The Working Desktop

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262711#Comment_262711

Excellent Pic Steve! Thanks for the counter-encouragement.

As for the rest of you - I'd love to see your work environments if you're up to it. (Make sure Logos is on the computer monitor!)

Neat freaks need not apply - I don't think I can handle that kind of reinforcement. [;)]

Jerry M

Hi Steve, enjoyed the glimpse. If I didn't know better I would say that is Ray Summers Greek grammar sitting on top of a NA26(no make that a UBS) right below the hat collection and under the spiral notebook. Am I warm? (I'm a graduate of Southwestern also BTW.)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262716#Comment_262716

Hi Steve, enjoyed the glimpse. If I didn't know better I would say that is Ray Summers Greek grammar sitting on top of a NA26(no make that a UBS) right below the hat collection and under the spiral notebook. Am I warm? (I'm a graduate of Southwestern also BTW.)

Yep! Got it in one. But I think Summers was from my undergrad at East Texas Baptist, where i did baby Greek. We used Dana & Mantey's grammar at SWBTS.

Your eyesight is AMAZING!

smj

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262727#Comment_262727

Top shelf: recent Father's Day Sunday School craft; Charles Spurgeon Bobblehead; various hardback systematic theologies; Incomplete hardback NACSB&T Series;

Third Shelf: thousands of books on screen; Midwestern Journal of Theology; Logos 4 Mac Training Manuals

Second and First Shelf: Random Books I bought prior to owning Logos

I've been relegated to a sewing table in a corner of our apartment since the arrival of our son. I make due!

JT (alabama24)

Paul -
I am praying for you iMac to survive the folding table. Ouch!

fgh

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262728#Comment_262728

Paul -
I am praying for you iMac to survive the folding table. Ouch!

My thoughts as well!

Richard Wardman

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262727#Comment_262727

Charles Spurgeon Bobblehead

Where did you get that!?

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262773#Comment_262773

Richard, My school owns the largest collection of Charles Spurgeon's personal study library available. Naturally CS bobbleheads start popping up for sale in the campus bookstore. If I'm not mistaken they're only available through the 6 SBC seminary campus stores.

They're's nothing quite like an affirming nod from the Prince of Preachers after searching through every resource Logos has made available from him!
(poor attempt at keeping post Logos specific)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262791#Comment_262791

(poor attempt at keeping post Logos specific)

But it was a good "poor attempt." LOL

Here's the unedited version of where I sit day after day after day.... Thomas (Black) told me not to clean it up...heheh.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262811#Comment_262811

Here's the unedited version of where I sit day after day after day....

Now this is awesome and what I aspire to one day... and Charles, are you a lefty?

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262812#Comment_262812

Actually I am not ... While it's more comfortable to use the mouse with my left hand, among other things, I write with my right. While eating the knife is always in my left hand, but everything else is with the right. That is unsettling to folks who're not used to quirky dudes. In the picture the main screen is on the right.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262816#Comment_262816

In the picture the main screen is on the right.

I admire the three-monitor approach. With a notebook I think I'm limited to two.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262816#Comment_262816

Ok, I thought you might have had your main screen as one of the sides and not the center. Have you ever had eye fatigue from switching between three different screen models? I've wondered if a solid graphics card could remedy this if it was an issue.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262818#Comment_262818

With a notebook I think I'm limited to two.

Steve, I found a nifty thing (USB 2.0 Sabrent display adapter, Viewmax) over at TigerDirect that works with the DisplayLink software. This tiny thing plugs into the USB port. This gives me the regular VGA port and the DVI for 2 of the monitors. With this adapter I can add the third. The literature says I could add more monitors, but that's enough for me. The monitor on the left is actually a television monitor that I could switch back to TV if I want. When I dropped my VCRs about 3 months ago this monitor was left over, so I dragged it in here. Perhaps on your laptop you could add a 3rd monitor if you need it. All 3 of my monitors are from a refurbished bin somewhere. I've never paid full price for one, so all three together may have cost me almost $150.00 over two years or so. I really don't care if all three are different sizes and manufacturers ... they do the job and I'm grateful.

Ok, I thought you might have had your main screen as one of the sides and not the center. Have you ever had eye fatigue from switching between three different screen models? I've wondered if a solid graphics card could remedy this if it was an issue.

