Thus Spake Russ

Posted By Russ Emerson on December 10, 2012 at 10:00 am

• Woohoo! Just got a call from the carrier – the new desk arrives today. Not looking forward to lugging all the parts up the stairs, but hey. ->
• Steeling myself for the afternoon – I figure 7 trips down & up the stairs w/ cargo will "do the trick." By which I mean, "wipe me out." ->
• I've cleared out the space I'll use to assemble the desk. The cats seem confused by the change, but have begun exploring. ->
• The Eagle… er, the desk has landed. Huge sucker. 5 boxes. Already schlepped the desktop (100lbs) up the stairs. Egads, that was hard. ->
• I can hear Kismet (it's *always* Kismet) dismembering desk parts boxes downstairs. I suppose I ought to go flog him or something. ->
• OK, groceries dealt with. 2 boxes of desk parts remaining downstairs. Sadly, my legs are all used up for the day. **Challenge Accepted** ->
• Desk components: schlepped. My legs: utterly ruined. Spirits: high. That was a lot of lifting. ->
• RT @BillyHallowell: RT if you choose Jesus Christ. ->
• Some are saying Windows 8 is the worst OS ever – http://t.co/p5tkXdM8 – ORLY? Forgotten about WinME, the appropriately named WinCE, and Bob? ->
• .@Pontifex already over 400,000 followers. Not bad for one day. ->
• Oh, poop. I thought I had all/enough of the right cables for the new desk setup. Nope. Won't be able to finish until next week, I suspect. ->
• Seconded. RT @VodkaPundit: @MelissaTweets John Ringo's "The Last Centurion." ->
• RT @KurtSchlichter: I am a Conservative: Conservatism is hard b/c it requires you to take responsibility. Its reward is self-respect. Be … ->
• The new desk hasn't even been finished, and Packet has already claimed the high ground. http://t.co/wXzdWPXW ->
• That smug, self-satisfied feeling you have when you cut up a credit card? I haz it. ->
• RT @CatsPolitics: My Three Sons Of Anarchy #DepressingSitcoms ->
• Crosby #DepressingSitcoms ->
• Room 666 #DepressingSitcoms ->
• M*A*T*H #DepressingSitcoms ->
• I've just blocked my first non-spambot Twitter user. If you side with barbarism over civilization, I'm not going to listen to you. ->
• New blog post – Thus Spake Russ: Work(station) in Progress – http://t.co/9a6nxD5x ->
• Since when do rockets need license plates? RT @Liberty_Chick: San Quentin inmates building satellite hardware for NASA http://t.co/gnJmRmOk ->
• *sneeze* Uh oh…. ->
• RT @SalaciousSully: Best. Tweet. Ever. RT @Lioneltext: Hello. ->
• I think I now have all the cables to move everything to the new desk. But I have to wait for my work week to end. So, nothing 'til Monday. ->
• I love hearing those Three Little Words from a customer: "you were right." ->
• Utter, total, complete agreement. RT @sarahbellumd: @ExJon i hate the commercial where she counts. i want her to fall off her motorcycle. ->

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Posted By Russ Emerson on December 6, 2012 at 3:42 pm

So, the desk I ordered last week arrived much much sooner than I expected. I was thinking Wednesday, but it came on Monday. The afternoon and evening hours were spent hauling the beast up the stairs, one box at a time.

As the total shipped weight was over 170 pounds, this was no easy proposition, but hey, I’m an engineer, I figured out how to get the heavy boxes (any myself) up the stairs with no damage to any of the parties involved. You can see it’s no small item:

Those grey bars in that second photo are the steel support rails. This thing is massive.

The quality surpasses that of any piece of furniture I’ve ever assembled. The desk and shelf surfaces are incredibly solid – the heaviest density particle board I’ve ever seen – and covered with a thick laminate, not the paper veneer you usually see on assemble-it-yourself furniture. The steel isn’t just painted, it’s powder coated. This is definitely no IKEA tinker-toy project.

Naturally, as soon as I had the upper shelf installed, Packet had to claim it as his perch.

Not to be outdone, Kismet made sure to have a bit of a lay-down topside, too.

I have the beast mostly assembled now, but I’m still short a few of the cables I’ll need to get everything connected properly and neatly. Since I need my network connectivity for work through the weekend, I’ll not be finishing until Tuesday or Wednesday… assuming I ordered all the right cables.

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