Three things you can't live without

[EC]

You can only pick three (in each category). What do they be?

Progams
Fonts
Colors
Things on your desk
Books
Food and/or Beverages
Songs
Distractions
Bookmarks
Other (remember, only three!)

[Ovaltine]

Quite (ie time w/God)
food/water
and Music

All else I do to attain these.

[amiart]

Progams ( Avant Browser, Illustrator, Photoshop)
Fonts ( Goudy Handtooled, Fritz, Times "Have to match fonts a lot")
Colors ( Green, Blue, White)
Books (The Good Book, Far Side, Dr. Axtlerod's guide to freshwater fish)
Food and/or Beverages ( Slurpee, Nacho's, Cashew's)
Songs (People are Strange, Born to be wild, Danger Zone )
Distractions ( Doodling, Pets, Gardening)

[danedawg99]

Progams: Firefox, Illustrator, Photoshop
Fonts: Bernhard Modern, Futura, Fontdinerdotcom
Colors: Blue, Green, Tan
Things on your desk: coffee, mouse, computer
Books: Ender's Game, Jurassic Park, Hitchiker's Guide
Food and/or Beverages: Pizza, Burgers, Beer (either Boulevard Wheat or Alaskan Amber)
Songs: No Shoes, No Shirt (No Problems) - Kenny Chesney, Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding, Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - Metallica
Distractions: GDF, PS2, Axis & Allies board game
Bookmarks: GDF, digitalwebbing.com, gmail

[chris_bcn]

Progams
Topstyle Pro
Firefox (web developer toolbar)
Fireworks / Photoshop (would have to keep one of them)

Fonts
Trajan Pro
akzidenz grotesk
avenir

Colors
blue
red
orange

Things on your desk
Chocolate
Squeezy Ball thing
computer and monitor (obviously)

Books
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
O'Rielly XAML (at the moment)
any Travel Writing

Food and/or Beverages
Toblerone
Vitamin Water
Red wine

Songs

Take me out - Franz Ferdinand
Besame - various
American Idiot - Green Day
Distractions

Bookmarks
http://veerle.duoh.com/index.php
http://del.icio.us/chris_bcn
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport

[Ovaltine]

HaHaHa! I miss-read. Thought 3 categories :)
Ok then:

Progams: Photoshop, all others are negotiable
Colors: Purple, Orange...
Things on your desk: note pads, calculator, double monitor setup
Books: Bible, haven't really had time to read much else since the boys were born
Food and/or Beverages: Water, Chocolate, Salads
Songs: "Watercolor Ponies" Wayne Watson, "Never Alone" Barllow Girls, "If" Bread
Distractions: City of Heros, Yahoo games, Spider Solitaire
Bookmarks: GDF
Other: My 2 boys, Kentucky, sometimes my Hubby

[EC]

Progams
Illustrator, Photoshop, Firefox
Fonts
Trade Gothic, Minion Pro, P22 Corinthia
Colors
Black, White, Salmon
Things on your desk
Lotion, Vitamins, Sharpies
Books
Web Standards Solutions, CSS Mastery, Bulletproof Web Design
Food and/or Beverages
Coffee, Diet Pepsi, Wine
Songs
Night Moves, Ain't Nobody, Pride & Joy
Distractions
GDF, MadTV, Treadmill
Bookmarks
GDF, Del.icio.us, Bloglines
Other
Peppermint Oil, Candles, Yahoo!

Edit: The above items are "things I can't live without at work" ... not in-general life things. Please note, I do have a life. Thank you. :p

[morea]

Programs: Illy, InDesign, and PS

Fonts: Futura, Tengwar Quenya, Goudy

Colors: green, blue, brown

Things on my desk: my digicam, my pc, and the little metal cat I can clonk people with if they yell at me

Books: Ender's Game, Dragonlance Chronicles, and my Bible ;)

Food / Drinks: pasta, chicken, wine

Songs: November Rain (Guns and Roses), Runaway Train (Soul Asylum), Nothing Else Matters (Metallica)

Distractions: GDF, Stan (my bike), game night

Bookmarks: Cornell Feline Health Center (http://www.vet.cornell.edu/FHC/), Famous Poets (http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/famous/poets.html), Jobster (www.jobster.com)

Other: cats, the great outdoors, friends

[JPnyc]

