I Didn't Want a Raise, But Maybe I'll Keep It

So, our group's big office move happened over the weekend, and we're here in our new digs (one building over).

The first thing I noticed is that I now have a raised desk:

Yes, I'm in a highchair now.

It's for ergonomic reasons, since you can stand and type as well as sit.

At first, I didn't want to keep the raised setup, but after trying it out for a little bit, I think I'll give it a shot. It's relatively easy to change (if you have a cordless drill driver on you).

This probably means I'll need an LCD monitor, since the big tube monitor is sitting waaaay too close to my face right now. LCDs are usually brighter than CRT screens, though, so if and when I get one, I'll have to make sure it's calibrated correctly, lest photos that look okay to me are too dark for everyone else.

That settled, I can now start the herculean task of unpacking my boxes:

Only eight boxes this time.

However, my boxes are not quite as neat as those of my cow-orker, Erin:

Since I've had many friends and meetings in this building, it's not completely new to me. However, it's only after you move into a space that you start to find out its quirks. For example, I'm right by the ping-pong table:

This could get really annoying.

CC2 being a new building, it was designed for computer slaves knowledge workers, so it's got stuff that you wouldn't find in our old building, CC1 (which is a retrofitted airplane hangar).

Stuff like underfloor air and cable runs, with access ports that feel like gopher holes:

Macro shot of a floor vent.

Of course, that doesn't prevent things like really beige hallways:

We're already hard at work de-beiging it.

Also, here is what a corner office looks like at AOL:

That's not an executive, that's a plant.

The view out the window is the intersection of Prentice and Broderick Drives.

Incidentally, looking at the aerial photo view in MapQuest, I notice that the local post office processing facility has something on the roof:

I hope it's a forever-rate stamp -- it would be a hassle to repaint.

Anyway, we'll be busy unpacking things and getting settled (good things so far: full-size, working kitchen with hot water and no structural steel I-beam in the middle of it -- bad things: glare from the windows), so today looks like it's mostly going to be an "administrative overhead" day (especially since the white noise generators aren't on right now, and you can hear everything). So I'll be sticking close to the cube.

Which is kind of a pity, since it might hit 80 today and it looks really nice out.

Thanks -- Joe

Tags: aol, aol move day, cc2, photos