Technology → My New Computer Setup
For a few weeks I’ve been searching for a more comfortable way of computing in my bedroom. I used to have a corner desk with my laptop and a desktop tower and a pretty descent office chair. Then my brother wanted to trade desks and since his was much nicer and he was willing to take mine I was all for it. And then my office chair broke. The center post that connected the seat was somehow pushed past below the casters and was scraping the floor. Seeing that there was no was to fix this I threw out the chair and settled for my brothers old task chair. To say the chair was uncomfortable is a huge understatement. I couldn’t sit on this thing for more than 30 minutes without having to get up and move to my white plush lounge chair that I use for watching TV and reading.
I was much happier computing there, but there was a few annoyances. First I had to lay the computer on my lap and when it started to heat up I would have to move it onto the task chair. Second, I had to bring over all my peripherals such as external drives and ipod cables, power supplies, etc. and they were all strewn about laying everywhere and getting tangled up. Third, if I had to get up and visit the bathroom or do something in the living room, I had to lay down everything and when I came back start all over again. I then started to research a way of using my computer at that chair without all the fuss and chaos.
This week I bought a rolling desk just about the width of my chair that has a slide out keyboard tray. I mounted a 6 outlet power strip to the cross bar and am using a 2.1 USB digital speaker system that my dad let me use. It’s real handy because it also has 3 additional USB ports on it’s right side. I also placed my hard drive dock on the right side and zip tied all the loose cables to the desk’s posts. I have everything I normally use for the most part on this cart. I just have to cables leading up the left side to connect, the power strip’s cable and network ethernet cable. Additionally the cart can be rolled off to the side for easy escape. Over time I might find that other items may need to be added, but that is easily handled with two extra unused power outlets free. Cloth pockets might be added to both left and right sides for additional storage of cables, CDs, and other items. Photos of the desk are below.
