Office(workspace) Toys... whatcha got? | The Coffeehouse

Ang3lFir3
Codito Ergo Sum

Just like the topic says.... What kind of toys do you keep in your office or workspace(for the students).

I really don't keep a lot myself but i've always got my headphones playing music and i keep my "thinking ball" around. I need to get some other things as it seems that having toys around helps me stay creative and relax?

anyone else find this to be the case?

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

*glances around*

On top of monitor:

Mozilla Firefox plushie
Panda plushie
"Monitor cleaning dog" (plush dog with monitor-cleaning surface on belly)

On desk:

Binder clips, played around with whilst waiting for my computer to finish what its doing
Those pens that you can't stop clicking
And a ruler

erm... that's it.

AndyC

2 Channel 9 guys, one on each monitor.

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

AndyC wrote:
2 Channel 9 guys, one on each monitor.

I've got a Knutsford postcard right here... I keep on procrastinating when it comes to sending it off to Scoble.

What's the address again?

AndyC

W3bbo wrote:

I've got a Knutsford postcard right here... I keep on procrastinating when it comes to sending it off to Scoble.

What's the address again?

No idea. Jeff sent me 4 for pointing out an "issue" on C9 once. I never got the one for the postcard I sent (not that it matters now.)

Wasn't it in a thread recently...

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scobleizer (here) wrote:
To get a Nine Guy, just send me a postcard. I'm a bit behind, but about to send another batch out:

Robert Scoble
c/o Channel 9
1 Microsoft Way 18/2439
Redmond, WA 98052

Thanks!

Manip

I sent in a post card but didn't get one... So I contacted Scoble directly and he was nice enough to mail one to me. Smiley

ScanIAm
On a scale of 1 to 10, people are stupid.

I got me one of these for when things get frustrating:

zzzzz
Yes its an Economy vehicle

robotech, hats and things that go bang

Detroit Muscle
Wii!

2007 Dodge Nitro Big Smile

Flip

I have one of these monitor mirrors.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/2940/

phreaks

All I have is my music and my views (1, 2)

Additionally, I believe I am in need of some Legos.

SlackmasterK
I write my OWN blogging engines

According to a survey I just completed:
Computers and computer accessories
Person (me) and person accessories

On my monitors:
Center speaker
Bag o'Cheesy Poofs
5-subject Mead notebook (just in case)
USB hub
webcam

On my PivotTables:*
Battery Charger
Digital alarm clock w/LED display
Front and rear speakers
Ash can
Composite/SV input box for TV tuner
Joystick
Morning pile (Stuff I don in the morning (i.e. phone, wallet, tools, etc))
Roll of TP for assorted nose-blowings and cleanups
12 CD-R and DVD-R spindles ranging in height from 5 to 200
CD-Spindle cover filled with charged rechargeable batteries on standby
My current soda can
3 Monitors
TV
[Edit]: Keyboard, mouse, and mouse receiver

On the floor:
PivotTables*
Computers
Futon
Drawers
Dirty Laundry Pile
Clean Laundry Pile
Boxes
Unused soda 12-packs
Shelves
Garbage pile

On the shelves:
Nostalgic Memoribilia
Broken Laptop
Unused VCR
More optical spindles
Functional parts not in use

Not a single cutesy plush toy, stress toy, sex toy, or toys of other varieties. My workspace is at home.

*PivotTables: The folding tables I use to form a pivot. They surround me in such a way that I can access anything simply by pivoting. "Multitasking is five computers and a swivel chair".

rjdohnert
You will never know success until you know failure

I have a Java plushie, A BSD Daemon plushie, the Death Star. I also have a Zippo lighter, penlights and a few little trinkets. I also have been waiting for my C9 guy.

JKelley
Is it sad that my badge picture is one of the best ones I have of myself?

Channel 9 Guy
MSDN Webcast Guy (C9 Guy's little brother apparently)
Robotech figure in a box up in my overhead bin
Earthworm Jim (with real launching action!)
Snot (Earthworm Jim's sidekick)
Small matchbox emergency rescue vehicle (affectionately called the Waaaambulance, for when someone whines too much)
2 Superballs
2 Foam balls suitable for throwing and not breaking things
MSN Rubik's cube
Strange number matching puzzle with interlocking pieces that you have to arrange

Ooooh and my lightup lightsaber spoon from a box of cereal (lights up green, the battery still works).

The pencil sharpener can be fun but I don't think it counts as a toy.

I'm a bit of a packrat when it comes to this sort of thing.

SlackmasterK
I write my OWN blogging engines

These toys puzzle me. What is their purpose? In my workspace, every item has a function; every function has an item. A place for everything and everything out of place.

KosherCoder

...realizes he has spent WAY to much money at ThinkGeek.

Cybermagellan
Live for nothing, or die for everything

Giant M&M Dispenser
Penny Refugee Camp (For the spare pennies I get in my pocket)
Picture of my kids
Aprox 250 AOL CD's
My Desert Camo (from Kuwait and Afghanistan)
"Pop Art" of a hard drive, my computer, etc
15 Different color markers and my white board to draw on
Stuffed Lizard Benie Baby
Carmel Apple Jones Soda
Two plants (I stole one from a co-worker)
A photoshoped Alien vs. Predator poster to say "Tags vs. Labels"
Various Artwork of my kids.....

Ang3lFir3
Codito Ergo Sum

KosherCoder wrote:
...realizes he has spent WAY to much money at ThinkGeek.

impossible..... I <3 thinkgeek too much myself.... reminds me i haven't seen my SQL t-shirt in a long time.....

and slackmaster.. they are what i like to refer to as "thinker toys" ..... gives me something to do while working out problems.... plus they are just fun!!

I want to find someone to import those usb nerf rocket launcher pads

DoomBringer
Doom!

SlackmasterK wrote:
These toys puzzle me. What is their purpose? In my workspace, every item has a function; every function has an item. A place for everything and everything out of place.

The function of toys is to blow some steam off or something.
Heck, one place I worked, we had a nerf gun arsenal.

Svendawg
Arrrrg....

Apple IIc

ddewbofh
And so the world ends. Not with a bang, but with a whimper.

I always keep a guitar handy, it helps me "take a step back" when I'm stuck.

SlackmasterK
I write my OWN blogging engines

DoomBringer wrote:

The function of toys is to blow some steam off or something.

That's what unsuspecting Cow-Irkers and innocent bystanders are for. Personally, I've found my most effective steam-blowing regulatory mechanism is "Bat vs. Tree".

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

SlackmasterK wrote:
These toys puzzle me. What is their purpose? In my workspace, every item has a function; every function has an item. A place for everything and everything out of place.

Stress and boredom relief and the odd bit of procrastination.

But for that I've got games installed Smiley

...almost everything else in here has a purpose, except the aforementioned plushies, but I guess they're there to fill the empty space on top of my monitors. (Back when I had a single-monitor system I used one of those IKEA monitor surrounds that provided space for a printer, modems, and whatnot.... but they don't make models for multimon systems.

jsampsonPC
SampsonBlog.com SampsonVideos.com

I don't have a single freaking toy Sad

Actually, I have a pen with a tie-wrap around the cap of it...that's it though...oh, wait! I have a broken evelope-opener that I use to cut up paper when I'm bored or waiting on a long-task.

Other than that, my desk has a watch (which was on my wrist), a water-bottle (which was been in the same place for almost 2 weeks. I've got some business cards (oooo, fun!), a flexible lamp, and a NIC Smiley

That's about it. Somebody send me a plushie!