A nice thank-you to the guys at CNN for running the story of my cubicle on their evening news and on their homepage.  Wasn't expecting it but it was a nice kudo:

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-33852

Here's a fun article about the benefits of plush carpeting to complete my Extreme Cubicle Makeover:

 http://carpetology.blogspot.com/2008/08/carpet-for-your-tent-carpet-for-your.html

"Don't you agree that high design such as this in the workplace, particularly in a cubicle, can only elevate, enhance and improve?  I do have one suggestion. A larger rug. For that matter, what about wall-t0-wall carpet for this cubicle? It would add to the richness of the experience, help absorb unwanted noise from neighboring cubicle mates and generally enhance the work environment." - Christine Whittemore, Director of In-Store Innovation for Solutia's Wear-Dated carpet fiber.

 If you examine the percentage of time you spend conscious and where you spend it, you may start to realize that a vast majority of your time is spent boxed up in a cubicle at work.  Yes, the universalist cubism that runs rampant throughout the first five pages of CIO magazine which extols the virtues of "open space" and "group-think" and (shudder) "egalitarianism" sounds fine... but that's only what they tell you to try to sell you on the idea that your hamster cage doesn't come with a wheel.  The reality behind the scenes is the "productivity-thought-hours-per-square-inch-per-cost-center-dollar-spent-per-revenue-dollar-made" discussion that inevitably happens between the CFO and the CIO as they plan where to stuff all of the worker bees is what it's truly about.  Lower costs, higher revenue... at the expense of the hamster.

There is nothing more emblematic of capitalism than the modern IT department yet there is nothing more socialistic than a cubicle farm.  This dichotomy is exposed to its greatest extreme with my new project:  The Red Mahogany Luxury Paneled Cubicle with Dark Cherry Hardwood Floors. 

In an era of socialized information technology, there is the opportunity to re-capitalize the space and demonstrate that originality trumps equality, that shoving capitalists into socialist boxes only create unhappy socialists, and red mahogany generally kicks ass...