@Work Finally

Well, I made it to work. Left my house around 2:00 pm and got here in about 45 minutes. As expected, the office is deserted. I brought in a duffel bag full of documents to dump in the shredding bin, and also dumped some old papers from my desk. After three months, my desk was filthy. I had to clean a bit before disconnecting the 30″ monitor and reconfiguring the desktop to work with 2 x 24″ monitors again. Since I didn’t have breakfast or lunch so far today, and it’s almost 4:00 pm, I went downstairs to the cafeteria and grabbed a sandwich from the fridge for $3. Not as good as Jersey Mike’s but much cheaper.

Now I have to figure out how to carry the 30″ monitor to my car in the parking structure. There is a handle on the back of the monitor but it’s still awkward since it’s bulky. I don’t want to get harassed by security on the way out. The monitor is probably over 10 years old but still works great. I think the company originally spent over $1,000 on the 30″ monitors; they’re much cheaper now.

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The monitor is a HP Z30i. They’re $300 used on eBay now. Here is the specification sheet from HP.

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Dang it. The monitor was heavier than I thought. The specs said 22 pounds but it felt like more. Luckily I have one of the newer ones, which is thinner than some of the older ones in the office. The older monitors are probably even heavier. I was totally out of breath when I got to the car with the monitor, and had to sit in the car for 5 minutes before going back to the office to finish some stuff.

The monitor is also very large compared to my desk. I already have my Mac Air connected to a 21″ monitor plus two KRK Rockit 5 studio monitor speakers on the desk already. I managed to get the 30″ set up but had to place the 24″ monitor vertically to fit the desk. I guess I can keep Outlook up and just have emails on that screen and free up the 30″ for spreadsheets and other work.

There are now five computers plus a PS3 in the home office hooked up to six LCD monitors and a 42″ LCD TV.