Besdes owning a Ford, I have something else in common with a majority of posters so far. My desk is a disaster area waiting to be quarantined until designated safe for human use.

 

Well,my mouse pad is 10" in diameter and I can only move my mouse about 2" each way.Here's a rundown:
Monitor
Keyboard
2 speakers
Mouse pad
Ashtray
Coaster
Pen & Pencil holder
3 tier paper rack
Heavy duty stapler
Fly tying vise
Scissors
Glue
Head cement
Hard as nails(for fly tying )
Buck knife
Lottery tix
Striperforever literature holders
Note pad
Business cards
Stickits
Keychain
Paintbrush
Various pieces of paper(age unknown)
Do I win? Huh?
HELP!!

 

I can't even begin to list the cra....er, important accessories that were on the desk until last week, I cleaned it before going on vacation. I also bought a shredder some time ago and parked it next to the mail holder, really cuts down on the clutter.
Some of the more unusual things on the desk at the moment:
Light-up rubber yoyo ball
blue gel hourglass/timer
hunting license
class-action notice regarding Firestone Tires (no compensation due)
6 candles
picture of Brandon Lee as the Crow
8 or 9 assorted notepads
phone #s of 3 telemarketers I need to call back and annoy the heck out of until they quit calling me
deer skull
web cam, lost somewhere in the dark behind the monitor

 

Hah!Knew I forgot something.My skull and antlers are perched between the monitor and the wall!

 

Well...lets see what I can dig up on my desk. mine is 6' x 4' so there is quite a bit of jun....umm...room.

Stereo receiver
5 Disk CD changer
CD rack
whole computer
$88 in change (No typo)
Ammo box w/ about 400rds of 7.62 x 39mm
" " " " w/ 100rds of 20ga shot and 800rds of .22 LR
CD case
4 pocket knives
4 wrist watches
New shirt
2 wallets
phone
lava lamp
light
alligator head
about 15 notepads
close to 150 shards of paper with miscellaneous notes/numbers written on them
and finally, my chinese SKS getting ready for some play time tomorrow

 

hmmm I got you all beat, lamp, tower, monitor, speakers, and cable modem. Thats it.

 

Lets see.. on the computer desk right now:
Telephone
Computer Speakers
Palm 3 Cradle (no palm 3... probably behind the desk)
My everyday PC monitor
2 flat panel monitors
1 Sun monitor
2 empty glasses
2 PC keyboards
Server monitors
Sun Sparc 20, keyboard, external CDROM Drive
A Stack of 15-20 miscellaneous cdroms
A Stack of 15-20 miscellaneous disks
3 mice (2 optical, one ball-type)
1 Sun optical mouse pad
1 empty soda can
3/4 full acme lemon lime seltzer
1/2 dozen credit card receipts awaiting quicken entries
1970 Ford Truck SHOP Manual Volume 5
1970 Ford Truck Preliminary SHOP Manual
My check book
My Cell Phone, Fire Pager, Truck keys
Tape Dispenser
Pencil Basket
2 - stack paper organizer
2 meter mobile ham radio
220 mhz ham radio handheld
440 mhz ham radio handheld
Calculator
Stack of paid bills, awaiting filing in filing cabinet
Night Light of old-style christmas bubble light
2 rolls of undevelloped film
3 pen caps with no pens
2 extra keys for my truck
1 r/c airplane battery
The valve that hung up in my truck a few months ago
The pushrod that was bent due to the vavle that hung up a few months ago
Rolodex
Lamp
1 small screw driver
6 pens (4 black, 2 blue)
1 8mm backup tape from work
1 stack of multi-colored small post-it notes
4 pieces of junk mail
1 Swingline stapler
2 twist ties
1/16 drill bit - still in the package
1 dealer keychain service tag from when my car was last serviced
1 screw, 1 nut, 2 washers - all different sizes
1 r/c jst female connector
My wrists typing this post

Well, you asked.. that's more or less everything at this very moment.

 

I could not even begin to list the stuff on my desk or the shelves behind it. I just did a quick count and I came up with 36 large items consisting of computers, radios, and test equipment. The small stuff would be in the hundreds count.

Hey, I got an idea! We could have a messy desk contest once a month.

 

Today I have 6 monitors in 360 degree area.- all fired up. (Frame relay is down in Boston -- not good but a Verizon issue not mine till the network is stable) Three or four keyboards , two coffee mugs, a few old pci cards, pile of backup cds and tapes. Loads of paper-- that I was suppose to respond to. Woodenboat magazine and the quarterly woodmizer. Under the piles is an old barometer, snippets of code I needed to look at from back around thanksgiving...Lot of of stuff --time to clean up. High speed scanner--why its there I don't know --hooked it up a few months ago played around with it and have not moved it.

Home desktop has an old heathkit oscilloscope on it, desktop cnc, desktop lathe a couple of monitors and a bunch of stuff...I like 360 degree work areas that you can spin or roll in. Under the desks is where the real mess is. Productivity is down to a crawl...

 

I just cleaned off my pit of a desk. I took my computer to a friends house, and decided that as long as it was off, I should shovel off the desk. I also had to make room for a scanner.

 

Funny you should ask. Right now it looks like a bomb went off on it. I'm trying to hook up a 5 in 1 printer I just bought and can't get it done. A call to the maker for help gets me the message " Due to the volumn of calls, we can not take your call now". I find that very reassuring. If I don't get through by tomorrow that sucker goes back to the store.
Dono

 

blu,
I'm a 1st class machinist,toolmaker and C.N.C. programmer.
What is this desktop cnc and lathe thing?

 

I'd clean my desk, but then the trashcan would be full.

 

A desk? Yes, I used to have one of those. Let me see, I use a chronological filing system so . . . . it must be under there somewhere.

Oh! Look what I found! A story of someone I thought might be related to me down the line somwhere:

http://www.iht.com/articles/123217.htm

 

That's easy: a $22 hollow-core door from Home Depot on two sawhorses. I learned these are the best desks in college and I still use them 15 years later.