Tokyo Office

woo first post, really cool office you have there, damn I konda envy you danny!

I've always wondered if you ever get wrist pains from ur office setup danny. It only took me a few months working in a typical office layout to start developing wrist pains. Now I'm looking for a new desk with an adjustable keyboard tray..

Love the new layout, and looking forward to your article on how you managed to install OSX on that mini. Would be an interesting project to do for me as well ^^. I always see so many figures in your office and makes me sad that I still have no figures to look after me at work...I need to change that hehe.

Anyway looking good and keep us posted on coming changes!

I wish I was like you Danny!
Every time I move stuff around, I find things needing to be put somewhere else. And when its neat and tidy, by the next week it looks like a tornado blew through!

I want to do the whole mini 9 leopard thing too. Just to carry around with me, will be able to fit it in any bag. And I'm saving up for a 17" MBP as an office computer (will take a few months but whatever).

The E-Mobile USB GSM Modem works great with MacOS and Linux.
Are you facing problems with that modem?

Nice new layout!
The place where I used to work would even shift their desks on a monthly basis. xD
Going in on a new day, finding out that your desk is in a different place, has a great effect on the work atmosphere.
Also, sometimes you get to sit across or next to someone whom you don't talk to often. It's a great opportunity to break the ice and get to socialize with new co-workers!

Danny, who will be this lucky person and what will s/he be working with you for? If you don't mind me asking, that is. ^^;

Wow, 5th core members of Mirai Inc, congratulation on the growth ^_^

That's a lot of messy wires~~~~~~

Will the figures of the wall hard to reach with this new office setup?

Strategically placed pantsu view, umm~~~~~~

Cool! Danny got a Hackintosh, will be waiting to read your review on how to install Mac OS on it ^_^

if i had a office room like that in the future !!!

All this time I've been looking at your office, I never even knew Hector's desk was just in front of your desk.
The new layout is very nice, it must have been fun to re-arrange everything.
Just wondering who the 5th person is going to be.

I really enjoy when I re-arrange things in my room and computer room. It's great to have a change every once in a while. Unfortunately my bedroom has almost no otaku related stuff... All of it is in my computer room ^^;

Very nice~! no matter what way you change your room around it still rocks.

Looks spacier, with time you'll tell if it's what you like.
Figmas and other sweet candies had better display with... ooh, you are planning a glass column to put in the middle!!! that's it! Smooth ;)

Which side is your table top turned, sanded or the other?
Mine is getting scratched just by looking at it...

Probably meant Adobe Lightroom (well, Adobe marketing insists on calling it Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, but no one else does).

I think both are quite similar, both UI and feature wise. I find Lightroom more easy to approach, but that is of course, because it is the one I most often use (probably no the other way around).

Quality notwithstanding, I also think anything Adobe's is safer to use, as in long-term usability of the data –being Adobe cross-platform and exclusively committed to imaging business.

oh wow, i realllllllly want one of those for when i travel back to japan.

Really nice set up...looks more roomy...

Surprising how much bigger the room looks after moving things around. Don't know if your table tops are glass, but if they are you might wanna consider fixing a beam between the horses for more support as you're always gettin more stuff dude. Just a precaution.

My Mirei-san sits in her box 99% of the time, so no color loss. Perhaps you are "dusting" her oppai too often =P

hehe.. I'd love to join that giveaway. I just finished rearranging my room. well just about. still needs a bit of vacuuming and some bits and bots to find space in.

Awesome layout this time around. I mean it's really spacious now. Been moving furniture in the hose every 5months or so. I recently re-organized my room and i ended up with 2 spare extension wires. Guess sometimes we tend to forget that all the socket count was already adequate.

The layout is cozy and quite clean. Would encourage productive work...

I rarely rearrange things simply because I'm too lazy. It's not a bad idea to do it from time to time though. Keeps things looking fresh I suppose.

Love the glass tables, my office table is also from Ikea, but it's a wood tablet, iron frame model. It can support a lot of weight which is good as a few screens, reserator and case amount to quite some weight.

