My office

Another post in the “it’s all been done before, and you have seen this a million times..”, but actually; I have never written posts like this.

Ever wondered how the office of a professional blogger and web developer look like? Probably not, but here it is. This is my office:

What you can see here is my brand new iMac (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM) with a secondary screen, and my Macbook (1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 1 GB ram). I use both computers actually, the iMac for most of my work and the Macbook to download music, movies and what not. And of course, whenever I have to visit a client (which I do from time to time) I take the macbook with me.

The iMac is connected to the internet on a different network then the Macbook, allowing me to download movies and what not without loosing any bandwidth when I’m working. Great. The secondary network of course also work as a backup in case one provider fu*** up, which of course can happen. I won’t be out of a internet connection no matter what.

Playstation-breaks
The rare black box on the left side of my desk is what called a TV. I use this to watch news when I’m working, and actually play a lot of Playstation when I get tired of working. I just turn my head to the left and there it is. A playstation-break. My favorite games is the Gran Turismo and the Need for Speed series. In fact, I just play games like that. My favorite game of all time tough is Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. Good for you to know:)

Lord of the Rings
If you study the pictures closely, you can see that the second screen is standing on something white. That is in fact a edition of Lord of Rings by JRR Tolkien, which actually belong to my girlfriend. Haven’t read it myself, but I’ve seen the movies. The reason for this strange arrangement is of course that the iMac is a little but higher then the secondary display, so in order to get them lined up perfectly, I needed something to lift the secondary screen - which is a “20 BenQ - up the level of the iMac. Wouldn’t you know it; the edition of Lord of The rings was the exact right height! Great book, great height of the edition!

Work from home
The office is a part of my appartment. We (my girlfriend and me) live in the center of Tromso in Norway in a two bedroom with parking (!). The second bedroom works as my office, and as a guestroom whenever we have people over. There are many advantages with having your work station at home, but there are good reasons for having a office outside your home also. The biggest advantage for having a office at home is the fact that you don’t have to go more then out of bed and in to next room to get to work. The big drawback is of course that whenever you are home you are also at work. In order to get some free time you actually have to leave your house. Which I do. I play a lot of pool billiards, almost every day.

So, that was my office. Feel free to comment on the mess on the walls, and of course all the garbage just laying all around.. I think you should see it as it is, so I didn’t clean it up before I took the pictures. You must also rememeber that I’m quite lazy.