Preferred Desk Toys
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For years... nay, decades... I've been attempting to work in a paper free environment. I didn't even realize I'd achieved this goal until my wife visited my office and made the observation. No one here has any paperwork on their desks. Everyone's desk's are clear... except mine. Subconsciously, I've replaced all the missing stacks of paper with toys. Lots of Legos, a ball puzzle, a Yoda statue, and a pair of Hulk Hands. Lego sets include Hulk Buster armor, Darth Vader, and the Apollo 11. I rotate regularly with other sets: Star Destroyer, Millennium Falcon, X-Wing Fighter, etc. I also make sure a jar of jelly beans remains stocked at all times. I'm just curious what sort of desk toys do you guys prefer? Or do you think them a waste of time?
____________________________________________________ I'd rather have a frontal lobotomy than a bottle in front of me... Bill W
I have 3 Funko Pop!s that my adult daughter gave me. Captain America, Hela (her favorite villain) and Phil Coulson. A Mexican shot glass that a co-worker at a previous job gave me which holds a couple of pens. A cup from the opening day of Avengers: Age of Ultron, picture of my wife, a cereal box cloth flying disc, also an Age of Ultron tie-in. My paper towel coaster with "DO NOT REMOVE" written on it since the cleaning crew kept taking them. (I know I have issues but the first one to go actually came from my previous job. It was still doing its job why should I abandon it?) Tabasco sauce, a salt shaker and the three foot stack of all the programming books I've owned. I used to have a lot more when I had a cubicle, Plastic Man, a Mach 5, a Tibetan meditation doohickey(I used to work with a couple of guys from Nepal.), and several wishbones from rotisserie chickens (just in case we needed to make a wish) and a lot more stuff/crap. Useless stuff but it made the space feel like mine.
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For years... nay, decades... I've been attempting to work in a paper free environment. I didn't even realize I'd achieved this goal until my wife visited my office and made the observation. No one here has any paperwork on their desks. Everyone's desk's are clear... except mine. Subconsciously, I've replaced all the missing stacks of paper with toys. Lots of Legos, a ball puzzle, a Yoda statue, and a pair of Hulk Hands. Lego sets include Hulk Buster armor, Darth Vader, and the Apollo 11. I rotate regularly with other sets: Star Destroyer, Millennium Falcon, X-Wing Fighter, etc. I also make sure a jar of jelly beans remains stocked at all times. I'm just curious what sort of desk toys do you guys prefer? Or do you think them a waste of time?
____________________________________________________ I'd rather have a frontal lobotomy than a bottle in front of me... Bill W
I do think desk toys are a good stress relief and add a bit of personality to the workplace (a much plain workspace seems so empty of life, maybe that's why some people hate their jobs). So, currently, my desk sports a magic 8 ball, a burned teether giraffe (I told my wife I'd frame it after she burned it while boiling it), a die-cast metal white Power Ranger, a Lego model of my first computer, and a cookie jar in the shape of a question box from Mario.
- Leonardo
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For years... nay, decades... I've been attempting to work in a paper free environment. I didn't even realize I'd achieved this goal until my wife visited my office and made the observation. No one here has any paperwork on their desks. Everyone's desk's are clear... except mine. Subconsciously, I've replaced all the missing stacks of paper with toys. Lots of Legos, a ball puzzle, a Yoda statue, and a pair of Hulk Hands. Lego sets include Hulk Buster armor, Darth Vader, and the Apollo 11. I rotate regularly with other sets: Star Destroyer, Millennium Falcon, X-Wing Fighter, etc. I also make sure a jar of jelly beans remains stocked at all times. I'm just curious what sort of desk toys do you guys prefer? Or do you think them a waste of time?
