I’m moving to an apartment this week. If you’re waiting for a reply from me, I’ll be back in business next week. But moving is a chance to revisit old setups. A while back, ZZ Claybourne saw my desk and declared it to be “some real Geordi La Forge shit.”
That’s pretty nice, but it got me thinking: what does Geordi have that I don’t?
Forget the advanced tech: that’s just window dressing.
Being far cooler than me? That’s inherent. I can’t help being a total dweeb.
What does he have that I can possibly achieve? The Enterprise-D’s command section is detachable. I’m pretty sure that the TNG premiere only did that because Roddenberry wanted it in the original series and he needed to say “See! We have the budget now!” Also the models, but I digress. Half the saucer separation screen time appeared in the premier, but I digress again. Anyway.
My desk clearly needs the ability to separate the primary and secondary hull. I had all the pieces, including a smaller standing desk that I used for recording and accounting.
It’s not wired up yet, and pieces are missing, but it’s a solid proof of concept.
The smaller desk? That’s where I’ll do writing, on the portrait-mode monitors. I’ll do page layout, spreadsheets, and other landscape-mode tasks at the larger desk.
On nice days when I’d really rather work outside, I can detach one USB cable and two video cables, separate the smaller from the larger, and roll the writing desk out onto the apartment balcony.
So there. Detachable primary hull.
Your move, Geordi.
This begs the question, is there a central repository of workspace design thought & layout. Geordi is a good example to go by for everything except maybe location choice for testing sketchy phaser rifles. We all look forward to reading the words written while you enjoy some fresh air.