Programs -Maxthon browser, The Bat! email, Trillian IM
Fonts - _______. _________. and __________.
Colors- Purple, Black, and a color to be named later.
Desk Items -Monitor, Coffee Cup (filled), wireless earphone mic
Books- *looks up "books" on dictionary.com*
Food/Drink - Coffee, Pizza, Some booze
Songs - Don't Give Up, Peter Gabriel/Kate Bush, Exiles, King Crimson, and Book Of Saturday, King Crimson
Distractions- None of ya business! ;)
Bookmarks- 30 Jupitermedia forums and psycho-therapy-online.com
Other- My friends and family

[scotiarules]

Programs: Illustrator, Photoshop, FireFox

Fonts: Footlight MT Light, Formal 436 BT, Goudy Old Style BT

Colors: Pavo Purple Metallic, Pewter Grey Metallic, Metallic Black

Things on my desk: PC, Cds & more Cd's, Kids Hockey Trophies

Books: The DaVinci Code, Phoenix and Ashes, Cell

Food / Drinks: Strawberries dipped in caramel, Strawberry Shortcake, Lasagna

Songs: The Grace (Neverending White Lights), Somebody To Love (Queen), Levon (Billy Clippert)

Distractions: GDF, Spider Solitaire, MSN Messenger

Bookmarks: 5 day weather forecast, good tutorials.com, GoldenWeb.itFonts

Other: My boys, animals, friends

[urstwile]

Progams - InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator

Fonts - Berkeley Oldstyle, Helvetica Neue, Arnold Boecklin (for fun and ugly all in one font)

Colors - Red, Green, Blue :p

Things on your desk - Dinosaurs, Kaleidoscopes, scratch paper

Books - Jitterbug Perfume (Tom Robbins), Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck), Dictionary

Food and/or Beverages - Cheese, Pasta, Beer

Songs - Bach's Unaccompanied Cello Sonatas (okay, that's cheating a little), Lush Life (Johnny Hartmann version), Twisted (Lambert Hendricks and Ross version)

Distractions - Thoughts that pop into my head that I need to look up more about on the Interweb, back (as in "Baby Got..."), forearms

Bookmarks - Wikipedia, Salon, GDF

Other - Politics, Mythology, Music (as in playing guitar or singing)

[morea]

how the heck did I forget cheese?!? lol

[reuber1]

Progams: iTunes, Firefox, and Word...I guess (somehow, I'm living without CS2, but mooching off of school helps)
Fonts: Garamond, Franklin Gothic Medium, Gill Sans
Colors: Red, Black, Blue
Things on your desk: Laptop, Printer, Pencils
Books: Alphabet of Manliness, Sperm Wars, Caught Stealing
Food and/or Beverages: Brownies, Spaghetti, Peanut Butter & Jelly sandwich
Songs: Closer (NIN), Speaking in Tongues (Eagles of Death Metal), Broken Box (QOTSA)
Distractions: iTunes, GDF, People
Bookmarks: GDF, Destructoid, GorillaMask

[Mynock]

Water, oxygen, and food.

[Neballer]

Progams
Illustrator, Photoshop, iTunes
Fonts
Myriad Pro, Eurostile
Colors
Gray, Red, Blueish
Things on your desk
Nail Clipper, Digital Thermometer, Wireless keyboard
Books
Tao Te Ching, and whatever else I'm reading at the moment
Food and/or Beverages
Beer, Peanut Butter and Tortilla wraps, Ramen
Songs
I Wanna Make it Wit'Chu - Desert Sessions.
Benny & the Jets - Sir Elton John.
Arigato - STS9
Distractions
GDF, Biking, Blog
Bookmarks
Listamatic, onegoodmove.org, homestarrunner.com
Other
Bike and camera

[distruktor]

Progams
illustrator, photoshop, flash

Fonts
Helvetica, Din, Bell gothic

Colors
Pantone 314U
Pantone 416U
Pantone 398U

Things on your desk
my design book library, headphones, my graff dunny rabbit

Books
Mr Nice - Howard Marks, Wall and piece - banksy, Flash MX bible

Food and/or Beverages
Chocolate milk, toast, cheese

Songs
Dirty Harry - Gorillaz, Groove is in the heart - Deeelite, Bannana Pancakes - Jack Johnson

Distractions
Call of duty 2, trying to get 500 posts on GDF, day dreams

Bookmarks
www.designiskinky.com
www.howies.co.uk
www.thomasheatherwick.com

Other
Emma
Skating
Art

[urstwile]

distruktor,

I say you and I shoot for 500 posts by Friday. Wanna race? ;)

