It came to my attention in Atlanta that some people might be curious about what it looks like to work on RedState. There’s no magical server room, or at least, none that’s anywhere near me. That’s with some third party company in Texas, while Eagle’s people are in DC and I’m in California.
But that does leave the matter of my workstation. I don’t know if penguin2 is the only one who’s curious or not, but here it is. Click for full size picture, and there’s a legend below the fold.
- Sennheiser EH 150 headphones. Padded and useful for watching television/listening to music from computer/playing games for extended periods over the sound of the air conditioner to my left.
- Wii Sports Resort for the Wii and Makai Kingdom for the Playstation 2. The former’s in my Wii and the latter’s in my Playstation 3
- Wii Remote with Classic Controller and Motion Plus
- Universal remote (controling 4 devices), plus AC remote
- External hard drive (from my old G5, now used for Time Machine) with card readers
- Samsung 192N 19″, 1280×1024 LCD display. Unused since replacing my G5 with the iMac)
- 20″ iMac. Dual core, 4GB RAM.
- Kinesis Freestyle keyboard. Mac model
- Playstation 3 controller.
- Etymotic Research ER 4P headphones in case.
- Casio DB-35H watch
- Notes for a poker experiment I made, and have since discarded
- Kensington Orbit Optical trackball
- Wacom Graphire 2 4×5 tablet
- GameScience dice. 5d6 red. 3d6 blue.
- Samsung 912N 19″, 1280×1024 LCD display. No, the 912 and 192 aren’t typos.
- Americans for Prosperity notebook
- Receipt for Lucky Star Volume 6 from Amazon
- IRS paperwork nonsense
- Logitech headset. El Cheapo I bought when my last El Cheapo fell apart after an hour long conference.
- Safeword for Checkpoint widget. Used to get into VRWC computer network.
- Kinesis keypad. Mac model.
Sorry if this punctures any bubbles. It’s not entirely enough like a Bond villain’s lab. I do plan to buy a new desk (well, an actual desk and not a table) next month or so, though. Not sure how much that’ll help though. I’ll have to rely on the blamstick to get by now that the aura’s gone.

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Robert A. Hahn (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 8:07PM EST (link)Drink Good Coffee. You can sleep when you’re dead.
I'm impressed
Neil Stevens (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 8:10PM EST (link)I bet that steering wheel is great for tossing people on The Pile™.
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Lots of dials there...
kowalski (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 9:41PM EST (link)Myself, I’m a big fan of good analog gauges, particularly in neatly organized groups like this.
If you can’t have the gauges and the steering wheel, the next best thing is the console from an IBM 360/75:
I’m incurable. I use these little itty-bitty machines for everything, but they’re so *unsatisfying*.
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I see that you splurged and got the Eisenhower.
Moe Lane (Diary) Sunday, August 9th at 12:00AM EST (link)I had to settle for a Gerald Ford for mine.
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I was totally expecting this.
NightTwister (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 8:44PM EST (link)The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. – Winston Churchill
So now the command center is such a let down
Richard Mullins (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 9:28PM EST (link)I really want more but is all it all get.
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Joe Biden is like a Decrepit Park owner with a Meth lab that happens to not only be a dealer but a user.
Let’s Bankrupt the Democratic paty. Make spend all the money to defend thier candidates.
You expected a Cray supercomputer?
TNJim (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 10:01PM EST (link)Or maybe a roomful of Apple Xserves or similar type of servers?
Sorry, no picture but my simple setup consists of a MacBook Pro 15″ (late ’07-early ’08 model) with 2 OWC Mercury OnTheGo external drives, an HP PhotoSmart C4385 printer (which I’m beginning to hate) and AKG K240 headphones.
Simple, but it does what I need.
Just a simple Operteron server would suffice
Richard Mullins (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 10:04PM EST (link)I would try to get a pic of my humble setup(for what I can afford) but the room is far too messy for that.
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Joe Biden is like a Decrepit Park owner with a Meth lab that happens to not only be a dealer but a user.
Let’s Bankrupt the Democratic paty. Make spend all the money to defend thier candidates.
I see no Jolt Cola holder (nt)
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Here's mine..I keep it simple
speciallist (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 8:54PM EST (link)I'm not sure why
speciallist (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 8:58PM EST (link)my pics aren’t showing up
http://home.pacbell.net/special/commaberry.jpg
I switched to this server…
We all know you're lying, Neil
Thrhheggeegwc Jjtkylkfofud (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 10:07PM EST (link)This is what the RS Command Center really looks like:
Kowalski
Thrhheggeegwc Jjtkylkfofud (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 10:08PM EST (link)Who's the guy dressed in black wearing the helmet
TNJim (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 10:15PM EST (link)Neil or Moe? Of course, the one standing to his left with the hood has to be Erick…
Franz Prince of Dogness. nt
mbecker908 (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 10:40PM EST (link)Looks somewhat similar to the Kos site
6eorge Jetson (Diary) Sunday, August 9th at 12:43AM EST (link)You got me
Neil Stevens (Diary) Sunday, August 9th at 12:17AM EST (link)The white one is BAN, the red one is IP BAN.
