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I post from home and around the US in various hotel rooms. Tonight, a nice room on the 32nd floor in Philadelphia!

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Ok, this is where I battle for scrabble supremacy with fellow Watchers:

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(The desktop background is a CG rendition of Melenkurion Skyweir, courtesy of KW member Mystikan)
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Nice spot MM!! :biggrin:
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Oooh... nice clean desk, MM. Cool background, too.


(Makes note to clean desk for a presentable picture.)
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Another clean desk! But I like the feel of your space, MM. :)

I must take a picture of my desk (which is now clean--well, cleaner that it was when I started this thread!!!)
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Yeah, I cleaned the crumbs off before I took the shot, haha...

(No flash used...put my camera on a tripod, set it at ISO 80 and took a 2-second exposure at f2.8 - the camera's widest aperture. Yes, I've gone off the deep end.)
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My desk at work is spotless. Every square inch of my desk at home is covered in books, CDs, random cables and assorted camera parts. No matter how clean I try to keep it, stuff just comes back. I think PKD had something to say about that.

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Hmmm...don't know what PKD said about that...

My desk used to be more cluttered, too, but I just recently reorganized things...probably won't be long before papers start piling up again.
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'Kipple' is the word I was searching for. Junk that multiplies by itself and drives everything else away, or something like that.

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Matrixman wrote:(No flash used...put my camera on a tripod, set it at ISO 80 and took a 2-second exposure at f2.8 - the camera's widest aperture. Yes, I've gone off the deep end.)
I've gotta get myself one of these cameras!!! I love the pics it takes...or maybe that's just *your* talent, MM!
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That is nice! I avoid using a flash whenever possible, so any camera that's versatile in different 'natural' lighting conditions is pretty cool.

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Here is my desk that I got at a Salvation Army thrift store for 8 bucks:
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Good find SBG!
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Wow, nice big desk, SBG! Lots of working space.
Sorus wrote:'Kipple' is the word I was searching for. Junk that multiplies by itself and drives everything else away, or something like that.
Thanks!

Re: camera - I'm able to set the exposure on my Canon manually...some compact digicams have manual mode, but most don't. (And all SLRs have full manual control, of course.)
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From end to end the thing is huge, the wing on the left end is so large that the kids and I often pull up chairs and eat there. Luckily the room it is in is 625 sq ft. I also have another printer that did not fit into the shot, it is one of those all in one printer, copier, scanner deals.
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:wave: hey Shades!!! nice to see you around!!! great find! excellent command post!

i like MM's command post too!


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Nice desks, everyone!

I have a new picture of my desk (I recently moved):

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I still need to finish decorating this corner. I'm having some of my black and white Europe pictures blown up and framed to go on the wall above the computer. :)
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Good use of space! The drawers make up for the desktop. Good one!
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Thanks! AND it is solid wood too! I am going to refinish it soon. I want to paint it bright red, then put crackle medium on it, and then paint it black. That way it will go with the wrought iron-y thing we have going on.

As far as space goes. . . if I have more space, then I find more things to clutter it up with! :D
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That'll look good.

What places are the pictures going to be of?
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