, think I need to go to a psychiatrist. I see something start to throw it out and think "Well I might need this someday" and just put it back! Not to mention, I paid for it so why would I give it to the landfill for free? They should pay me for my trash... :D

[Nixon]

untidy

http://www.jamitch.demon.co.uk/1.jpg

tidy

http://www.jamitch.demon.co.uk/2.jpg

sound system :D

http://www.jamitch.demon.co.uk/3.jpg

I like my music :)

[piersk]

Geez!! How big are those speakers??

[Nixon]

75cm tall, 35 wide, 12" woofers :eek:

[Elizabeth]

Nixon, I'm diggin the color scheme in the room- aqua walls, electric orange chair, blue keyboard. Is that what keeps you awake in the wee hours of programming-land?

[Elizabeth]

Piers, nice ASP book BTW on your desk... sheesh you could have at least draped a black cloth over it or something :rolleyes:

[piersk]

Originally posted by Elizabeth
Piers, nice ASP book BTW on your desk... sheesh you could have at least draped a black cloth over it or something :rolleyes:

I'm not ashamed of my ASP skills. They're what gives me money!

(anyway, goldbug does ASP too :p )

[goldbug]

Originally posted by piersk
I'm not ashamed of my ASP skills. They're what gives me money!

(anyway, goldbug does ASP too :p )

Yes, it's true, but at least lately I get to play with .NET at work, so it's not as intolerable :D

ASP does pay the bills, PHP jobs are few and far between. Heck, we're moving into our new house shortly--ASP work paying for a good portion :D


Preemptive calming: Note to PHP vs. .NET vs. whatever holy-war participants -- I'm comparing ASP.NET/VB.NET/C# to vanilla ASP, not PHP. Both PHP and .NET have their individual strong and weak points, so let's not go there :D

[piersk]

Haven't played with .NET yet... just vanilla ASP, which I think is still pretty good.

[Nixon]

Originally posted by Elizabeth
Nixon, I'm diggin the color scheme in the room- aqua walls, electric orange chair, blue keyboard. Is that what keeps you awake in the wee hours of programming-land?

Yeah, if I have enough caffiene my room all blends into a multi-colour, also it matches my php editor :)



print "I";

if ($like) {lots};

empty(of);

<font "colours">



lol. :cool:

[onion2k]

Originally posted by Nixon
print "I";

if ($like) {lots};

empty(of);

<font "colours">



Parse error: parse error, unexpected '}' in C:\apache2\htdocs\onionDev\nixon.php on line 5

:rolleyes:

[Nixon]

:p

[dalecosp]

Originally posted by Elizabeth
Piers, nice ASP book BTW on your desk... sheesh you could have at least draped a black cloth over it or something :rolleyes: But then what would he wear?

And would it say "200" or "404" :D

Hmm, feel a new thread coming on ...

[Elizabeth]

Originally posted by dalecosp
But then what would he wear?

And would it say "200" or "404" :D

Hmm, feel a new thread coming on ... Uh-oh here we go again! :rolleyes: Piers already considers me a dirty minx (http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&postid=10505426&highlight=dirty+minx#post10505426) because of my stance of the subject.

[dalecosp]

Originally posted by Elizabeth
Uh-oh here we go again! :rolleyes: Piers already considers me a dirty minx (http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&postid=10505426&highlight=dirty+minx#post10505426) because of my stance of the subject. Hmm, I thought he spelled it with a "y", which IMHO is a slighly sexier way to spell that [insult?] ... however, I don't see how Piersk has room to be judgemental (http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=10250049&highlight=dance+naked) of your "stance"; at least you *wear* underwear :D

[dalecosp]

Originally posted by piersk
Ha! That's what you think!! (http://rover.diablog.co.uk/P5030010.JPG) :p I think that Compaq keyboard is pretty nice and comfortable for the price ... I've got two of those in the office here, and one in the house IIRC ... wouldn't mind to trade a few others for some more, but y'know how it is ... do you use the "shortcut keys"?

[piersk]

Originally posted by dalecosp
however, I don't see how Piersk has room to be judgemental (http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=10250049&highlight=dance+naked) of your "stance"; at least you *wear* underwear :D

Hey, Weedpacket started it! I just didnt want him to be lonely :)

Yeah, the keyboard is quite comfy, but I don't use the shortcut keys. Never see the point really.

[dalecosp]

Originally posted by piersk
Hey, Weedpacket started it! I just didnt want him to be lonely :)
Did he, now? (http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=10243264)

Yeah, the keyboard is quite comfy, but I don't use the shortcut keys. Never see the point really. Heh, heh, me neither .. especially in 'Nix :D

Although, there probably is a port for it, if you look long enough ... :rolleyes:

[pyro]

Originally posted by dalecosp
Did he, now? (http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=10243264)Busted! :D

[piersk]

Originally posted by dalecosp
Did he, now? (http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=10243264)

Yes he did in the thread about your 2k posts, which was the one I was referring to :p

[Weedpacket]

Originally posted by piersk
Yeah, the keyboard is quite comfy, but I don't use the shortcut keys. Never see the point really. Reading this right after the part about "dancing naked" is not recommended except on medical advice.