I hate wire clutter myself, wouldn't be able to leave them unstrapped or not bundled up, would drive me mad. Lucky my office table frame has a large full width beam where I attach all wires and adapters with wire straps, so it has some semblance of order. ^^;;

Nice layout! I can't have my desk against the wall anymore because I do like to have anime dvds running on my tv and watch them while I'm on the PC ^^;

Thinking of getting a 24in 1080p monitor though and put it on my desk then sell my 32in Sharp Aquos. Would free up some room and I can re-organize my entire room...for the 8th time in 6 months haha.

How much are those wall shelves in yen? Lowes here has some glass ones for $15 USD a shelf (so about 1500 yen).

I think I like this new lay out. Lucky new member to work on such a nice relaxing office with all those girls. I wish I could shift things like that in my room. I need to get rid of my bed or something to make more room.

Hector is going to need a fully automated Tissue Dispenser sitting there in front of Mayu and Reika from Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun show. All those extension cords here would be called a fire hazard! I usually try to limit 3 plug ins per total wall socket, if it has 2 as usual then no matter the power-strip only 3 items are on. I think I learned that from watching Green Acres long ago.

Congrats on expanding to the new level for more workers.

Lightroom not intuitive? I love it!!! I havent tried Aperture, but the results you can get out of Lightroom are amazing, even with little photographic knowledge (my case)

some of my pix you can see in www.flickr.com/ajoamb

Nice and sleek new setup. The old one was more interesting, but practicality is always important. Kind of "odd" to see that you have so many more figures than Hector. You might as well put some on his desk just to make it much more pretty. :D
As for moving furniture in my room, I don't do it often. Everything has been the way it was since I moved into this room, and it will all probably stay here until I leave. It's just that I don't have that much furniture to begin with and it would not be the greatest use of my time given my tightly packed schedule; juggling school, work, and anime/Asian dramas (recently more manga), or course. ;D

Wow it does look a lot bigger!
Mmm I'm wondering why is there a mushroom-plushie under your desk? Is it like a foot rest? hehe.

Danny, I have always wondered where do you get your glass shelves from. I want! :P

very nice layout. I always wanted to have that kind of glass table which lights up from below.

Dell mini 9, you made me a fan of it.. And, still a big fan of the Firefox mascot... so a personal question... uh... ..... how much is your electric bill??? That's a lot of plugs.... .

I like how on one of the desks' support, you added an extra shelf that wasn't part of the design. Might steal that idea :P

It looks so different now. Yeah, but it is certainly more practical and comfortable this way.

Hector has an awesome view now ^^

Not a little worried about sun damage to the figures kept on the window ledge, espeacially the hot toys figures. They dont have a very long life span.

this new layout looks much more comfortable looks nice and spacious
and abour wireles electricity lol i wish they had that too but they are working on it so i think it'll be here in the near future

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH6U1eyrsHY&feature=related

damn i envy u danny wish i had a desk like urs. also hectors desk seemed a little plain he needs some moe material on there or something. also i know how to do what they did with that small laptop of urs danny. r u hooked up to the fon box with that laptop or r u using wires instead?

are the black chairs from Ikea? are they comfy?
i'm in need of a chair like that without armrests, so i can use my wacom tablet on my lap!

I really wonder whats that mushroom thing doing under the table .. O_O

I have a cactus beside me, but I wonder if it does photosynthesis.. Its green but no leaves.. Wouldn't want a plant to suck all my oxygen in the air.

Hmm I think it'd be quite some time before I need to get shelves for display.. Theres simply too little figures.. ^^;

Is 20:59PM under the 3rd pic a typo? People don't usually type PM when using 24hour format right?

4th member? So Mirai Inc. has three members before this?? I never knew >.< Never heard of anything bout members..

Wow, so spacious all of a sudden. Atleast until the new member arrives, right? I don't shift around stuff in my room so often because I basically designed it to an optimal state before we moved here. I try atleast once every year though, during spring cleaning, and fail ^^;

Having objects against the wall rather than extending into the room is always the most room-efficient - perceptually, if nothing else.

