Comments on: Portable office built into a steamer trunk http://boingboing.net/2009/10/04/portable-office-buil.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 00:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Teapunk http://boingboing.net/2009/10/04/portable-office-buil.html#comment-604929 Teapunk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-604929 Needs some solar cells to power the Mac and a satellite dish. And maybe an old oil lamp. Pretty. Needs some solar cells to power the Mac and a satellite dish. And maybe an old oil lamp.
Pretty.

]]> By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2009/10/04/portable-office-buil.html#comment-604962 jimh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-604962 I wouldn't consider traveling with it, as pointed out in #10 above- it's really a stowaway office if you're occupying a small multi-use space. Like my studio apartment. I like it, I just don't $4,000 like it. It's a good thing to add to my "make myself" list though. I wouldn’t consider traveling with it, as pointed out in #10 above- it’s really a stowaway office if you’re occupying a small multi-use space. Like my studio apartment.

I like it, I just don’t $4,000 like it. It’s a good thing to add to my “make myself” list though.

]]> By: jjasper http://boingboing.net/2009/10/04/portable-office-buil.html#comment-604780 jjasper Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-604780 Very interesting. For a luggage problem. [/joe vs. the volcano] Very interesting. For a luggage problem. [/joe vs. the volcano]

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2009/10/04/portable-office-buil.html#comment-604786 Lobster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-604786 Careful. This is how the cubicle was invented. Careful. This is how the cubicle was invented.

]]> By: tim http://boingboing.net/2009/10/04/portable-office-buil.html#comment-604791 tim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-604791 <blockquote>a movable workspace you can take on the QEII or sail off with on a zeppelin</blockquote> Err, QE2 is now permanently laid up in Dubai so you might have a bit of a problem with that. And last time I looked we were desperately short of zeppelins, which is a great pity since I'd much prefer a gentle two or three day ride from Vancouver to London over a nasty 9-10hr jet ride

a movable workspace you can take on the QEII or sail off with on a zeppelin

Err, QE2 is now permanently laid up in Dubai so you might have a bit of a problem with that. And last time I looked we were desperately short of zeppelins, which is a great pity since I’d much prefer a gentle two or three day ride from Vancouver to London over a nasty 9-10hr jet ride

]]> By: jmcnichols http://boingboing.net/2009/10/04/portable-office-buil.html#comment-605560 jmcnichols Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-605560 I like the look, but how could you sit at a desk with so little legroom and actually use that computer? I guess a short tray that folded down and allowed you to bring at least the keyboard forward might help. I like the look, but how could you sit at a desk with so little legroom and actually use that computer?

I guess a short tray that folded down and allowed you to bring at least the keyboard forward might help.

]]> By: The Lizardman http://boingboing.net/2009/10/04/portable-office-buil.html#comment-604793 The Lizardman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-604793 If you really want something like this, a paint job (or even covering) for the exterior of a custom road case will be far less pricey and much more effective in design. The office in a box has been all but perfected, including room for personalization and customizing by tour managers and traveling show folk for many years now. This looks like it was meant for anything BUT traveling. If you really want something like this, a paint job (or even covering) for the exterior of a custom road case will be far less pricey and much more effective in design. The office in a box has been all but perfected, including room for personalization and customizing by tour managers and traveling show folk for many years now. This looks like it was meant for anything BUT traveling.

]]> By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2009/10/04/portable-office-buil.html#comment-605306 jimh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-605306 Haroun, no cigars were harmed in the construction of the case! Haroun, no cigars were harmed in the construction of the case!

]]> By: dogwelder http://boingboing.net/2009/10/04/portable-office-buil.html#comment-604795 dogwelder Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-604795 How very "Joe Versus The Volcano." How very “Joe Versus The Volcano.”

]]> By: The Lizardman http://boingboing.net/2009/10/04/portable-office-buil.html#comment-605315 The Lizardman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-605315 @15 Start out by looking at the ready to go options from the many road / tour case companies, then it is simply a matter of doing some customization. @15

Start out by looking at the ready to go options from the many road / tour case companies, then it is simply a matter of doing some customization.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/04/portable-office-buil.html#comment-604806 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-604806 I love it. I work freelance implementing admin organization using proprietary systems. When not telecommuting, I spend several weeks on site with a client. It looks like it could fit into the trunk or back seat of a mid-sized car. I love it. I work freelance implementing admin organization using proprietary systems. When not telecommuting, I spend several weeks on site with a client. It looks like it could fit into the trunk or back seat of a mid-sized car.

