One of the perks of my position is that every two years I get a shiny new computer. I got my new one installed this morning.
That’s my usual work station. I’ve got a Wild M3 on the left, a nice Leica next to it, then this laptop with dual monitors spilling out the front because there is a mercury arc lamp hidden behind it, and then a giant black box with a Raspberry PI we use for behavioral observations. This isn’t going to work. It’s nice to have all the tools in one place, but I guess the PI black box is going to have to be relocated.
Or I’m going to have to take over another lab! Nah, compact and accessible is the way to go.
On the far left there’s an ancient artifact: a desk phone, aka “land line.” Perhaps that’s not necessary to keep so handy. I haven’t had one of those either at work or home in years. My last home land line had the ringer off and received nothing but spam calls. We kept it primarily for emergencies, which never happened. We don’t have one in our new home.
… and then a giant black box with a Raspberry PI we use for behavioral observations
Raspberry Pis are actually small, so another solution would be to keep it where it is, but in a smaller black box.
You’re not thinking like a proper mad scientists here PZ. You need to expand and conquer other labs, spreading the reach on your nefarious spider minions into every corner of the universe! (Okay, university, but the concept still works.) If you ever want to achieve academic overlord status, you have to think about these things.
The Raspberry PI is small, but the spider cage and camera mount inside are large.