Does anyone ever actually use those things?

[piersk]

I did on a media keyboard that I had in my old job... I just can't be arsed to configure these ones

[BuzzLY]

View at your own risk:

My desk at home (http://www.ultimatespin.com/images/buzzdesk.jpg)

It's not quite as neat as Betty's, but then again I'm not as anal retentive :D

[piersk]

My desk at home (http://rover.diablog.co.uk/P5050001.JPG)

[LordShryku]

Originally posted by BuzzLY
View at your own risk:

My desk at home (http://www.ultimatespin.com/images/buzzdesk.jpg)

It's not quite as neat as Betty's, but then again I'm not as anal retentive :D

I think my mess may have yours topped....

[onion2k]

Wrox eh Piers.. cool. They have a title called "Beginning WAP, WML, and WMLScript". I'm in that book.

Who wants to touch me?

:p

[piersk]

Originally posted by onion2k
Wrox eh Piers.. cool. They have a title called "Beginning WAP, WML, and WMLScript". I'm in that book.

Who wants to touch me?

:p

The book is deliberately placed there... Twas written by goldbug (http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=146399), Elizabeth (http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=138123), stolzyboy (http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=136628), Bunkermaster (http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=135007), BuzzLy (http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=138919)and trooper (http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=102106)

I bought it last week

:D

[goldbug]

Judging from the Buzz and Piers home desk shot... my pic is definitely missing something.... something red. :D


Buzz: nice Super System book, you poker nazi :D

[goldbug]

Originally posted by piersk
I bought it last week

:D

Found the infamous "$e-mail" typo(s) yet? Gotta love when people further down the chain of production have word auto-correct turned on. :P

[piersk]

Originally posted by goldbug
Found the infamous "$e-mail" typo(s) yet? Gotta love when people further down the chain of production have word auto-correct turned on. :P

Not yet, and if I find any typos, you will definately hear bout it :mad:

On another note, I was deeply saddened to see that there was no acknowledgement to me. I expect to see one in the next edition (when's it due out?) :p

[laserlight]

darn, I couldnt find that book in the library...

was hoping the authors might...
you know :D

[pyro]

Here's my desk (http://www.ryanbrill.com/images/desk05062004.jpg)...

[piersk]

That's a lot of CSS books!!

Also a nice mousemat...

[piersk]

Originally posted by laserlight
darn, I couldnt find that book in the library...

was hoping the authors might...
you know :D

No point... I already tried that with all the plugs I was giving them :(

[onion2k]

Originally posted by pyro
Here's my desk (http://www.ryanbrill.com/images/desk05062004.jpg)...

Tissues by the computer means only one thing...

[piersk]

Originally posted by onion2k
Tissues by the computer means only one thing...

That it's cold in Wisconsin at the moment and he's ill? :confused:

[pyro]

...That it was cold in Wisconsin, I was ill, and I just never moved them. :p

[onion2k]

Yeah. Thats what I meant. ;)

[pyro]

lol :D

[bubblenut]

Originally posted by BuzzLY
View at your own risk:

My desk at home (http://www.ultimatespin.com/images/buzzdesk.jpg)

It's not quite as neat as Betty's, but then again I'm not as anal retentive :D

What's the worst that could happen?

[piersk]

It might be one of those animated gifs that, after a short period of time, shows people who have been horiffically mutilated, causing you to jump, spilling your Dr Pepper over your PC which the explodes in a huge fireball...

[dalecosp]

Originally posted by onion2k
Tissues by the computer means only one thing... Nope; tissues by the computer mean nothing at all. Tissues inside the computer, (http://www.envador.com/Photos/LovePC/) on the other hand ...

:D

[BuzzLY]

Originally posted by laserlight
darn, I couldnt find that book in the library...

was hoping the authors might...
you know :D

If they were generous enough to give us a bunch of books, I would be happy to give you a copy. Unfortunately, they only gave us 5, which isn't even enough to give to some of my closest real world friends. Maybe we can hold out for more copies when we write the PHP5 revision... :D

[BuzzLY]

Originally posted by goldbug
Judging from the Buzz and Piers home desk shot... my pic is definitely missing something.... something red. :D
Shame on you!

Buzz: nice Super System book, you poker nazi :D That book rocks... I read it sometimes in between slow hands during online poker.

[BuzzLY]

Originally posted by pyro
Here's my desk (http://www.ryanbrill.com/images/desk05062004.jpg)...

There is a book missing from your collection. Please remedy the situation and reshoot the picture.

[LordShryku]

My desk (http://mng.starport.org/images/home.jpg)

The laptop's usually out front with me for all my "casual" stuff. Desk is really only used for gaming and work (when I'm not at work).

[goldbug]

Originally posted by BuzzLY
Shame on you!

Alright already!

Here's a fresh shot (http://www.goldendance.com/images/redbook.jpg)

And it will need to be assimilated into my mini-jungle (http://www.goldendance.com/images/minijungle.jpg).

:D

[pyro]

You've got some nice book titles there... :)