[distruktor]

lol...

dont think i stand a chance, i'd have to post with some furiosity :p

[captain spanky]

Programs
illy, opera, itunes

Colors
black, white, grey

Things on your desk
a picture of my bird/girlfriend, a picture of a monkey with saggy nipples, my mac & associated peripherals

Books
TerryPratchett - Mort, Reaperman, Colour of Magic

Food and/or Beverages
Vodka, Kung Po King Prawn, Crispy Beef in OK sauce

Songs
Moment - Chris Murray, Nothing Else Matters - Metallica & San Fran Orchestra ... and i can't decide between Speedway - Counting Crows or Shirakechimauze - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra

Distractions
photography, snorkelling/scuba, drinking

Bookmarks
TikiBarTV, GDF, higg.co.uk (my site.. sad i know but it keeps me going :))

Other
tuned/customised classic VWs, girlfriend, sun

[senjula]

Progams
Photoshop, email
Fonts
whatever looks good
Colors
black-red-green
Things on your desk
waccom tablet-coffee-phone

Food and/or Beverages
Perogies-Grilled Farmer Sausage-Peanut butter and jelly on fresh white bread.:)
Songs
Just what I needed (the cars) Disease (mathbox 20) Life in the fastlane (the eagles)
Distractions
camping- fishing- billiards
Bookmarks
GDF - Illustration Fridays- Weather Radar
Other
My kids!! My Hubby!! My Quiet Time!!!!:confused:

[Overlord]

Music! otherwise my world would lack intensity!

Books! otherwise I would lack knowledge!

Motorbike! otherwise I wouldn't be able to go really fast!

Programs! Illustrator, and InDesign otherwise i would get the sack LOL!:)

[Ghastly]

Programs: Illustrator, Photoshop, Compiler
Fonts: Arial, Gill Sans, Times
Colours: Black, white, grey
Things on desk: books, pen that works, pencil
Books: Textbooks, Reference books, 3D World mags,
Food/Drink: Biscuits, cup of tea, ASDA's pepperoni pizzas
Songs: Metallica (Enter Sandman), Ludivico Einaudi (Due Tramoni), Sairin Kata Tsubasa no Tenshi (One Winged Angel)
Distractions: Diablo II, 24, sleep
Bookmarks: GDF, PF, Wanadoo Email
Other: MP3 player, My good friend Sarah, Calculator

[rickself]

Programs: InDesign, Preps, Pitstop (ya, I know, I'm in prepress)

Fonts: Officina, Trajan, Adobe Jensen Pro

Colors: PMS 185, PMS 286, PMS 8006

Things on my desk: 3 Macs, 2 PC's, photos of my family

Books: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, various software manuals

Food / Drinks: Manicoti, Pha-Thai, Enchiladas (Darci's a chef, ya know)

Songs: Live Like You Were Dying, Tim McGraw; The Boxer, Simon and Garfunkel; Not Ready to Make Nice, Dixie Chicks

Distractions: Weekend yardwork, going for a drive, paranormal research

Bookmarks: GDF, MysticWorks, MyCatHatesYou

Other: Family, Max the Cat, 4 seasons

[colonel5]

Progams - Photoshop, iPhoto, iTunes

Fonts - Arial, Verdana, a serif font (can't decide)

Colors - (assuming we get to keep black and white and the variations since those are shades ;o) ) Red, Blue, Green

Things on your desk - coffee mug, water bottle, iMac

Books - bible, where the red fern grows by Wilson Rawls, adventures in missing the point by Brian McLaren & Tony Campolo

Food and/or Beverages - Chipotle, Vodka, Smithwick's

Songs - songs are too hard so I'll pick 3 artists I currently couldn't do without: Miranda Lambert, Jeff Buckley, Merle Haggard

Distractions - iPod, Xbox, Women

Bookmarks - http://www.twinsbaseball.com, http://www.mac.com, http://amazon.com

Other - the contents of my backpack (camera, laptop, etc), cell phone, my car (VW Passat)

3 things I could live without - James Blunt, The Religious Right, White Guys with peach fuzz mustaches who think they're black

[prewe]