"From where I sit however, all I see are their pantsu ^^;" I experience the same with some of the figures on the top shelf of my Detolf - but hey, not complaining. xP

I recognized the Dell Hackintosh at a glance - read too much about it. ^^; Was considering getting my own, but I realized that I much prefer having just one computer...and I had little use for a netbook that might have trouble handling HD video (for anime). Rather save my $500 for a good set of headphones or an iPhone.

If I could have gotten one for 1 USD there would be no hesitation whatsoever. You simply must tell us how that happened soon.

It is nice to have a new layout every now and then I assume it wont be much longer before you get yourself an office?

Something I've always wondered, and I guess this post strikes me to ask is do you ever feel embarassed when non-Otaku view your work space? I guess I feel like as I decorate my own space, with the PG Strike, and a Lacus, and a Charmander, that those who do not understand the appreciation of such things would just think us juvenile. Has it ever come up for you, Danny, where you felt like someone judged you because of your collection?

I guess you always have the "collecting this stuff makes me $X,000 a month!" excuse.

Nice - i like a change of scenery in my regular working environment, but now i work at home, i cant rearrange things due to the layout of my room. A large window, a sloped ceiling on the one side and a small door to the spare room limits my options.
Is it ok having your screen in front of a window? Doesnt that do your eyes in?

i wonder how are u going to use the "command button" which is for Apple PC's on the Dell laptop?
since it doesnt have the "command button" which button will it use?

Wow looks much better that way. Like how you rearranged the devices. The iMac was kinda *falling-of-the-desk-in~5min* in the previous setup ^_^

Hehe, Danny got a Hackintosh! Looking forward to the install post. Did you use the original DVD or iPC, iDeneb or something like that?

Very nice setup, now. Looks roomier.

So...where's my desk going, again? ^o^

Well you clearly need to work a bit more on Lightroom, its very simple to use and intuitive, I use nothing else to touch up my photos. First time I started working with it was a bit weird but then after a couple days and seeing what every "button" did I managed to put my photos the way I wanted ^_^

Is that... a flying gundam I see? What's the orange mat that's on the ground? I'm going to guess its some sort of foam like material. Cables are always a hassle though, all over the place. I usually bind mine together with gardening twist-ties works great. The colour scheme does look cozy though, orange around with the warm glow of the lights.

Very nice layout. Might have to 'borrow' that Ikea glass table idea from you ^^
Looking forward to the Dell Mini 9 write up. That machine has been on my 'WANT' list for a while now, and having it run OSX makes it even more interesting!

Gotta say that I've always loved how your office looked with the glass tables and lights underneath and that I'll probably get me a similar setup eventually.
So, my question is: What's the name of those tables? ^^; (Ikea <3)

I have a Dell Mini-9 too, very nice machine for what it's for. Though mine isn't as powerful and I stuck WinXP Corporate on it instead of a Mac OS...

I re-arrange my room occasionally, either because I got annoyed with the current layout, figured out a better arrangement for space, or replacing furniture.

love the new layout! It seems have more space and clean...

Want to buy those glass tables ^^

problem with glass is they show the dust. how hard are they to keep clean? certainly here in this house its too dusty ^^

by the way, danny...where can I get my hands on that K-on! wall? Tis quite awesome...

@Danny: Are those chairs comfortable? I've been considering whether to purchase one from IKEA or not.

nice to see you still have Max Factory Naru Narusagawa. ^^ you new setup looks nice, but I have to say, it's going to be harder for you to reach those figures. ^^ nice photo of you and wifey. ^^
btw I see PG Strike. ^^ yay!

nice decoration! maybe i go check Ikea for new furniture.

I do need to fix my workspace up. It's not very artist-friendly and my chair gives me pains. I don't have money for new stuff but somehow I found money to preorder figures. strange how that works...

Danny! How do you manage to concentrate with so many gorgeous figures around?

