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HawaiianActor
11/14/08

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this is what will eventually happen to anyone who gets one of these...
the phone rings, or you get a sudden urge to pee or something, you get up quickly, catch your foot on one of the legs, and next hing you know you are cleaning up your desk items from the floor.
it would happen to me at least once a day until i decide to turn it into a sled or something...
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ripfire
11/14/08

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You know it's time to quit your job when...
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92BuickLeSabre
11/14/08

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Damn. I was looking for something like this for ages. Finally got something custom made (and ultimately much larger), but this would have been perfect.

'Sgorgeous.
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jswilson64
11/14/08

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So, why do so many people see this post as "computer desk" when "computer" isn't mentioned at all? The desk doesn't say anything about CRT monitors, power strips, USB cables, and the like.

It's a DESK. You know, where you sit and read, write, maybe balance your checkbook. Last I heard, computers were optional.
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weatherman
11/14/08

@jswilson64: Who works without a computer these days? I mean, sure there are times when I don't use a computer but if I'm putting a desk in my "home office" it had better be big enough for me to at least put a computer on. And that's the problem with this desk; it doesn't take into account the way that most people actually work, and the fact that many of the tools we use do have power cables. So this elegant design with a few pieces of handmade, organic paper strewn about quickly becomes a cluttered, ugly mess when installed in a real home where real work gets done.

So I'm not saying this is being promoted as a computer desk, but that any desk that goes in my home should elegantly accommodate a computer. What you have in you home, and how you work, is up to you.
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weatherman
11/14/08

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I suppose that's alright if you just use a small laptop for work, but if you like to hook up a monitor or a full-sized keyboard, that would be pretty cramped. I'm not even sure it would be roomy enough for a Macbook Pro.

For a small footprint desk for my ridiculously narrow home office, I use the modular commercial "wire" shelving with a 12"-wide butcher block on top. Works great and is cheap and has a nice clean industrial look. And it fits a computer, monitor and keyboard.
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SAN66
11/14/08

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Ikea's had something like this for a while:

[www.ikea.com]

Oddly and unlike most of Ikea's stuff, its cheaper in Canada.

Its high time that desks conform to minimalist design and stop being made as if to support CRT monitors.
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92BuickLeSabre
11/14/08

@SAN66: Except that Ikea's is u-g-l-y.
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SAN66
11/14/08

@92BuickLeSabre: This ones ugly too. It looks like someone sawed off two ski poles and glued them to a formed piece of 80's faux wood particle board.

The Ikea one includes a compartment for hiding all your chargers/wires and is nicer looking IMO
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92BuickLeSabre
11/14/08

Sorry, SAN66. No room for subjectivity on this one.
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Curves
11/14/08

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It reminds me of the drop down "wall desks" they have in medical facilities. Small desks/office spaces like this are also gaining popularity in new home kitchens, which have been the "home office" for centuries.
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