What's on your desk, part 2

I had fun cataloging my home desk. I'm sure it's not nearly as interesting to read as it is to do, but here's what's on my desk at work:

• 2 20" widescreen flat panel monitors


• Keyboard


• Mouse


• Left, center and right speakers for two sets of surround speakers


• Volume control for one of the sets of speakers


• Business card cube


• Phone


• Dell Optiplex GX260


• LG DVD burner


• Water cup


• Cell phone


• Five mini DVDs with raw footage of a dance concert


• A 256 MB USB card


• 2 Stacks of post-its (one is from Zippy's!)


• Three BD-RE discs


• A 1/8"-to-RCA stereo cable


• A CD of a recording session that I helped with


• 2 sharpies (1 red, 1 blue)


• A straightened-out paper clip


• A Windows Vista 64-bit install disc


• A bootable CD for my test machines


• A manual for a video camera


• Three pens


• A pencil


• An amazon.com receipt


• Performance review forms


• Two spiral notebooks


• A folder of resumes and interview notes


• The January and March issues of "Software Test and Performance"


• The March issue of "Better Software"


• A brochure for the STAR EAST conference


• A catalog of training courses from SQE


• Perry, "Effective Methods for Software Testing"


• Craig and Jaskiel, "Systematic Software Testing"


• Duke Nukem 3D mousepad

And if you count my test machines and desk extension as being part of my desk...

• A Line 6 GuitarPort


• Another bootable CD


• MDR-V700 Stereo headphones


• Right rear surround speakers


• Mackie DFX-12 mixer


• Sony HDR-SR11 High definition video camera


• Right-angle-ended SATA cable


• 3 1/4" headphone adapters


• Another stack of post-its


• RCA stereo cables with pass-thru ends


• 6-foot instrument cable


• About 300 blank DVDs of various brands and types


• 50 or so blank CDs


• 5 or so BD-RE discs


• The manual for the mixer


• A mini Brewers helmet


• Sunglasses


• Pilot’s wings with my name

My work desk really does give a snapshot of all of the things I need to do and/or think about during the course of a typical work day. I don't feel like my home desk is so representative, but that's probably because it has less of a focused role. In other words, I go to my work desk to work--but my home desk serves multiple purposes.