____________________________________________________ I'd rather have a frontal lobotomy than a bottle in front of me... Bill W
Apart from the hardware, I have some paper tha becomes digital from time to time. And a bunny like toy until I replace it with a rubber duck. Rubber duck debugging - Wikipedia[^]
Paulo Gomes Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight. —Bill Gates Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. —Albert Einstein
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For years... nay, decades... I've been attempting to work in a paper free environment. I didn't even realize I'd achieved this goal until my wife visited my office and made the observation. No one here has any paperwork on their desks. Everyone's desk's are clear... except mine. Subconsciously, I've replaced all the missing stacks of paper with toys. Lots of Legos, a ball puzzle, a Yoda statue, and a pair of Hulk Hands. Lego sets include Hulk Buster armor, Darth Vader, and the Apollo 11. I rotate regularly with other sets: Star Destroyer, Millennium Falcon, X-Wing Fighter, etc. I also make sure a jar of jelly beans remains stocked at all times. I'm just curious what sort of desk toys do you guys prefer? Or do you think them a waste of time?
____________________________________________________ I'd rather have a frontal lobotomy than a bottle in front of me... Bill W
I do think desk toys makes working a bit less stressful so I always try to keep a few on mine. Currently, my desk sports a magic 8 ball, a burned giraffe baby toy (I told my wife I'd frame it after she burned it but it's still here), a die-cast metal white Power Ranger, a Lego of my first computer and a cookie jar in the shape of a question box from Mario.
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For years... nay, decades... I've been attempting to work in a paper free environment. I didn't even realize I'd achieved this goal until my wife visited my office and made the observation. No one here has any paperwork on their desks. Everyone's desk's are clear... except mine. Subconsciously, I've replaced all the missing stacks of paper with toys. Lots of Legos, a ball puzzle, a Yoda statue, and a pair of Hulk Hands. Lego sets include Hulk Buster armor, Darth Vader, and the Apollo 11. I rotate regularly with other sets: Star Destroyer, Millennium Falcon, X-Wing Fighter, etc. I also make sure a jar of jelly beans remains stocked at all times. I'm just curious what sort of desk toys do you guys prefer? Or do you think them a waste of time?
____________________________________________________ I'd rather have a frontal lobotomy than a bottle in front of me... Bill W
at office desk (3 days a week) cups for caffiene delivery, assorted puters and stuff. One calendar on thhe wrong month. not much else. Not alot of room. At home office(2 days a week) various toys, Matchbox cars primarily. Love a Jaguar I have. Loads of books none are technical. Maps of various places I have visited. barely enough room for lappy and mouse. I prefer working from home. I actually get more done there.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
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No stacks of paper, no toys, yet still barely enough room to move the mouse without having to pick it up.
That's why I use a trackball :)
__________________ Lord, grant me the serenity to accept that there are some things I just can’t keep up with, the determination to keep up with the things I must keep up with, and the wisdom to find a good RSS feed from someone who keeps up with what I’d like to, but just don’t have the damn bandwidth to handle right now. © 2009, Rex Hammock
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I do think desk toys makes working a bit less stressful so I always try to keep a few on mine. Currently, my desk sports a magic 8 ball, a burned giraffe baby toy (I told my wife I'd frame it after she burned it but it's still here), a die-cast metal white Power Ranger, a Lego of my first computer and a cookie jar in the shape of a question box from Mario.
A magic 8-ball must be massively useful.
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For years... nay, decades... I've been attempting to work in a paper free environment. I didn't even realize I'd achieved this goal until my wife visited my office and made the observation. No one here has any paperwork on their desks. Everyone's desk's are clear... except mine. Subconsciously, I've replaced all the missing stacks of paper with toys. Lots of Legos, a ball puzzle, a Yoda statue, and a pair of Hulk Hands. Lego sets include Hulk Buster armor, Darth Vader, and the Apollo 11. I rotate regularly with other sets: Star Destroyer, Millennium Falcon, X-Wing Fighter, etc. I also make sure a jar of jelly beans remains stocked at all times. I'm just curious what sort of desk toys do you guys prefer? Or do you think them a waste of time?
