My Desk 2022
It’s been a little over 4 years since I last took a desk shot. Mainly because nothing had changed in these past 4 years since my 2018 shot. Until recently...
After 12.75 years I finally decided to put my beloved 2009 Mac Pro out to pasture and replace it with a Mac Studio. It was a tough decision to make but I figured it was finally time. While for the most part it still worked just fine for my daily needs, the # of inconveniences were starting to pile up. Now I could finally use the latest and greatest MacOS instead of being stuck on 10.14.6 for the last 4 years. I know I could have probably found a way to shoehorn later versions onto it but I felt it wasn't worth the potential headaches, especially since it was my primary machine.
So I basically swapped a giant hunk of aluminum hanging from the bottom of my desk for a way smaller cube of aluminum that fits under my main display. Technology, pretty amazing.
I also got an external drive enclosure to house the 4 SATA drives that were in the Mac Pro. The only issue w/using external drives is that if the OS hasn't accessed them for some time, they go to sleep or something so it takes awhile for the drives to start up when I actually try to do something with them.
Also, now that I have a stable Bluetooth connection again I went back to using a wireless keyboard. At first I just pulled out my old Matias kb which you could see from my old 2016 shot and it still worked mostly fine. Although some of the switches were wearing down or something cause I discovered that a bunch of times it was double-typing when it shouldn't. So I looked around for a new replacement. Decided to pick up the Logitech G915 TKL since it was similar to the Logitech G Pro that I had been using since 2018. I quite like the G915. Solid metal base and I really like the tactile switches. Quieter than the older G Pro and I like the feel more as well. Also like the scroll wheel for volume control.
Display-wise, no changes. Still doing just fine w/the 4K 27" main display flanked by two ancient 24" 1080p displays in portrait mode.
I also had to replace the back of my old Herman Miller Mirra chair. One day it just kinda cracked in half down the middle. After poking around online looking for a replacement chair, I discovered that you can actually just buy replacement parts for the chair at a pretty decent price. So that's what I wound up doing.
Oh and I guess the number of figurines that used to hang about on the desk have diminished considerably. I moved the majority of them to an Ikea Detolf display case that you can sorta see behind and to one side of the desk.
And that's pretty much it. For now I still have the Mac Pro running headless nearby just in case but it's already been a couple of weeks and I haven't really had to access it for anything. Also, my home office has gotten noticeably cooler so that's another plus.
My Desk 2022
It’s been a little over 4 years since I last took a desk shot. Mainly because nothing had changed in these past 4 years since my 2018 shot. Until recently...
After 12.75 years I finally decided to put my beloved 2009 Mac Pro out to pasture and replace it with a Mac Studio. It was a tough decision to make but I figured it was finally time. While for the most part it still worked just fine for my daily needs, the # of inconveniences were starting to pile up. Now I could finally use the latest and greatest MacOS instead of being stuck on 10.14.6 for the last 4 years. I know I could have probably found a way to shoehorn later versions onto it but I felt it wasn't worth the potential headaches, especially since it was my primary machine.
So I basically swapped a giant hunk of aluminum hanging from the bottom of my desk for a way smaller cube of aluminum that fits under my main display. Technology, pretty amazing.
I also got an external drive enclosure to house the 4 SATA drives that were in the Mac Pro. The only issue w/using external drives is that if the OS hasn't accessed them for some time, they go to sleep or something so it takes awhile for the drives to start up when I actually try to do something with them.
Also, now that I have a stable Bluetooth connection again I went back to using a wireless keyboard. At first I just pulled out my old Matias kb which you could see from my old 2016 shot and it still worked mostly fine. Although some of the switches were wearing down or something cause I discovered that a bunch of times it was double-typing when it shouldn't. So I looked around for a new replacement. Decided to pick up the Logitech G915 TKL since it was similar to the Logitech G Pro that I had been using since 2018. I quite like the G915. Solid metal base and I really like the tactile switches. Quieter than the older G Pro and I like the feel more as well. Also like the scroll wheel for volume control.
Display-wise, no changes. Still doing just fine w/the 4K 27" main display flanked by two ancient 24" 1080p displays in portrait mode.
I also had to replace the back of my old Herman Miller Mirra chair. One day it just kinda cracked in half down the middle. After poking around online looking for a replacement chair, I discovered that you can actually just buy replacement parts for the chair at a pretty decent price. So that's what I wound up doing.
Oh and I guess the number of figurines that used to hang about on the desk have diminished considerably. I moved the majority of them to an Ikea Detolf display case that you can sorta see behind and to one side of the desk.
And that's pretty much it. For now I still have the Mac Pro running headless nearby just in case but it's already been a couple of weeks and I haven't really had to access it for anything. Also, my home office has gotten noticeably cooler so that's another plus.