Posts in Photos
Desk Photos 2024
- 24 July 2024
Repurposed my laundry room table as my desk after selling everything I own. You can see my travel NAS on top of my UPS in the corner on the floor.
Travel NAS 2024
- 04 May 2024
Last year I made up my mind to move away from Austin and sell all of my belongings, though I swear I’m not a minimalist. This included my homelab. However I still wanted to keep my data with me and ruled out cloud storage or a simple portable hard drive. I wanted a portable NAS for resilliency and I’ve grown to like TrueNAS.
Custom Fabricated Rack 2022
- 30 June 2022
I got a couple of items that warranted rewiring my TV cabinet rack: StarTech extenders and P-Link server rails. I inverted the extenders so I could recess the patch panel and switch, making room for the SFP modules and fiber cables. I can’t believe I can’t find any right angle adapters for the LC/UPC fiber patch cables!
Custom Fabricated Rack 2020
- 06 June 2020
Having my equipment hidden in a TV cabinet was all fine and well but after a while I got the server rack itch. So during the pandemic I learned Fusion 360 and made my own custom 10u rack posts. It turned out nicer than I expected! 3D models are available here: Robpol86/TV-Cabinet-Rack-Posts
Desk Photo 2018
- 14 January 2018
New apartment to cut down on my commute and new computer to take advantage of my 10 GbE home network and server. Upgraded from a Mac Pro to the new iMac Pro! 10 core Xeon + 4 TiB SSD + 128 GiB RAM - $3,000 employee discount = still a lot of money.
TV Cabinet Rack 2017
- 12 July 2017
I replaced my super cool Dell rack recently with a more normal-looking setup in my living room. After countless weeks looking for the right TV cabinet I finally found one deep enough to house a couple of 2U rackmount cases and a rackmount switch. It turned out nicer than I had expected! Don’t ask me how much all this cost.
Desk Photos 2017
- 14 January 2017
I’ve decided to get rid of my rack cabinet in my living room, so I started by moving my Mac Pro onto my desk and running ethernet cables through the wall. Also with my larger IKEA bed I had to rotate my desk 90 degrees to make everything fit.
Dell Rack 2016
- 17 September 2016
My server rack cabinet at home. Built my own router and zip tied a keystone panel so pulling out my rack doesn’t involve disconnecting my speaker wire. Listen to https://youtu.be/WPDZoOKX8ag to hear how much noise this puts out (not really that much). For pix of the underside look at last year’s gallery.
Desk Photos 2016
- 01 June 2016
Right before I moved desks for the 6th time in 1.5 years. I lost my nice window desk, oh well.
Desk Photo 2015: Work @ Uber
- 24 July 2015
I really like standing desks and luckily Uber provides this contraption. Everyone seems to have one.
Dell Rack 2015
- 13 July 2015
My server rack cabinet at home. Removed everything from it, cleaned and dusted it, and installed only the things I’m using.
Desk Photos 2014
- 25 April 2014
Got back to having a standing desk. I stole this rolling desk since they moved us to a really cramped area and damned if I’m giving up one of my monitors.
Dell Rack 2013
- 25 October 2013
Taken after finally re-wiring it and setting it up after moving to San Francisco. I only took one photo of it :(
Desk Photos 2013
- 05 July 2013
I took this picture shortly before leaving Symantec. The office kept shrinking, people leaving but nobody being hired. I managed to get a nice window cubicle for a few months in the end.
Dell Rack 2012
- 21 August 2012
After over a whole year since receiving it I have finally made full use of my rack and transferred all of my computers and equipment to it.
Desk Photos 2012
- 03 January 2012
I shamefully upgraded from my custom built dual core AMD FX-60 computer to a quad core Intel Core2 Dell computer I borrowed from work. I’ve had that FX-60 for too long and it was showing its age. Also that KVM was so horrible.
Dell Rack 2011
- 10 June 2011
Ever since I took a Cisco CCNA class back in high school in 2002 I’ve always wanted a rack at home. I even bought one on Craigslist in 2007 for $100 but it had round holes and it was very shallow. Turns out it was meant for music equipment.
Desk Photo 2010: Work @ Symantec
- 05 August 2010
After the office consolidated into one floor (instead of two), this was my new cubicle.
Desk Photos 2009
- 05 March 2009
After moving buildings we didn’t have offices anymore, we had cubicles. These are actually really nice cubes!
Desk Photos 2007
- 21 February 2007
I shared this office with my coworker while I was a contractor at Symantec.
Desk Photo 2006
- 26 January 2006
First year in Austin after my computer died. I was stuck using that laptop for months.
Desk Photo 2005: Work @ TISD
- 19 August 2005
This was right before I left my first job for Austin. I loved that Dell Latitude C400 laptop (my first laptop) that I bought on eBay. I think it was a Pentium 3 866 MHz. And that’s a brownie.
Desk Photo 2004
- 16 January 2004
Got my kickass APC SUA1500 UPS! Weeks after getting it the house had a serious electrical problem and caused a brownout on my computer’s circuit. It would have been destroyed if it weren’t for my UPS. I also dabbled in the world of iptables and IP masquerading with my Linux router on a floppy.
Desk Photos 2003
- 15 March 2003
Started by a thread called “Where You Rock” on Big-O-Software Forums in early 2003, I began to take pictures of my desk to show off. Since then I have tried to take pictures of all my desks after significant changes for nostalgic purposes.