____________________________________________________ I'd rather have a frontal lobotomy than a bottle in front of me... Bill W
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For years... nay, decades... I've been attempting to work in a paper free environment. I didn't even realize I'd achieved this goal until my wife visited my office and made the observation. No one here has any paperwork on their desks. Everyone's desk's are clear... except mine. Subconsciously, I've replaced all the missing stacks of paper with toys. Lots of Legos, a ball puzzle, a Yoda statue, and a pair of Hulk Hands. Lego sets include Hulk Buster armor, Darth Vader, and the Apollo 11. I rotate regularly with other sets: Star Destroyer, Millennium Falcon, X-Wing Fighter, etc. I also make sure a jar of jelly beans remains stocked at all times. I'm just curious what sort of desk toys do you guys prefer? Or do you think them a waste of time?
____________________________________________________ I'd rather have a frontal lobotomy than a bottle in front of me... Bill W
Hm, no 'toys' but lots of hardware. I'm a firmware dev so I've got 3 or 4 different products (out of case) that I work on, a network switch, 3 jackboxes and their associated handsets (we do 911 equipment/software), a PoE supply, a TI launchpad for the TM4C1294, 3 usb cables, 2 phones connected to a teltone and a fair amount of dust!
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For years... nay, decades... I've been attempting to work in a paper free environment. I didn't even realize I'd achieved this goal until my wife visited my office and made the observation. No one here has any paperwork on their desks. Everyone's desk's are clear... except mine. Subconsciously, I've replaced all the missing stacks of paper with toys. Lots of Legos, a ball puzzle, a Yoda statue, and a pair of Hulk Hands. Lego sets include Hulk Buster armor, Darth Vader, and the Apollo 11. I rotate regularly with other sets: Star Destroyer, Millennium Falcon, X-Wing Fighter, etc. I also make sure a jar of jelly beans remains stocked at all times. I'm just curious what sort of desk toys do you guys prefer? Or do you think them a waste of time?
____________________________________________________ I'd rather have a frontal lobotomy than a bottle in front of me... Bill W
The desk itself just has computer, monitors etc and coffee but on the window-sill are some Star-wars Lego micro-fighters and a die-cast Enterprise NCC-1701-D
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For years... nay, decades... I've been attempting to work in a paper free environment. I didn't even realize I'd achieved this goal until my wife visited my office and made the observation. No one here has any paperwork on their desks. Everyone's desk's are clear... except mine. Subconsciously, I've replaced all the missing stacks of paper with toys. Lots of Legos, a ball puzzle, a Yoda statue, and a pair of Hulk Hands. Lego sets include Hulk Buster armor, Darth Vader, and the Apollo 11. I rotate regularly with other sets: Star Destroyer, Millennium Falcon, X-Wing Fighter, etc. I also make sure a jar of jelly beans remains stocked at all times. I'm just curious what sort of desk toys do you guys prefer? Or do you think them a waste of time?
____________________________________________________ I'd rather have a frontal lobotomy than a bottle in front of me... Bill W
I once had one of those semi-perpetual motion toys -the kind that a ball hanging from a thread hits a set of balls also hanging from threads and the one in the opposite end gets expelled and returns to hit the set of balls again and again- I could watch it for hours and when it was still, kids loved to start the motion again and marveled but i tossed it away because sometimes the noise made by the small balls in motion was too distracting. I'd love to sit it again in my desk if I could remember where it is now!
Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. - Matthew Barry
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For years... nay, decades... I've been attempting to work in a paper free environment. I didn't even realize I'd achieved this goal until my wife visited my office and made the observation. No one here has any paperwork on their desks. Everyone's desk's are clear... except mine. Subconsciously, I've replaced all the missing stacks of paper with toys. Lots of Legos, a ball puzzle, a Yoda statue, and a pair of Hulk Hands. Lego sets include Hulk Buster armor, Darth Vader, and the Apollo 11. I rotate regularly with other sets: Star Destroyer, Millennium Falcon, X-Wing Fighter, etc. I also make sure a jar of jelly beans remains stocked at all times. I'm just curious what sort of desk toys do you guys prefer? Or do you think them a waste of time?
