My annotated version:
1. The fruit of my labour, going back about two years. I keep copies for reference, which is much quicker and easier than looking up the digital archives. The pile of papers on the desk are mainly things like production schedules and flatplans. I should put up a pinboard so I can have them visible at a glance, rather than having to go through the pile to find them when needed, but even so, they're more use in printed format than digital.
2. There's a double socket in the wall behind the desk. The iMac occupies one socket to itself, everything else that needs power - phone charger, speakers, lamp - is plugged into this 4-gang extension, which sits on a chair in order that the phone charger cable can reach the desktop. Printer lives elsewhere. As does shredder. Radio comes down the internets.
3. Aforementioned £9 Ikea anglepoise lamp. Its one shortcoming is that it is too low for my liking - it is pictured as high as it will go. The bracket can be mounted on shelves to raise it up, but there aren't any near enough my desk for this purpose. However, on the Ikea website it is pictured affixed directly to a wall. Aha - so that's what the holes in the base of the bracket are for!
4. Ikea Flintan chair. "One up from the house wine" but surprisingly comfortable. I note on the Ikea website that the arms are fitted pointing backwards. I don't play by their rules.
5. Creative T10 speaker. Its partner is hidden behind the magazine files.
6. The reason I have so many pens is because I don't know which ones work, and I'm loath to throw any out in case I accidentally throw out one that does work.
7. Box file monitor stand, bearing random paraphernalia, not all clearly visible in the pic:
Bottle opener in the shape of a bicyle
Ancient Apple wireless mouse, may or may not work but requires an AA battery
Tonor wireless mouse, defunct because right button no longer works
Garmin Edge 510 + spare battery, beyond repair
Old audax brevet card, which I dug out from the archive for reference purposes but haven't got round to putting it away again yet.
Samsung T5 SSD, which has taken over from the iMac's internal HD
8. Assorted mugs and glasses. I took care to remove visible evidence of desk-based boozing before taking the picture. Except the bottle opener.
9. Screws in wall. I have no idea what these were for and I find them irritating. Wish they would go away.
I should add that this is my desk pretty much at its messiest. I can't stand a messy desk, and even the current level of disarray makes me feel slightly uncomfortable. Must tidy it up.
