I moved back into a house that I used to live in years ago. In anticipation of the move, I decided to redesign my desk and work area, and name it Computer Command Center; CCC or C3 for short. Here’s a quickly put-together panorama of everything:

From left to right: Xbox 360 controllers, fan (temporary), Xbox360 + games/headset, VOIP desk phone for work, 24″ Dell monitor, Saitek keyboard, IBM T43 laptop, front-left speaker and headphones, Logitech G9 mouse, 8 port Netgear gigabit switch, Saitek Cyborg keyboard, 30″ Dell monitor, another Logitech G9 mouse, misc office/computer stuff, PS2 controller, desktop computer, and a whopping 10TB external RAID enclosure. Also, directly behind where I sit is my drum set, for banging away the frustrations that I encounter, daily, when working.

The desk is a combination of pieces from Ikea. The setup wasn’t supported by their “customization”, so I had to do a bit of grunt work to get everything to fit properly in the space provided. It’s a huge desk, tons of space for me to work and play, and it’s exactly what I wanted.

I’m aware there are some graphical errors in the panorama stitching, and I’m too lazy to retake the pictures and restitch in CS4.

I recently stumbled upon a game that Warehouse Deals (part of Amazon.com) was selling. This game, titled Champion Sheep Rally, looked horribly wonderful. The face the sheep is making in that first picture is priceless.

Naturally, I had to have this game, so I downloaded the demo…

This game. Wow. About as fun as it gets. And that’s not sarcasm. From the first 5 minutes, the game was exhilarating, and very challenging. As an avid racing sim gamer, it took a solid 3 or 4 tries between Kel and I to beat the the only level included in the demo. Once I finally beat it, the next task was finding where the music was located. To give you an idea of how exciting the music was for this game, I’ve included the entire song for the first track below. Go ahead, have a listen, it’s wonderful.

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For those of you, like me, who REALLY like this song, I’ve taken the most dramatic and climactic part and turned it into a nifty mp3 ringtone, which I am now sporting. Proudly.

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