Most of us have a space we use for our computer work, right? When Robyn and I talked about moving in for the first time I was thrilled to set up my computer in the corner window so that while I worked hour after hour in front of my computers I would have a pretty cool view. Granted we don’t have a spare room for my computer so Robyn refers to my little corner of the living room as my geek corner. Recently I have had some people ask me what my setup is and what it looks like while I work at home.
Visual Representation of my Geek Corner
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Due to the brightness of the large windows that we have in the corner of our living room, I thought it best to capture my little geek corner using the HDR technique. The above photos is comprised of 3 exposures processed and tone mapped in a program called Photomatix Pro. Creating an HDR photo of my setup allows people to see my workspace and the view out the window. Normally the light entering the living room is too much to get a proper photo of my workspace. What do you think?
My Computers
Yes I did say ‘My Computers’ as in having more than one. Both are setup in particular configurations for the work I do at home.
Computer #1 (left side below desk):
- Asus P5B-E Motherboard
- Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 (overclocked)
- 4GB DDR2 Memory
- 250GB Hard drive
- nVidia GeForce 7600 GT 128MB
- 2x Samsung Monitors (typically 19″ wide screen ones, but as of this post I have one 23″ HDTV setup for review purposes)
- Monsoon flat panel speakers
- Thermaltake Aluminum keyboard (very small keystoke)
- Razer Lachesis mouse
This computer is my main computer. It is where I do all my photo processing, game playing, social networking, blogging, scripting etc. The cool thing about running Vista 64bit version is that all my photo programs such as Photoshop and Lightroom are the 64bit versions so that they work faster for me. One feature I do love about Photoshop CS4 is that it utilizes my video card’s GPU now to help speed up renderings/filters too.
Computer #2 (right side next to wall on the ground):
Honestly I cannot remember what is inside this computer, but it isn’t anything spectacular. It will have at least 1GB of memory and a somewhat new motherboard with a 500GB harddrive. It’s main function is to be a server. It currently runs Ubuntu (not sure what build), and is set up as a LAMP server. LAMP meaning Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, all the basic things to make it into a webserver for all my development needs. I also run Samba on it so I can easily access files (particularly my photo collections). Samba also allows me to edit my PHP scripts (yes those include my development WordPress files) on the fly without having to upload/download them before hand.
If I ever need to access my second computer I SSH (secure telnet) into it using a program called putty on my main computer. This also goes for having to shut down the computer when it is not in use.
There you have it, my geek corner. The area I spend most of my day working mainly on photos or PHP scripts.
What does your (home)office area look like?
VancityAllieAug 13, 2009 at 18:10:40
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*sigh* I still have yet to try HDR… maybe one day you can teach me
Seriously though, that’s a great shot of your office. An impossible shot without proper lighting or editing, but the HDR really solves the problem of the backlighting. Hrrrrm.
I like it.
Nice computer set up by the way. The Razer is a great mouse for gaming, well and working too
Good video card, good RAM, and nice monitors!
VancityAllieAug 13, 2009 at 18:11:20
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Ah, BTW my home office is in the living room… wish I had a bit more space but it allows me to hook up my computer to the TV so Allan and I can watch all our downloaded content on the big screen. Eventually I’ll have more photos up of our place
RobynAug 13, 2009 at 19:50:37
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Awwwww, great pic of the Geek Corner. Now you have a printer too!
KimmAug 13, 2009 at 23:25:38
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like your view in your geek corner, all I got is a wall with a window that’s to high to look out of if I’m at my computer.
StellaAug 17, 2009 at 13:22:39
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That’s a great corner and an amazing view.
GryfinoAug 19, 2009 at 03:38:19
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I envy you! You should post your workplace to workplaces.info – small site but you can share your workplace photo with others. Check it out Tyler!
Love GraphicsAug 21, 2009 at 00:02:34
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lol a geek corner, me and my wife had the same setup when I was living overseas. I forget what she called it though.
MLDinaAug 21, 2009 at 15:27:32
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That picture looks great! I have a pretty nice outside view, but nothing compared to that. Does it help you get through the workload at all?
used tiresAug 27, 2009 at 11:19:53
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It’s kinda of similar to yours, except that I am facing a concrete wall, with no windows, lol. I use dual monitors as well!
Till then,
Jean
Tyler Ingram August 27th, 2009 at 16:43:06[Link]
The view can help with the workload yes.
@usertires ugh looking at a concrete wall isn’t fun is it?
Buy PSP GoSep 03, 2009 at 05:27:34
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I’m lucky I have a window desk, I have a very similar set up to you (power wise) except I only have one monitor and have Mac as my OS.