(Fairly) soundproof room; lots of lamps, none too bright; Aeron chair; new desk designed by Kate Courteau (the architect who designed the YC offices), with a steel frame and butcher-block top; Macbook Air; bluetooth mouse; 23" Apple monitor; a bunch of terminal windows running either vi or the Arc toplevel or tail -f of some server log; Firefox windows with Gmail, HN, and localhost; cup of tea; UHU tac earplugs (disengaged); postcard of smiling Wodehouse, age 92, with dachshund.