I haven't met Danny in person... but in his blogs, I see him as a kind person who always smile even when facing much problems...

now I'm wondering how Danny gets angry or how he rages (if he ever does)...

Rage Aftermath pics would be awesome... but that's not quite possible.. I think...

Did you buy the Mac OSX license though? ;)

Wow.. A new position for your desk.

What?! DELL installed with Mac OSX? I think I will do it in my own laptop if it's stable enough to support the whole OS.

Wow Danny, you really need to fix your wiring, its so messy. Since you are using table glass it wont look nice when you look down ever with figures on the table. kekeke...

I'm running 3 computers as well... I have the same wallpapers as you! <3 K-ON

Waaah. I love the Ikea desks. I've always wanted to get Ikea furniture and I thought I'd get a change when we moved to Canada... However! They decided to close down the Ikea branch here in Halifax some years ago... boo.

Would buy online but shipping bites.

Is that a Dyson vacuum cleaner? Does it really not lose suction? XD
The vacuum's color scheme goes with your site's orange scheme ^^

It looks like a total different room if the glass desks and figures wouldn't tell us that its Mirai Incs Office.
I like this new "design" better than the old one. This seems to fit better.

Oh and can hardly wait for the next "Week in Tokyo" article :D

Got the same set of table from ikea...
except my top is wooden with a frosted glass panel on 1 side.
Banged my toes onto the A-shape support couple of times...

Cool office, I wish my workplace would look so nice as yours!^^
I usually rearrange my room once a year, it's a tiresome job indeed!
And I've been wondering for a while if you water your plants yourself in the office, because they look quite healthy. For me no matter what I do they always seem to die out really fast (maybe it's because of lack of love^^).

I must agree, the "after" room looks much nicer! Big an' roomy, with enough space in the middle that you could spin around on your office chair without the risk of knocking figures over ^^; Wheee!

Say, a "before and after" contest would be a great idea! 'Cause I bet it'd provide great incentive for some of us messier otakus (like myself) to get their rooms into any semblance of organization, haha. Who could say no to cleaning their room where there are figures at stake?

Danny, just quit what you're doing and work for Apple! :)

Cool setup, nice a clean.

I like the new layout! It seems much cleaner and spacier. Your office is so clean... I wish I had wood floors in all of my house too! In your second to last photo, I noticed the Black Oolong Tea... I have the same thing right next to me right now xD

niice layout Danny!! It's niice you guys are getting a 4th member then you can all have less work on your hands =3
Adobe lightroom is a really cool application for pictures ^_^ try more often and get used to it and you can produce magical stuff for it XD ahah

I haven't used Aperture since its 1.0 days but I can tell you that once you get to know Lightroom its going to be amazing.

Kudos on the netbook, I had one and loved it. Soon I'll get another one.

if you want to use lightroom, it's easier if you download all the presets in presetsheaven.com

and if you want to take it even further, niksoftware color efex pro now supported as lightroom plug in

Danny, what's the make of that really cool looking clock on your desk? Is if USB powered?

>"... too brilliant for words!"
Indeed.

Looking better than ever...if only my place was that big....

The new layout looks good, but it feels sort of partitioned compared to the old layout.

And using Mac OS X on a Dell Mini 9, whoo... that's daring!

I have always displayed my Mirei-San, but no colour change. My room doesn't have sunlight, but perhaps it is more sensitive to it?

I love the idea of having the lights under the glass table too. You can use it as a tracing table.

Nice new layout. About those dangling wires, you could use those velcro ties available on amazon to keep the wires together. and a velcro tie is easier to open and close compared to the normal plastic ties we get.

dell mini for 100 yen! oO
awesome. if i had a chance like that i'd buy one and use it as a 24 hr download machine. would save a lot of money on electricity consumption too. i'd just keep the lid closed most of the time and connect to it through lan whenever required.

nice new set up Danny :D My husband enjoy moving stuff around to optimise and reorganise our "office" once in a while, so whatever you did actually reminds me of the times when he does it lol! He also wishes that there's less wires for us to deal with ^^; can't wait for the true wireless future to be here ^^; congrats on the new hire ^o^

Love the glass tables! It looks more spacious now~

Reporting for my first day of work next week.
Wonder if they'd allow me to play with my desk?

nice to rearrange the layout once in while. I wish I could fit one of those glass tops (desks) in my space. Ikea only makes them in 2 sizes and one is too, too small and the other is too deep.

