My Hovel

**mimitabby** · 10-25-2007, 07:31 AM

the down side to this cool looking huge room is there is so much particulate garbage in there that if I am down there for 5 minutes my nose and eyes start to run. We had hazmat folks come out and they tested it and they said it was safe enough to eat... a kind of fire retardant salt. salt irritates the eyes too...
sigh.. so it's kind of like outer space, cool looking, but not safe to be there.
I mostly sit in a beige cube like everyone else though.
it took me 20 years to get a window.. I have a nice window now.. i love it.

**Pax** · 10-25-2007, 10:10 AM

Mimi - I aspire to a window some day. As it is now I have to check the weather website to see if I need an umbrella.

**mtbdarby** · 10-25-2007, 11:13 AM

This is fun!

Here's mine. My cubicle on the left and my window view to the shop - I'm a tradeshow project manager.

**Pax** · 10-25-2007, 11:27 AM

Hey Dar, does anyone ever mess with you from the other side of the glass? I'm envisioning jumping up out of nowhere yelling "BOO". Or maybe just staring and staring and staring at you while you're concentrating.

**mtbdarby** · 10-25-2007, 12:41 PM

No - it's on the second story

They throw stress balls or wadded balls of masking tape at the window to get our attention.

**sandra** · 10-25-2007, 05:45 PM

I'm not at work right now, but here's where I hang out at home. Anyone know what I can do with the mess of wires to the right of the desk?

**7rider** · 10-25-2007, 06:00 PM

I work in boring cubicle-land on the 13th floor (yeah, I know, an unlucky floor - but it's really the 16th story, if you count the plaza and 2 mezzanine levels below the 1st, so it sort of confounds the bad juju of 13!) in the middle of a city. Nothing worth taking a picture of. Think "Dilbert".
But....I had this cute visitor outside my window today. I think it's a kestrel, but it was all wet from the rain, and busy preening. This was taken with my cell phone through a triple-pane window, so it's not great....

**BleeckerSt_Girl** · 10-25-2007, 07:13 PM

I work at home (technical illustrator), so I'm pretty lucky in that respect. My office is upstairs in one of our two small "attic" rooms. I'm here typing right now.

When i got a great new computer last year, it came with like 8 speakers for "surround sound". I asked DH if we could just hook up 2 speakers- i dont "need" surround sound. But no, they all had to be connected for the computer sound to work at all. So.... you can see all the speakers dumped into a shoebox under my desk- that's my highly sophisticated "surround sound" setup.

Two minutes after I took the picture a cat was lying on my desk, as usual.

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**steinspinne** · 10-26-2007, 12:47 AM

Woah, SILVER! Back up a minute... Are you a jeweler? I'm a Metalsmithing and Jewelry major at the University of North Texas under Harlan Butt! Crazy coincidences... I wish I had half the setup you do at home...

Perhaps if I can find someone's digital camera to borrow I can post some pics of the metals lab at my university...

/hijack (sorry, girls!)

**uk elephant** · 10-26-2007, 02:10 AM

Originally Posted by lph

Aaaww. Pigs are cute!

(Have you read "Berlinerpoplene" by the way? It's been televised and is showing on Norwegian tv these days, speaking of pigs...lots of cute piglets and a very introverted pig farmer...)

I have read it. A friend sent it to me for my birthday. A very good book, especially since I recognize the places described and can identify with the incredible smell of pig-farms. Could be interesting to see the tv adaptation. And I'm looking forward to reading the next two books.

Queen -- I had no involvement with farm animals at UofI. My degree is in ecology. I can understand making you ride on the back of the truck after being infused with pig smells. I have the pleasure of annoying a train full of commuters after my afternoons in the pig-house

Luckily they haven't make me ride on the outside of the train yet....

**BleeckerSt_Girl** · 10-26-2007, 02:40 AM

Originally Posted by steinspinne

Woah, SILVER! Back up a minute... Are you a jeweler? I'm a Metalsmithing and Jewelry major at the University of North Texas under Harlan Butt! Crazy coincidences... I wish I had half the setup you do at home...

Perhaps if I can find someone's digital camera to borrow I can post some pics of the metals lab at my university...

/hijack (sorry, girls!)

Adding to the hijack....my younger daughter (26) is in her last semester of her masters degree in metalsmithing and jewelry at the U.of Ma at Dartmouth, MA. She teaching college freshmen metalsmithing now....I'm so proud of her!

**silver** · 10-26-2007, 03:28 AM

Originally Posted by steinspinne

Woah, SILVER! Back up a minute... Are you a jeweler? I'm a Metalsmithing and Jewelry major at the University of North Texas under Harlan Butt! Crazy coincidences... I wish I had half the setup you do at home...

Perhaps if I can find someone's digital camera to borrow I can post some pics of the metals lab at my university...

/hijack (sorry, girls!)

Yes, I am! That's wonderful that you are studying Metalsmithing. I would have loved the opportunity to study. I'm mostly self taught. I did take a course at the Memphis College of Art. My work is very hand made looking and borders on folk art (I'd say) Most of my work is custom make. People who can't find what they are looking for come to me and ask me to make it.

here's an example of a shield that I made for a father to give to his sons:

(my picture taking leaves something to be desired)

I started with a very few tools and have added little by little. There are always more tools and equipment that I'd like to get. I don't have a polishing cabinet and have a little dremel set up. I've burned through 4 dremels this way.

My website is http://www.etsterling.com/

steinspinne, do you have pictures of your work?

Lisa S. H. You must be really proud of your daughter. Having a masters will be great! I'm envious of those who have the opportunity to study the craft/art/science. I wish I'd known it was my calling when I was younger and not wasted my education on that accounting degree.

**silver** · 10-26-2007, 03:29 AM

mimitabby, can you explain what that wind tunnel and microphones are all about? And hav eyou ever been tempted to get your bike set up in there to figure wind resistance stuff?

**SheFly** · 10-26-2007, 03:54 AM

Originally Posted by sandra

Anyone know what I can do with the mess of wires to the right of the desk?

Zip ties. I used this trick in my home office to try to keep things semi-under control. Just zip tie all of the wires together, and it looks a "little" less messy.

SheFly

**SheFly** · 10-26-2007, 03:55 AM

Originally Posted by Lisa S.H.

Two minutes after I took the picture a car was lying on my desk, as usual.

Hope that was a small caR

.

SheFly

p.s.
My cat does the same thing - I think it's the warmth generated by the PCs.

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