Is that an old G3 Wallstreet running OS X?

Yup - Sure is. You’re looking at the newest edition to the the Josh Oakhurst production arsenal.

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…Okay, its not really doing any sort of video production or pre-production - BUT! It is cool. I picked up this classic from a SportsHD alumni before I left Denver. This is a Series II Wallstreet (issued 9/98), running Mac OS X 10.2.4 (yeah, I know Jaguar sucks). This bad boy features an 8GB Hard Drive, 14.1″ screen @ 1024 x 768 rez, 67 MHZ BUS, 192 MB RAM, CD-ROM/ DVD-ROM Drive, and a 56 FREAKN’ k modem. Visit lowerendmac.com for a bunch of good info about, well…older macs.

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Moving on - I’ve finally got my “creative suite” (closet) setup and was compelled to share a little more about the technicalities of MY creative process.

Here’s where I slave to those wee hours of the morning. This is my creative den. It’s cozy - simultaneously respectable and modest at the same time.

1. Reading Materials - could be books, newspapers, magazines, or something I wrote long ago
2. Pens - gotta jot those ideas
3. Sticky Notes - sticky notes control my life
4. Notebooks - good sticky notes migrate here to be expanded upon
5. 900 MHz G3 iBook - good notebook notes are further sifted here in word, text edit, or Celtx
6. Samsung X495 Cellphone - helps get those ideas into action
7. Dual 2.0 (old school!) PowerMac G5 - my first love
8. AG DVX-100 (not A - also old school!) - my second love
9. 17″ Apple Flat Panel - damn those retina burning LCDs
10. 15″ Samsung CRT I Found On the Curb In The Rain Two Years Ago - still has great color
11. Onkyo Amp - It’s seen better days
12. 13″ Sony Reference Monitor - actually a consumer model but its dialed within 98%
13. JBL 2600s - Too big to stand upright - a project for another day
14. Cheap DVD Player - gotta test out those sample DVDs
15. 19″ Orion TV I Won In an Employee Contest 10 Years Ago When I Was Sacking Groceries - I’ve still never paid for a TV
16. Retired Lucid Notion Snowboard - now a great piece of inspiration
17. Retired Directing Hat - withstood the beginning and end of Trucker Hat fad (take that Ashton Kutcher).
18. Cork Board - great for reminders
19. Handmade Broken Skateboard - what do you expect? I made it out of pine in shop class
20. Said G3 Wallstreet From Above - just fun tinkering
21. Texas Instruments TI-85 Graphing Calculator - formerly used to store test answers, now great for figuring quadratic budget variations
22. Business Cards - you can never have enough
23. Repurposed Desk Materials - to call this “custom fab” would be bit too generous

Its starts with an idea - paper and pens and typing first - THEN cameras and computers second. For me, the fun gadgets are simply an extension of that proverbial pen - merely means to facilitate the storytelling.

Does this workspace look familiar to anyone else? I bet it does.