Looking forward to you write up in the Dell mini.

Many people have the same problem that there are too many cables...

Wow, your office room is actually much bigger than I expected ^^; Probably because of the usual photo angles you took which makes the room looks a bit cramped up~XD

Loved the new layout. More space available is always better ^^

Really like your new setup. Have always liked your desks ^^ Unfortunately there are no Ikea stores in my neck of the woods T^T

Ahh sugoi!! It does look much roomier! Nice reorganise. And yay Tamaki-nee-chan!

Nice office, you have all these figures, then Hector has a proffesional looking empty desk ^^
It be mint to work in such a laid back looking office.
And quiet a large room you have, and you even have room for another desk too, wonder what job that guy or girl will have.

Omg I hate it when all wires tangle up, it's like they do it on purpose, and untangling wires is like trying to untangle the mysteries of the universe.

Wow, I want to work in an office like that :P

New arrangement looks good but that wiring is just begging for trouble. Since you go to all those DIY supply places Danny, I'd make it a priority to organize and clean up that snarl so as to make it easier when you add equipment or need to change things around.

reorganizing stuff is a pain in the @$$

it save more spaces if you put stuff near the walls!

putting stuff in the centre may look nice but it kills space

I've slowly been working on the layout and furniture in my relaxing area. With the way all my wiring and stuff goes, there really aren't too many ways I can rearrange the furniture in my work area at the moment...

awesome office Danny! cool ikea stuff.
any of those figures fall on your head while you work? that would hurt >_<

I actually moved all of the furniture around in my room earlier today. All that was there was furniture and dust so it was easy. All I have to do is move back in, in a few days. Moving back home... yeah!
A Mac for 100yen... and I was thinking of saving up for a mac.

Nice Spring rearrangement in the office! Looking at the figures on the shelves above the desk though, I wonder if during the next earthquake will they fall or are they stuck with something like "Quake Hold Gel"? (Amazon has it and maybe Tokyu Hands.) I also live in earhtquake country and part of my job is seismic saftey, securing building and their contents.

Ah, don't you just love it when reorganizing unearths extra outlets? ^_^ Funny though how reorganizing always seems to make things worse before they get better.

Yeah, that layout works loads better. Reminds me of when my roommate and I put our beds against the walls back when we lived in the dorms. Unfortunately, pretty much only the beds could be moved, and in order to make them fit we had to take the head and footboards off, and had to remove the closet doors. XD It was worth it, though. I so don't miss living two people to such a tiny space.

Hah, if you're going to do a before-and-after room giveaway, mine's going to be awfully drastic--I'm moving out in a month. ^^;

Welcome to my world Danny. My Dell mini 9 with OSX has been the best computer I've owned in a long time. Hopefully you can watch K-ON! on it like I do.

Wow, you really do not know how much stuff you have until you start to move everything like that.

Thanks for the performance factoid. I was wondering what the performance of OS X was on the Dell Mini 9.

With all those wires, Danny, I bet you can't wait for wireless power transfer to finally come to fruition in consumer level devices.

It really does look a lot nicer and organized after the move. I understand how you feel about the wires hanging around everywhere, definitely would be nice if someone could make wireless electricity. ^^'

Also, nice Mac. I'm not much of a mac fan but it looks like its very well built and has gd components. For the price, it's a bargain for sure. :) One thing that confused me is that Windows sticker on the lower right hand corner of the keyboard. Do most Macs have that too or it is used to show cross compatibility or something? :/

Danny, you promised us to tell us about your plan on kids... >.<

Well, you did talk about your musume there, but you know what I mean.... XD

its spacey now, I like this kind of room Danny ^^

Totally love the atmosphere of having the lights shining from under your table. Might steal that idea. Congratulations on a new member. How I wish I was working for a boss like you! ^^ I am going to try harder getting a job in Japan. :)

your room looks great. can only wish my room was like that

My eyes started weeping at the sight of 5 monitors on all at once. Don't you get eye strain?