]]> By: Haroun http://boingboing.net/2009/10/04/portable-office-buil.html#comment-605067 Haroun Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-605067 Cigar leather? How many frigging cigars does one have to kill, skin & tan to cover something like that? Cigar leather? How many frigging cigars does one have to kill, skin & tan to cover something like that?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/04/portable-office-buil.html#comment-605082 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-605082 I want Lizardman's idea, complete with tips and tricks! I can haz how-to? I want Lizardman’s idea, complete with tips and tricks! I can haz how-to?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/04/portable-office-buil.html#comment-604827 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-604827 In the earliest days of vaudeville, W.C. Fields traveled with several steamer trunks. One was for juggling props and his "tramp" costume, one was devoted entirely to alcoholic beverages. In the earliest days of vaudeville, W.C. Fields traveled with several steamer trunks. One was for juggling props and his “tramp” costume, one was devoted entirely to alcoholic beverages.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/04/portable-office-buil.html#comment-605083 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-605083 the original stuff is much nicer designed and for the same price you might get something with collectors value (tho' not built for computers!) see: http://www.britishcampaignfurniture.com/ http://www.campaignfurniture.com/ http://www.amazon.com/British-Campaign-Furniture-Elegance-1740-1914/dp/0810957116 the original stuff is much nicer designed and for the same price you might get something with collectors value (tho’ not built for computers!)
see:
http://www.britishcampaignfurniture.com/
http://www.campaignfurniture.com/
http://www.amazon.com/British-Campaign-Furniture-Elegance-1740-1914/dp/0810957116

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/04/portable-office-buil.html#comment-604832 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-604832 A very Victorian item -should be filled with some sort of steampunkery. A very Victorian item -should be filled with some sort of steampunkery.

]]> By: BWChicago http://boingboing.net/2009/10/04/portable-office-buil.html#comment-604845 BWChicago Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-604845 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bargue%C3%B1o_desk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bargue%C3%B1o_desk

]]> By: thermidorthelobster http://boingboing.net/2009/10/04/portable-office-buil.html#comment-604873 thermidorthelobster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-604873 I can't see any consideration for stopping the little glass flask and goblet, and the stuff on the shelves, and for that matter the keyboard and mouse, from smashing up the nice glass screen on the Mac as you heave it into the cargo hold. I'd have thought some basic means of restraining the contents would have been high on the list of design priorities. Unless of course it's not designed for travelling at all, but simply for having in the corner of the room as a posing accessory. I can’t see any consideration for stopping the little glass flask and goblet, and the stuff on the shelves, and for that matter the keyboard and mouse, from smashing up the nice glass screen on the Mac as you heave it into the cargo hold. I’d have thought some basic means of restraining the contents would have been high on the list of design priorities. Unless of course it’s not designed for travelling at all, but simply for having in the corner of the room as a posing accessory.

]]> By: Pasketti http://boingboing.net/2009/10/04/portable-office-buil.html#comment-605155 Pasketti Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-605155 I'll take four of them. I’ll take four of them.

]]> By: Beverly Stayart http://boingboing.net/2009/10/04/portable-office-buil.html#comment-605157 Beverly Stayart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-605157 It seems impractical because of its size and may also be expensive. Vintage steamer trunks may be purchased relatively inexpensively at many antique stores. A vintage trunk could be outfitted in the same manner as this reproduction. It seems impractical because of its size and may also be expensive. Vintage steamer trunks may be purchased relatively inexpensively at many antique stores. A vintage trunk could be outfitted in the same manner as this reproduction.

]]> By: The Joey B http://boingboing.net/2009/10/04/portable-office-buil.html#comment-604905 The Joey B Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-604905 May you live to be a thousand years old! Nice, but like everything at Restoration Hardware, overpriced and largely unneeded. May you live to be a thousand years old!

Nice, but like everything at Restoration Hardware, overpriced and largely unneeded.

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