I figure if there's a disaster I have more important things to worry about.

ETA: I also use two external monitors (one of which is as big as my TV) so working at home on the laptop screen is annoying to say the least.

I use two monitors--the laptop screen, and one hooked up to the docking station

I do too, when I'm in my office. I need all the screen estate I can get.

Print your own pizza

If you think there’s never enough computerized numerical control in your life perhaps the pizza plotter should be your next project. This is a large 2-axis machine that shoots pressurized sauce onto a pizza crust. It’s a food-grade RepStrap and appears to use a garden sprayer as a reservoir. They learned their lesson when a loose hose clamp sprayed sauce around the room. We’re thinking this is a bit of reinventing the wheel as pizza-making factories but it’s fun nonetheless.

I just convinced work to buy us a $400 netbook to replace the extremely old Dell laptop we have, that the 6 of us share for any time we need a computer remotely (office visits, office hours in departments, classrooms without computers, etc.)

Yes, I work for a public university, in the library. Laptops? Hah.

Only attorneys and managers here get laptops--the rest of us have desktops. I have a blackberry, but technically I'm not supposed to.

You're in the 20th century, is what you are. What happens if there's a disaster and you can't get into the office? What then?

Remote Desktop Connection!

I now have a 15" macbook pro and the 24" display. It's very shiny. They're moving most people to laptops, though some people still need a tower for various purposes. t eta: though usually as a second or third system on their desk.

I really hate the weather coming at us. Have I mentioned that?

I figure if there's a disaster I have more important things to worry about.

So far, during the fires and mudslides here, I haven't. They have been travel/accessibility issues only.

I also use two external monitors (one of which is as big as my TV)

This new monitor is decently TV-sized. It's very exciting.

Remote Desktop Connection!

We were allowed to do that at my last job, but it's not okay here. I can't even remote log in from my home PC because I don't have the right anti-virus software. We have a funky RSA key keychain we need to use to log in. Very security-conscious.

We can remote in or use VPN.

We have a funky RSA key keychain we need to use to log in. Very security-conscious.

Ooh, yeah, we had one of those for eRoom, except then we never used eRoom.

I now have a 15" macbook pro and the 24" display.

That's the setup I have at home now.