Nice and roomy layout. ^^; Usually like to move around furniture every half a year or so, or whenever I feel like it...XD

I like how your side of the room is piled up with figures and Hector's side is all clean ^^;

I used to be obsessed with moving my furniture around, right now though I think it's just about right. Well, that and I got a solid oak dresser and that kinda put a pin in moving lots of stuff around. It's like one of those sliding puzzles in here now. ^^;

Danny, so you got your degree in Japanese, but ended up dealing with computers more than anything, correct? What was the order in which you learned programming/scripting languages and about hardware? Was most of the knowledge you've accumulated self-taught? I remember you talking about being disinterested in programming class at Uni and just taking it because your friends were.

"from where I sit however, all I see are their pantsu ^^;"

LOL that made my day. i like the new layout, ive been needing a new desk but i keep buying figures instead ^^; ...always liked your setup with the glass and lights underneath!

PVC figure's color will fade if it's under the light for a period of time

Looks like Danny is a fan of Ikea like me :3
About half of my room is Ikea stuff. I was at Ikea a couple days ago to pick up more shelves for my manga, and I got two of those Detolf glass display cases everyone showed in the recent "my otaku room" contest. Cheap and pretty.
And please do a before and after contest! I could totally do it since I got these new shelves and I have to rearrange everything...wait, how long have I been a member? D:

Do you think the glass can support 4-5 monitors+arms (4-5kg each) clamped onto it?

I've been considering purchasing a GALANT desk system but with a glass top, (1600mmx600mm) though i don't think ikea cuts their glass to that size ><"

Your office definitely looks far more roomy now - Makes me want to move to a bigger room

your new layout totally rocks....surprising danny can concentrate with all those pantsu ^.^

That's a really nice and spacious new layout!
I need to reorganize my desk area sometime. Figures are slowly taking over. (Then again, I shouldn't really be complaining if that's the case. xD )

omg thats so cool awesome sexy place man. You are so awesome

Wish I am one of the staff working in that office of yours... hehehehe

Wireless electricity? Danny, at this moment if they did have wireless electricity the problem would be that the electricity would flow around in a field, and may be hazardous. However those last three words are just a conjecture of mine.

See here:
http://io9.com/5204842/a-field-of-light-sabers-powered-by-ambient-electricity

Danny's new(ish? just noticed it now) avatar threw me off for a little while. Didn't realize it was him replying so much!

This post gives me the irresistable urge to get up and clean my room. Rather sadly, I have no figures to organize. Just a bunch of papers and a few Doujin on my desk that need to be picked up.

*dies in envy of Danny's office*

Ah nice layout. I didn't even realize it was two desks put together when you had it in the centre like that before ^^; Fifth member? This is turning like K-ON! now.

Our desks at the office will be moving soon as well, but probably not as space efficient as yours... Now the question is whether we'll stick with our G3s, 1st generation iMacs and PowerMac 9000 or go for new Macs...

i sense a problem
when that AC kicks in during summer, someone's gonna have helluva headache sitting right underneath it

Awesome new layout Danny, looks great

K-On disease infected Danny Macs. XD
And I love those glass tables, I should get those myself especially since I'll have more space to put my figures next to me.

And about Lightroom, it's quite hard to use when you first get it, but there are a few pre-sets you can download (check: http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/) and they'll do most of the job for you.

Do you watch anime simultaneously in all those persocoms? ~_~

Relly nice how thw office ended up looking.
And how many members do you have working at the moment at Mirai? Still you and Hector alone?

