On the screen: Gentoo running Xmonad in simpleTabbed layout. Opera, emacs, terminal with Screen multiplexing 5 zsh terminals (emacs -nw, irssi, ghci, irb, guile at the moment), Xchat, Pidgin, Skype, and Quodlibet; all running mostly in separate full-screen tabbed workspaces.

Meatspace: a battered wooden desk I found in the trash years ago, and a similarly battered armchair missing most of its upholstery. The desk surface is hidden beneath ashtrays, coasters, coffee mugs. My cat peers over the monitor, half asleep.