At my advanced age I wear trifocals. By tilting my head appropriately I avoid eye fatigue. I've discovered that with multiple monitors that my eyes are moving rather than fixed on one point, a factor that diminishes eye fatigue. Occasionally I'll move the display so that the main screen is the center one depending on the task at hand. My device manager shows that I have a ATI Radeon HD 4350 and Windows Live Display driver using Windows 7 (64-bit), 8GB of memory, with an AMD Phenom II X4 910 Processor 2.60GHz. And all that's networked with another desktop running XP that runs my email and website..but that's another story. [:P]

Wes Poirot

I'm on Sabbatical at the moment and had just cleared my desk!!!

Jonathan

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262828#Comment_262828

Paul,

All I can say is, "WOW!"[H]

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262828#Comment_262828

had just cleared my desk!!!

NOT FAIR!

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262828#Comment_262828

I'm on Sabbatical at the moment and had just cleared my desk!!!

It's so CLEAN! Pristine, like the sixth day of creation. I like the kid art, too.

Uh, what's a Sabbatical? [:)]

Jonathan

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262835#Comment_262835

Uh, what's a Sabbatical?

That's when they pay you to clean your desk! ;-)

David J. Sugg

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262828#Comment_262828

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors multiple monitors.

Only 495 more to go in this round of penance.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors multiple monitors.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262843#Comment_262843

I've got a whole stash (5 or so) old CRT monitors in my attic if anyone wants to drive to central Illinois and get them.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262835#Comment_262835

I love how in all 4 desktop pictures so far there has been the presence of at least one sticky note... if not more. Sticky Notes just work with technology [8-|]

So I'm thinking: maybe we could post pictures of our desks, just as they are. Perhaps they are a window into our workdays.

Took the picture with my Blackberry, so it is a little fuzzy. I am a lefty, note the position of the all-important coffee cup.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262835#Comment_262835

How do you like this one ?

It's not really my desk (or me). I got this in a Google search.

Robert G. Mettler

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262874#Comment_262874

How do you like this one ?

It's not really my desk (or me). I got this in a Google search.

Notice that this guy is on the phone with Logos support.

spitzerpl

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262835#Comment_262835

I have been blessed with an awesome desk. The base I'm a reserve AF Chaplain at updated their furniture and I was able to get my wing chaplains old desk, which is new to me!

<EDIT> I love perks, especially free ones. But it's always good to remember that any perk which burns with a match can't compare to what Ephesians 1 offers!

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262884#Comment_262884

The base I'm a reserve AF Chaplain at updated their furniture and I was able to get my wing chaplains old desk, which is new to me!

Your desk arrangement looks...military! Neat, trim; shipshape (couldn't think of an AF description for orderly).

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262854#Comment_262854

Took the picture with my Blackberry, so it is a little fuzzy. I am a lefty, not the position of the all-important coffee cup.

Jack, is there an inclined plane on your desk, or is it an illusion of camera angle? It looks like the left monitor slopes a little and the space under the keyboard is trapezoidal. I am also a lefty, but I use the mouse with my right hand to reduce carpal-tunnel fatigue on the dominant side. I also use a "natural" split keyboard (see original post here).

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262892#Comment_262892

the space under the keyboard is trapezoidal.

That is a reflection from the two displays. Wow! Didn't know my desktop was so shinny.

I am also a lefty, but I use the mouse with my right hand

I have to do that when I work on someone else's computer, and it is rather cumbersome for me. I don't understand why others do not use the most natural hand—that would be the left one.

is there an inclined plane on your desk, or is it an illusion of camera angle? It looks like the left monitor slopes a little

Probably camera angle, but it is turned back toward the front of then desk slightly.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262884#Comment_262884

I have been blessed with an awesome desk. The base I'm a reserve AF Chaplain at updated their furniture and I was able to get my wing chaplains old desk, which is new to me!

Disgustingly neat. You must not be Baptist! [:D]

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262920#Comment_262920

I have to do that when I work on someone else's computer, and it is rather cumbersome for me. I don't understand why others do not use the most natural hand—that would be the left one.

Remember, the right hand is the right hand. [:P]

John Nerdue

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262927#Comment_262927

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262929#Comment_262929

James, I'm particularly fond of the stroller hidden by the desk in the first picture.

