![]() ![]() ![]() One of these pics illustrates the dust on the shelves- on the left I’ve jsut wiped it down and the other has maybe a 1/8th inch of dust. The area hadnt been cleaned up fully in the 4 years I’ve been using it…. Any of the cables can be easily plugged and unplugged. The wiring looks pretty bad in the last ‘after’ photo, but, it’s not at all tangled- it just isn’t pretty. The desk itselfi s a 9′ banquet table that I comandeered after my last one broke under the weight of 6 monitors. The wiring is still ‘interesting’ and ducttaped to the desk because, frankly, it’s the best system I’ve found to routing wires in under a desktop like that. (Yay!) The plastic 3-shelf rolly cart got reorganized so that the top shelf is hardware manuals & driver CDs, the middle is paper (sorted into plain & photo), and the bottom is filled up with Bawls. All of my hardware boxes for the stuuff currently in my main computer is on top of the bookshelf now, and the old stuff is in the trash. All of my games and books got matched and sorted and shelved, along with the CDs, floppys, and zip disks. You cant really appreciate how bad this was without going to the site and looking at some of the pics… I pulled off tons and tons of stuff from the bookshelf and under the desk, and spent about 2 hours cleaning out each of the big green bins… Those were a nightmare! The comptuer on the bookshelf is still backwards because it’s my peripheral test machine, and having easy access to the back is a lot mmore important than putting in the occasional CD or floppy. Here was the challenge for me: I absolutely COULD NOT turn off the main computer or disconnect it from the internet… Oh, that made for some VERY interesting bits while relocating the router & power strips. I very recently reorganized and cleaned the table that actually serves as my desk, so it wasn’t a huge problem, some soda spills, bit of rewiring in the back, getting rid of the collected junk and sorting out the ‘tip jar’ (The bowl with odds & ends that I dont like to hunt for) and pen jar, but it doesn’t collect a lot of paper because I use it for a drafting surface. It took me about 8 hours of steady work… I plugged in an extra set of speakers and had at it. I took a lot of photos of all this, both more before & afters and al ot while I was cleaning, you can check them out at Here’s my ‘office’ after 4 years in the same place with no major cleaning, ever. Thanks for the contest, and good luck to all who enter! This was a ton of work, and I can’t begin to tell you how glad I am to be DONE. I probably knew that once upon a time, but now, my Belkin TuneSync uses that connection to play my iPod while I sit at my desk without having to use any other speakers to take up more room! That by itself took a couple of hours… I even found out my monitor has speakers in it. I disconnected every single AC adapter and plug, and went labeler crazy, and labeled every cord, on both ends… this way, I will know what to plug in and what is connected. This was a task and a half! I envy the folks who could get this done in hours… it took me 3 days! (But to be fair, that was for the whole room, not just the desk.) Not shown in the photo are all the closet and cabinets that also got cleaned out, and reorganized! Good news is that the longevity of the contest clean-up is guaranteed for at least a month, as that’s when I return home for good. Returning home in the middle of two-month out-of-town work assignment I discovered that the rumors were true - my home office was a disaster. I hope it lasts longer then the last time, but you never know what will end up in front of me for weeks on end until I do something about it! The review really helped in picking it □ ![]() If you notice there’s the HP TX1000 you reviewed. I’m a total gadget freak and this contest is just what i needed to cleanup my messy work area. My computer from the kitchen has now been moved into the study, and my girlfriend wants you to have a competition for a house cleaning! I decided to clear up my study! It was thick with dust and covered in all my old gadgets. Thank you for inspiring me to decrease the entropy of my office! □ The OQO in the After picture sits upon a docking station I built from Legos, with a built-in 4-port USB hub. Click thumbnails to view fullsize images. ![]()
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