Great set of photos here, I wasn't thinking it would turn out so well but it looks like it's really going to work well. There is however great advantages to be had by your colleagues not being able to see your screen (i.e, with it facing a wall), though I guess you could be quite freely looking at pantsu and be 'working on the site'!

This is my first post, I've lurked for a while and have loved following the posts. I'm (slowly) learning Japanese because I want to have a reasonable level of fluency before visiting, this site gives me the inspiration to continue studying, Thank you Danny.

wow I thought my desk was messy. lol

I always have wondered: Why do yo have so many PC-Monitors-Laptops in your desk? What do you use them? Are they setup for dualscreens or something similar?

Well, I think You have more plugs and wires to worry about >_<

Can I move in ? =>

Wow that looks much better,now you and hector can ignore each other and not make awkward glances at each other XD.
Hectors desk is a little roomyer than yours Danny,this calls for a bigger boss desk ^^ I don't have space on my desk ether(don't even have that much figures on me desk) Need to get a shelf or bigger desk,since I'm getting a few more Gunplas and Alters old Burst Angel Meg :P

As for the giveaway,don't think I can compete with some of the other otaku's crazy ideas :/

Wow, that's a huge cleanup. Looks very sparkly clean~

this inspires me to switch things up at our home office. It's always nice to refresh your surroundings.

Love those ikea tables.

nice Danny! the office looks great! I'm really interested about the steps you did to transform that Dell mini 9 into a Mac. I really would like to try it out myself, and it would be my first mac, which it'll be affordable compared with the others and its huge prices x.x

perfect set up! i recently just moved my desk and bought an extension to my current one from IKEA =D Ikea is awesome!! read about how to install OSX on that particular DELL model... but i am more curious how you did it without the hacked verison of the OS! =O

Just when i thought your office couldn't get any godlier as it is.. ^^'
Looks like it'll be cramped once the third table moves in.

I always liked the IKEA merchandise. Pretty clean and simple. On those desk I looked at ordering those but here in the USA but they are not available to buy online. Here in Colorado, the nearest IKEA is in Draper UT (by SLC) which is an 8 hour drive. There is talk of opening an IKEA on the South end of Denver but it will be a while due to gov't bureaucracy - permits first then construction.

I have been to IKEA stores in Sacramento, CA and Orlando, FL when I traveled on vacation.

On doing Mac OS X on a Dell, I am interested in seeing how that was done sometime. Kind of interesting, where I work at (large database company - remain unnamed), I just ordered and received a Dell laptop for work at home. My manager pretty well knows that I am pro-Apple. Also my students in my university classes also know that I am pro-Mac even though I teach a MS-Office class and I mentioned to them that you can get Mac Office 2008 which is the same as MS Office 2007.

Next table is totally going to be a Danny Choo Ikea special edition! ;) I did the same thing with my Acer Aspire One, no wireless but it is still dual bootable if so configured for a windows 7. Now I dont feel so bad about the wire clutter! You really need to get some of those "octopus" power bars, they make the mess look futuristic and arty. LOL! If I learn Japanese will you hire me Danny?

U mentioned Mirei-sans oppai fading over time. Isn't it because u have her too close to the light source?
Speaking about it, isn't KOS-MOS a bit close to the light globe?

the old layout was pretty neat, but the new layout looks much more spacious and like you just got over a cold haha. Can throw a slumber party in there if you ever have overnight work lol. Don't think I have many options for moving around furniture, though I'd love to get a new ikea single slab desk (can anybody weigh in on the larger size Fredrik computer workstation with the upper shelf? Or any other nice alternative?) rather than the L desk I currently have just so I can free up some space in the middle of my room. I can't help but think that it'll look so much cleaner like your new office layout!

that's such an amazing layout Danny! :D great work

Loving the new office arrangement! It looks way more spacious!

wireless electricity is an interesting concept however I think this would give a new meaning to "a bad hair day"

Its incredible how simply arranging a room can increase or decrease the amount of breathing space in the room. I'm still trying to figure out the elements of 'space'. perhaps the elimination of narrow spaces which are useless to humans?