Guard that child in Christ. Well done.

Oh, and you're desk is appropriately cluttered, but your floor hasn't nearly enough piles of books laying around.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262927#Comment_262927

Remember, the right hand is the right hand.

And that would make the left hand the wrong hand? [6]

I REPENT!

John Nerdue

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262931#Comment_262931

James, I'm particularly fond of the stroller hidden by the desk in the first picture.

Guard that child in Christ. Well done.

The kids love to come in and visit dad as he is working. Playing dolls and driving cars around the room.

Oh, and you're desk is appropriately cluttered, but your floor hasn't nearly enough piles of books laying around.

The kids need plenty of driving room so the books must stay on the shelves or the desk. This is dad's office but also the kids’ playroom even though they have a separate playroom.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262932#Comment_262932

Remember, the right hand is the right hand.
And that would make the left hand the wrong hand?
I REPENT!

The left hand is the sinister one.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262946#Comment_262946

The left hand is the sinister one.

Are you accusing Halo Hound of being sinister? Me, I can understand, but why attack dear, sweet Rosie? [:D]

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/263056#Comment_263056

The left hand is the sinister one.

Are you accusing Halo Hound of being sinister? Me, I can understand, but why attack dear, sweet Rosie?

sinister, -rī adj left; (fig) perverse, unfavourable; (Roman auspices) lucky; (Greek auspices) unlucky.

Collins Latin Dictionary Plus Grammar.

Glasgow: HarperCollins, 1997.

spitzerpl

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/263056#Comment_263056

The left hand is the sinister one.

Are you accusing Halo Hound of being sinister? Me, I can understand, but why attack dear, sweet Rosie?

If being left handed is sinister then what does it mean that my Avatar has two left feet?

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/263084#Comment_263084

If being left handed is sinister then what does it mean that my Avatar has two left feet?

Sinisbro ? [H]

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262847#Comment_262847

Thomas, although I'll be a bit south of you in Norris City the week of 18 July, I don't need anymore stuff. I forget who at the moment, but there is a business that will take those monitors from you for proper disposal. I'm sure you can search for them.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/263141#Comment_263141

Yes, my daughters boyfriend works at a computer repair shop and he can take them for recycling too. but I keep them in the attic "just in case" one of my monitors dies and I need a quick replacement.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/263142#Comment_263142

I keep them in the attic "just in case"

My wife and granddaughter watch a program called "Hoarders", should I tell them to be watching for a pastor in the boondocks of Illinois? [:D]

Ron Corbett

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/262927#Comment_262927

I have to do that when I work on someone else's computer, and it is rather cumbersome for me. I don't understand why others do not use the most natural hand—that would be the left one.

Remember, the right hand is the right hand.

George,

I have to tell you that in the winters in NY, I always put my right glove on my left hand. (or, I could have said, my left glove on the right hand) [Y]

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/263251#Comment_263251

I keep them in the attic "just in case"

My wife and granddaughter watch a program called "Hoarders", should I tell them to be watching for a pastor in the boondocks of Illinois?

LOL No probably not. I'm in the midst of purging all sorts of stuff. Computer guts, cables and monitors however are generally not tossed until I have assurance I'll never need "that part". As many computers as I've repaired with a spare part over the years has justified that particular brand of hoarding.

My wife watches that show on the occasion - I've seen it too and OH MY! How sad the way people believe their life consists in the abundance of things.

Richard Wardman

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/263264#Comment_263264

Ok. Here's mine.

This is my desk at the church building. I generally split my time between home and church (depending on which is quieter!) - if I remember I'll try to get a snap of my desk at home later. I don't always use a second monitor, but it's handy to have around. My notebook is open at my 'To-do' list, and this week I'm preparing an evangelistic message for an all-age guest service, so I'm reading (in dead-tree format) a book called 'Setting Hearts on Fire' by an Australian called John Chapman. An excellent book.

Note the bare brick walls. This is a very cold building, even in summer!

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/263299#Comment_263299

Richard, we all know it took you three whole days to clean off your desk... looks good!

Richard Wardman

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Richard, we all know it took you three whole days to clean off your desk... looks good!

Actually I tend to keep this one fairly tidy (because 'real' people are more likely to see it). The one at home is a different story!