Here's my achievement for the week:
OK, that may not seem like much, but this is what it looked like before I started:
OK, that's not really my only accomplishment for the week-- I have three students for the first half of the summer (two of them for the whole summer), and all three got off to good starts on their summer projects this week. That's why it's taken me a whole week to clean my office-- I've been run ragged getting them all going, and keeping on top of their progress.
Still, the important papers have been filed, the unimportant ones recycled, and the trash taken away. Time to start messing things up again.
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There has got to be a better use for that space under your monitor than storing books that you don't reference.
There has got to be a better use for that space under your monitor than storing books that you don't reference.
Actually, that's a medical issue-- the books are there to prop the monitor up to a height where I don't have to tip my head down to look at it. It makes it somewhat less likely that I'll suffer crippling muscle spasms in my neck again.
Those are desk copies of twenty-year-old introductory physics textbooks that I swiped out of the student lounge.
On behalf of student lounge dwellers everywhere, I demand the return of our monitor stands.
yay, entropy!
I would love to have watched the process of going through all your old physics texts to make two stacks of EXACTLY the same height.
get the machinist (or do it yourself) make a stand the right height out of plexiglass sheets and rods, thats what we did for my wife after her spinal surgery. Wise to do it BEFORE that happens!
I help my father's friend, a physics professor, move his office.
Your messy desk would have been a tidy desk for him.
I help my father's friend, a physics professor, move his office.
Your messy desk would have been a tidy desk for him.
For me, that would be the accomplishment of the entire summer.
What are you, 7 feet tall?
We are supposed to be impressed with your clutter? I had more than that in my smallest pile at the end of spring. The computer is on a small work stand behind on the left, but lacks large level surfaces to attract clutter. [Reminder to self: need to post the "after" picture, which looks like Chad's "before", and finish the job before August.]
Clever use of old textbooks. I built a shelf to do the same thing. (Note to "grad": You should sit with your shoulders back and head up when looking at the computer screen. See comment above about neck problems and surgery. My yoga teacher calls this the result of "computer pose".) But Chad, your keyboard seems high to me.
PS - Your running shoes are still under the desk.