Thanks, Chris- normally you find more flaws than that, so I’ll take your observations as good news 😉

The rack is… functional. Unfortunately, I do need a place to put my network gear, and the rack itself is sturdy and reasonably unintrusive. I have a lot of work to do to try to organize the wiring there, but undoubtedly that will always be a work in progress.

The monitor arms are one of my great joys. They make the space a lot more flexible, free up desk space, and I like their “tech” look. I currently have four arms, one of which has two mounts on it- like you say, it is getting a bit “octopus-like”.

I’m not sure about steam punk- the idea of spending weeks and hundreds (or thousands) of dollars to make a keyboard look like a typewriter doesn’t really appeal. But I do admire some of the pieces I’ve seen, along with the price tags: $1,500 keyboards and $4,000 computer cases are reasonable only when you think about the amount of hand-crafting involved. For a guy who buys veneer desks rather than solid wood, they are impossible dreams.

I do plan on adding some odds and ends that I’ve wanted for eons: a couple of display swords, for example. But I don’t think I can manage a true “theme” other than “eclectic geek” 🙂 A bit of Star Trek here, a dash of Lord of the Rings there, and maybe some Star Wars in the corner- but not too much. My main objective is to try to avoid making the place look like a dumptruck just dropped a load of salvaged computer gear in here.