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Oh Neil, Happy Day! I love it...
penguin2 (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 10:26PM EST (link)You didn’t forget! And penguin has a big happy smile right now. I bet I’m not the only one who will find it interesting and fascinating. See, all the others showing their hardware or is it software or both???
Now I can visualize the great Neil saying “G’bye” to the bad guys.
Thanks so much.
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How do you like the Wacom tablet?
kowalski (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 10:43PM EST (link)I’m thinking of buying one, but need advice on size, etc. Any criticisms/kudos/second thoughts?
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It's a fun toy
Neil Stevens (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 11:39PM EST (link)I think an actual artist would benefit from the Cintiq though.
And the software you use is critical. Be prepared to experiment.
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Thanks
kowalski (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 11:53PM EST (link)I’ll tell you what I want it for:
In the past ten years I haven’t done much drawing or painting but when I did, I wasn’t entirely bad. My brother is also a self-taught artist and he’s quite a bit better than I am. I want to use Corel Painter to remake digital photos into artwork suitable for printing for my business clients.
I realized a while ago that I needed a tablet, Corel bundles Wacoms with its software, and the Cintiq is beautiful but out of my reach right now in terms of price — I wouldn’t buy anything other than the 21″ model. I’ll probably go with one of the larger Intuos tablets and purchase a second monitor.
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Well they work very well
Neil Stevens (Diary) Sunday, August 9th at 12:12AM EST (link)Even my low-mid range one works very well. Once you put the pen in hand, and have it calibrated for your screen, it’s pretty natural to use.
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And check ebay
Neil Stevens (Diary) Sunday, August 9th at 12:15AM EST (link)I got mine barely used at a significant discount off of new.
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My favorite
Menlo (Diary) Sunday, August 9th at 12:33AM EST (link)That pen is the only “mouse” that ever felt comfortable for me. I’ve been using it exclusively as my mouse for well over five years now. I never have used it for drawing, graphics, or other art.
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And to think, there aren't even any...
kowalski (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 10:45PM EST (link)There aren’t even any overfilled ashtrays, nearly empty bottles of Diet Coke, or White Castle boxes. What kind of a sysadmin are you?
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A generally caffeine-free* kind
Neil Stevens (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 11:47PM EST (link)Actually right now, just below the tablet on a low box, is a glass** of caffeine free pepsi and a half-full box of Panda Express I’m finishing right now.
* If I do need to skip a night of sleep, that’s when I break out Rockstars. Mocha. Usually use 1 and a half to stay up about 40 hrs.
** The glass is depression-era glass, colored green with u
uranium oxide. A 13 oz tumbler. A little small, but the biggest I could find on ebay in that kind of glass. Glows very nicely under UV light, which means it shines well in the sun, too.
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The third party company that is maintaining your servers...
JadedByPolitics (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 10:56PM EST (link)SUCKS does Eage have any CLUE how major a site you are? you should have the BEST and there should never be a week like last week. The 2010 elections are coming and if you remember the last election screwed with the site and turned alot of people off. You have the makings to be a Drudge is you want but it appears you are NOT being given the proper equipment.
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Neil Stevens (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 11:40PM EST (link)We just need more hardware, and better used hardware.
An upgrade is coming though.
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Working on these videos pushed me over edge
Dave_in_Fla (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 11:35PM EST (link)Ordered a new computer with a 3 Ghz quad core processor. Even went for the liquid cooling.
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Just what do you think you're doing, Neil?
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Uh oh
Neil Stevens (Diary) Sunday, August 9th at 12:16AM EST (link)I hope I can type without moving my lips.
Feel free to email me about what we talked about in Atlanta though.
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You know...
Neil Stevens (Diary) Sunday, August 9th at 12:22AM EST (link)I bet if I got a USB display adapter and went triple-head, I’d have a setup looking more like what people expected.
Maybe after I get my desk…
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Cross fire PC
SteveLA (Diary) Sunday, August 9th at 12:26AM EST (link)Get yourself a cross fire equipped PC, two Nvidia cards with dual DVI outputs, 4, 21 inch LCD’s with out the mark of Jobs and you’ll be cooking. LCD’s won’t give you the same radiation tan as CRT’s, so you’ll have to get out a bit more….LOL.
Of course you’ll have to run Darth Gates software, maybe Windows 7 or something.
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David Hinz (Diary) Sunday, August 9th at 9:44AM EST (link)the kitty litter box in the corner
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Make sure to see Moe's
Neil Stevens (Diary) Monday, August 10th at 1:09AM EST (link)He has a secret weapon.
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LOL! So that's who really wields Moe's blamstick. nt
TNJim (Diary) Monday, August 10th at 1:29AM EST (link)This is the RedState Com Center
Erick Brockway (Diary) Tuesday, August 11th at 2:23AM EST (link)Neil on the left with joystick (blamstick).
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