Apr 09 2007

Behind the Scenes at QMusings

Published by MsQ at 6:21 am under Blogging, Tech

Have you ever wondered what kind of twisted little universe that Ms. Q resides in?

Maybe not. I don’t blame you.

If you’ve been reading my blog for a few months, you may know that:

Based on these few clues, you may have formed a very vague picture of where I am doing all this writing.

I also blog on the road. Plop a laptop on a generic desk in a generic hotel that caters to business travelers and that’s Ms. Q On the Road.

No wine unless I do room service.

If you formed any picture, I hope it didn’t involve doilies and innumerable porcelain figurines.

I thought I’d give you a small peek at my home office:

The Desk of Ms. Q

Does it live up to your imagination?

What you see displayed here are my:

  • Dell Inspiron 9300

-Intel Pentium M Processor 730
-1.60 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)
-17 inch UltraSharpâ„¢ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife
-1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm
-256MB NVIDA GeForce Go 6800 Video Card
-60GB Hard Drive

  • Microsoft Wireless Mouse
  • 320 GB Western Digital backup drive (I have to follow my own advice).
  • Glass of red wine (a required peripheral in the world of QMusings)
  • Zire 72 PDA (yes, Palm OS - I try to support the “little guy!”)

Unseen:

  • 10-minute Uninterrupted Power Supply
  • Wireless router
  • On-it’s-last-legs HP color DeskJet
  • Brother 4-in-1 Printer/Copier/Fax/Scanner.
  • Crosscut shredder
  • Rusty, my faithful guardian of notes.

If I’m not on the road, I Work From Home. My work laptop is not as nice as my personal one.

Besides giving you a peek into my life, I’m also entering Mr. Gary Lee’s Best Home Workstation contest. I’ve checked out the other entrants and while I don’t have multiple monitors or a hyper-peripheralized, screaming machine, I do have a nice glass of wine.

Cheers!

9 Responses to “Behind the Scenes at QMusings”

  1. # HMTKSteveon 09 Apr 2007 at 8:56 am

    So, you are one of “those” people who use a wireless mouse with your laptop?

  2. # MsQon 09 Apr 2007 at 9:55 am

    HMTKSteve: Yes. I am, in all sorts of ways, one of “those” people. I cannot use a laptop’s included touch screen thing or the eraserhead joystick thing that some laptops have.

    I need a mouse. A trackball stops me in my tracks.

    To answer your vaguely formed question - I cannot drive manual either.

  3. # esofthubon 10 Apr 2007 at 9:07 am

    I like the wine glass touch (reflexive). Nice.

  4. # MsQon 10 Apr 2007 at 9:43 am

    Red wine: artistry in a glass, poetry on the tongue!

  5. # Marisa’s Dandelion Patch » Kudos To All Entrantson 03 Jun 2007 at 10:50 pm

    [...] Q MusingsBest Use of Wine Glass [...]

  6. # Eric "Speedcat Hollydale"on 28 Sep 2007 at 1:57 am

    The keyboard is missing a Q. - Very cool.

    ps… the funny thing? I never ride in taxis. The “cab” was a truck :-)

    See you later MsQ! Mr. Speedcat

  7. # MsQon 28 Sep 2007 at 10:29 am

    Speedcat: No…there is a special key for the Q. But it’s easy to miss.

    Oh! Thanks for clearing up on the taxis. You know I can’t always tell to what degree you are joking!

  8. # Rolandoon 13 Feb 2008 at 1:32 am

    Nice set up Ms. Q! I have a Dell too. It last for years. I wish it would break so it would give me an excuse to buy another laptop, lol.

    I like the wine for ‘just in case’ :)

  9. # MsQon 14 Feb 2008 at 2:47 pm

    Rolando: there are many cases where wine is needed. So it’s necessary to purchase wine…by the case! I like my setup! When I looked for a home, I wanted to have an office or at least an area that separated work from living!

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