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Piimpin' Out Your Corporate Office?
ignoringReality asks: "I just moved into a new office at work that is considerably smaller than my previous one. The furniture is crappy, the walls are plain, and there aren't any windows. I'm trying to think of a unique way to keep myself entertained but not distracted day in and day out. It's a corporate office, so there are obviously limits. Working in a box must be a pretty standard situation for a lot of Slashdot readers, so how do you guys personalize your offices?"
I use OpenOffice.
in plain view.
gets everybodys pulse going.
Move absolutely all of the furniture out of the room, and replace it with Lego furniture. That'll keep you busy for a fortnight or two.
Whoa horse!
That's only for emergencies!
Pretty Pictures!
Piimping?
Homie: Yo, dogg, check out my new wheels!
Dogg: Wow, homie, dats tite. You totally piimped it out.
Homie: Now it'll go 3.14159265 miles per hour faster on average!
I suffer from attention surplus disorder.
What are you talking about? We're just a bunch of soulless drones anyway. I'm going to decorate my office with the barcode my manufacturer gave me as I was being assembled in the plant.
Picard turns out the borg queen to make some money for new "Quad"litium crystals
"He's a real midnight golfer"
I have one word for you:
Strippers.
Neck_of_the_Woods
#/usr/local/surf/glassy/overhead
I think I speak for all cubicle-dwellers when I say:
Do you have a door? We'd kill for just a door. And some walls! Glorious, glorious walls...
<huddles in a corner, shivering>
Doug
"there aren't any windows"
Must be linus' office!
- http://www.milkme.co.uk
I'll create my own corporate office, with blackjack and hookers! In fact... forget the corporate office.
Yeah, that's good thinking. I can replace caffeine with a terror-induced heart attack every morning.
What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
As Moe would put it, I've got "lotsa crazy crap on the walls":
Two framed 27" x 40" movie posters from the first two Terminator movies.
Between them on a plexi shelf mounted on the wall stands a 14" endoskeleton figure.
A framed share of Apple stock from Oneshare.com.
A few items of memorabilia from the local AHL team's championship season a few years back, including a photo of me holding the Calder Cup (being a season ticketholder has its privileges).
The motherboard from my very first computer, a Tandy 1000 circa 1985.
A (now framed) oversized New Jersey driver's license that I used to use to make fake IDs when I was young and foolish.
A framed marquee from a Q*bert coin-op machine.
Finally, a plush Q*bert doll I bought on eBay, with a homemade foamcore flying disc screwed to his feet dangles from the ceiling via nearly invisible fishing line.
At both my last job and my current job, it was generally agreed that I had the coolest office.
I like to put anormous stacks of paperwork all over my desk. Also, I pid very detail, hard to read data diagrams on the walls. Looks mean as hell.
Of course, a nice collection of pens of many colors can provide enjoyment. Don't use the neon ligut under your overhang cabinets. Bring a small lamp.
Finally remember this: Don't have anything at your cube you can't live without.
"Piter, too, is dead."
For the standard small office cube - unplug the ghastly flourescent fixture and put in a floor lamp with incandescent bulb and a cheap oriental rug. Instant class.
If you can't do that and you like your neighbor, pull an Office Space. Tear out the intervening wall and share a double cube. This makes your area look roomier even though you still have the same space.
If anybody asks, tell them Derek told you it was OK. Unless your company actually has someone named Derek, in which case use Sheldon.
Not responsible for the reactions of Maintenance or Supervisory staff when they find out about these changes.
Yo, every failed dot com from 1999 called. They want their decorating tips back.
Seriously.