____________________________________________________ I'd rather have a frontal lobotomy than a bottle in front of me... Bill W
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For years... nay, decades... I've been attempting to work in a paper free environment. I didn't even realize I'd achieved this goal until my wife visited my office and made the observation. No one here has any paperwork on their desks. Everyone's desk's are clear... except mine. Subconsciously, I've replaced all the missing stacks of paper with toys. Lots of Legos, a ball puzzle, a Yoda statue, and a pair of Hulk Hands. Lego sets include Hulk Buster armor, Darth Vader, and the Apollo 11. I rotate regularly with other sets: Star Destroyer, Millennium Falcon, X-Wing Fighter, etc. I also make sure a jar of jelly beans remains stocked at all times. I'm just curious what sort of desk toys do you guys prefer? Or do you think them a waste of time?
____________________________________________________ I'd rather have a frontal lobotomy than a bottle in front of me... Bill W
I had a Pink Panther whose legs and arms could be bent to assume any position I wanted, until my wife threw it away, possibly because it was a gift from an old dance partner. After 10 years, I still miss it. I still have a dinosaur with a hidden button that opens and closes its mouth. It was one of my kids' toys when they were toddlers. I keep it hidden, and only take it out for visiting children or others that I trust not to react unfavorably when I threaten them with it. ;-)
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For years... nay, decades... I've been attempting to work in a paper free environment. I didn't even realize I'd achieved this goal until my wife visited my office and made the observation. No one here has any paperwork on their desks. Everyone's desk's are clear... except mine. Subconsciously, I've replaced all the missing stacks of paper with toys. Lots of Legos, a ball puzzle, a Yoda statue, and a pair of Hulk Hands. Lego sets include Hulk Buster armor, Darth Vader, and the Apollo 11. I rotate regularly with other sets: Star Destroyer, Millennium Falcon, X-Wing Fighter, etc. I also make sure a jar of jelly beans remains stocked at all times. I'm just curious what sort of desk toys do you guys prefer? Or do you think them a waste of time?
____________________________________________________ I'd rather have a frontal lobotomy than a bottle in front of me... Bill W
Couple of cloth dragons, couple of solar dancing figuring, a Cam-Am motorcycle toy, couple of plants, couple squishy balls, a pessimists' mug, cub full of pens and pencils, box of Kleenex, couple of manuals, and a small Tylenol bottle full of clipped finger nails with a warning written on it: "DO NOT OPEN UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE." :laugh: :laugh: No papers.
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Couple of cloth dragons, couple of solar dancing figuring, a Cam-Am motorcycle toy, couple of plants, couple squishy balls, a pessimists' mug, cub full of pens and pencils, box of Kleenex, couple of manuals, and a small Tylenol bottle full of clipped finger nails with a warning written on it: "DO NOT OPEN UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE." :laugh: :laugh: No papers.
Giving away my age, but a lava lamp, hawk feather and Crow feathers...
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For years... nay, decades... I've been attempting to work in a paper free environment. I didn't even realize I'd achieved this goal until my wife visited my office and made the observation. No one here has any paperwork on their desks. Everyone's desk's are clear... except mine. Subconsciously, I've replaced all the missing stacks of paper with toys. Lots of Legos, a ball puzzle, a Yoda statue, and a pair of Hulk Hands. Lego sets include Hulk Buster armor, Darth Vader, and the Apollo 11. I rotate regularly with other sets: Star Destroyer, Millennium Falcon, X-Wing Fighter, etc. I also make sure a jar of jelly beans remains stocked at all times. I'm just curious what sort of desk toys do you guys prefer? Or do you think them a waste of time?
____________________________________________________ I'd rather have a frontal lobotomy than a bottle in front of me... Bill W
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That's why I use a trackball :)
__________________ Lord, grant me the serenity to accept that there are some things I just can’t keep up with, the determination to keep up with the things I must keep up with, and the wisdom to find a good RSS feed from someone who keeps up with what I’d like to, but just don’t have the damn bandwidth to handle right now. © 2009, Rex Hammock
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I'm old school. I keep my desk covered with papers so the surface doesn't get dusty. As some periodically get coffee-stained, they're eventually passed into the desktop-remote-storage-cylinder for transport to the local waste yard.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
I am right there with you. I also have a stack of paper plates with crumbs of sandwiches I had at the desk for lunch, over the past week or so. ;P
It's a random chance universe...