Nerd Battlestations

By Xah Lee. Date: 2019-02-17. Last updated: 2019-11-07.

nerd battlestations from image site, dated 2019-02.

follow the white rabbit.

Note the emacs mug. See also: GNU Emacs Logo

headphone is AKG K702. Buy at amazon expensive but well loved.

Note the bandana and cowboy hat. This guy must be in USA. But also note the 2 Japanese posters.

that's a synth. Korg Minilogue Buy at amazon year 2017.

the speakers is Genelec 8010. Buy at amazon expenive but not a well known brand.

monitor is some big dell curved monitor

this guy must be a hermit mathematician, and a poor sob.

this is not an old photo.

note the book Homotopy Type Theory, which came out in 2013. That's a book you might understand only if you had phD level math.

that trackball came out in 2004, but is still made today. Logitech Trackman Marble

the keyboard came out in 2003, and is no longer made since about 2011. Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000

need to check this guy's teeth.

mess is ok, but this guy got food droppings all over. no.

when this guy goes to bed, his slippers must be placed parallel to each other and perpendicular to his bed.

this guy must be a chemical engineer. Note chemistry books, and periodic table.

note the Chinese ashtray.

old school. Note the stereo system with cassette tape, the hot halogan lamp on the right, and rubic cube. [see Magic Polyhedrons]

the hifi system is wasted, because the speakers are placed too close.

this is not an old photo. Note the mouse with RGB strip led.