The new layout is really nice^^

wow O_o so many computers.... I also love the toadstool footstool. That sharp plant on Hectors desk made me laugh:D It's nickname is "Mother in laws tongue". Looks like a great place to work fun and creative!

I haven't used Lightroom since shortly after it initial release, so I'm not sure what it is like now. I didn't like the UI as well and found it difficult to fit my workflow. Aperture has it problems but I do like it over many of the other apps. I have tried. I feel Aperture has the potential to be the better app. of the two. I would say give it a try Danny. I think you will like Aperture.

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Swedish furniture invasion!

AH! Why can't Find any pillow cases (SORRY! I don not remember the name of the case) for Brighter Then Drawin Blue but yet I see one in the background! BAH! (Unless I have misstaken?)

The room looks better.
I don't have any items from Ikea yet. But I would not rule it out.
This new computer came with ULead PhotoImpact 12 pre-installed. It seems to be very powerful. But when I transfer images from the SDHC card on my Panasonic DMC-LX3, it usually ceases running. I have to restart it in order to work on the photos. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling it once (from its source CD). It helped a little.
If I had a shelf with figures showing me their pantsu all day, that might reduce my productivity. !=)>

I really wish had an office like that, my job would definitely be complemented by something like that..

trying to get the new mac, to start it off.

I like the desks and the lighting. It makes the ambience very satisfying and may remove the need to glare out the window or watch movies etc. Danny, where did you get those desks?

I should learn to read.. Ikea, hmmm I didn't see that table at Ikea in Shenzhen, maybe I overlooked it.

Please make me your monkey boy!!

I think your room turned out great danny! It's good to update the room once in a while. Makes it feel like new. I also like how you choose to illuminate the room. It looks somehow cosy.

Looking good Danny Choo, I like the room ^^
Must be nice working with you.

Sign me up, I wanna get some design experience! lol

Danny where did you hide all the paper. Or were you smart and banish the printer to the third floor. Those glass tables look like a good idea when I get rid of the big metal desk and the stuff underneath.

Lol at the nipple slip on the oppai mousepad in pic no.6

Lucky, getting the netbook for that price.

Lucky person. The 5th member is going to feel as lucky as my cousin Tracy did when she found out that she'd be one of the people who is involved with The Beatles: Rock band. :3

But yeah... Next to writing again, working for a business like yours is on my list of ultimate goals. X3

I really need to pick up another Mac, but that Dell netbook looks just as tasty.
Urk, I hate being a blogger with limited funds.

I like, I like those arrangement. One of my weird hobby is look at how people arrange their office and desk in creative ways. Hmm...dreaming to have such a great office like Danny, but probably greater eh? So, Danny's office is the best =P I just like to daydream all the while. Always dreaming my own room to be as cool as possible. Well, the Macs are really irresistible and I'm getting more and more interested towards them.

It really is such a beautiful office!
So jealous of whoever gets the job!
xD

Nice n Cosy office layout which looks similar to my room.^^Y
But how i wish mine looks like tat.

hey Danny your room are super nice so how many mac u got i only max got 5..

That's a great looking office and setup.

wow I didn't see how it was before, well you did a great job

your so lucky that you get free stuff

You wouldn't know of any decent sites to get that Naru Narusegawa figure would ya danny? It's awesome!

So where'd you get that 100 yen portable Mac...? Hmm?

that looks pretty damn awesome, might want to fix up those wires though ;)

Is the power system in Tokyo 50mhz or 60mhz (60 would mean that US electronics would work without an adapter). I just remember that they are divided by a river (50 on one side, 60 on the other), but I can't remember which side Tokyo is in. Very cool digs regardless, I hope I can find a place to live in Japan that is 1/5th the size in total =p.

wow amazing set up

wish I could get my hands on that wall scroll ;]

Call me late, but I like the fact you had K-On on the computer screen. Awesome stuff!

I envy the walls

That's my kind of living / workspace.