Happy day! Finally, finally, after more than a year, I got a second monitor at work. The company is very sensible and progressive about most things but for some reason the standard setup only includes a single monitor. I think it may be because most of the developers who sit in the office are between projects, and those who have a project are mostly at the customers’ offices, using whatever equipment is there. In fact this is so non-standard that the desks barely fit two monitors.

Other important things on my desk:

A pad of sticky notes.
A Pilot gel pen. (Ballpoint pens are abominable.)
A “Red – Green – Refactor” TDD pyramid.
A mouse pad with wrist support. I’ve had it for so long that I can’t even remember when I got it. It, and the mouse on it, have been following me from office to office since 2008 at least.
A Valrhona chocolate bar.