Progams: Flash, Photoshop, Firefox
Fonts: Futura, Avantgarde, Arial
Colors: Black, White, Green
Things on my desk: Hdds, Pen, Glass of water.
Books: Die Trying, Soul Circus, By the Light of the Moon
Food and/or Beverages: Chili con Carne, Beer, Water
Songs: Danko Jones feat. John Garcia - Invisible, Evergrey - In Remembrance, Godsmack - Hollow
Distractions: Prison Break, Poker, Drinking
Bookmarks: GDF.com, Superstars.nu, Reklamfeber.se
Other: Snus (swedish tobacco), My DVD-player, My shower :p

[colonel5]

[b]Songs:...Not Ready to Make Nice, Dixie Chicks


I am really impressed by that song. my favorite line is

"I made my bed and I sleep like a baby, with no regrets and I don't mind sayin It's a sad sad story when a mother will teach her daughter that she ought to hate a perfect stranger, and how in the world can the words that I said, send somebody so over the edge that they'd write me a letter sayin that i better shut up and sing or my life will be over"

I heard the story behind that and I can't believe that someone would send them death threats, not that they are the smartest or most informed ladies in music but no one deserves death threats for sharing their opinion.

I'm definitely on their side in the battle of country music vs. The Dixie Chicks, though Counry Music (Music Row etc) has always gotten things wrong and been too quick to judge not really knowing what was good for them... and they missed out on a lot of popularity and money because of their snobby self righteous attitudes... Johnny Cash **cough, cough** Shania Twain **cough, cough** and now the Dixie Chicks, it's funny how the people that sell the most records take the longest for country music to come around on.

[Patrick Shannon]

You can only pick three (in each category). What do they be?

Progams (Final Cut Pro Studio, Adobe Creative Suite, iLife) (The suites technically count as "one" program, muahahaha)
Fonts (Gill Sans, Adobe Garamond, Futura)
Colors (black and red, nothing else)
Things on your desk (Computer, tablet, desk itself)
Distractions (XBox360, TV, girls)

[rickself]

"I made my bed and I sleep like a baby, with no regrets and I don't mind sayin It's a sad sad story when a mother will teach her daughter that she ought to hate a perfect stranger, and how in the world can the words that I said, send somebody so over the edge that they'd write me a letter sayin that i better shut up and sing or my life will be over"
Thanks for agreeing.
That is a VERY heavy statement, and the passion that she sings it and the music building to a crescendo, what a statement..."Don't you listen to my music and then tell me to shut up or I'll kill ya". It's EXACTLY the point she was making when she got in deep for criticizing George W.

[Craig B]

Progams: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
Fonts: Interstate, New Age (our corporate fonts) and um, Eras
Colors: Black, White, Red
Things on my desk: Digital Camera, Ruler and a lot of projects.
Books: The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho, Midnight Nation by J Michael Straczynski and Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Food and/or Beverages: Sushi, Goombay Punch, Mojitos (but they have to be good, mediocre Mojitos suck)
Songs: Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley, Bad News by The Eels and The Perfect Drug Nine Inch Nails
Distractions: My fiancée, GDF and anything that keeps me from working
Bookmarks: GDF, Apple.com, Pandora.com
Other: My Honda S2000, Shooting Pool, Jacob's Ladder (the movie)

[Jriddim]

Progams
Illy, Pshop, itunes

Fonts
Gill sans, impact, minion

Colors
green, brown, orange

Things on your desk
Laptop, printer, wacom tablet

Books
Transfigurations, the Dhamapadda, dictionary

Food and/or Beverages
Beef jerky, stacies pita chips, water

Songs
Stinkfist, Rastaman Vibration, know your enemy

Distractions
GDF, TV, people

Bookmarks
GDF, photobucket, myspace

Other (remember, only three!)
girls, beer, and other herbal substances:)

[G-Man79]

Programs: InDesign, PS and Illy

Fonts: Myriad Pro, News Gothic Std, Century Old Style

Colors: Pantone 286, 1797 and Black

Things on my desk: Picture of my wife and dog, The Dropper by MMW, pencils

Books: The Idea Indexes (Color, Layout and Idea)

Food/Drinks: Beer, Steak, Potatos

Songs: Last Goodbye by Jeff Buckley, Tear the Roof of the Sucka by P-Funk and The Wait by The Band

Distractions: GDF, Football and XBox

Bookmarks: GDF, Married to the Sea and The Drudge Report

Other: Livin', lovin' and laughin'

[Russian girl]

Progams - I can live without those easily
Fonts - The same about fonts
Colors - yellow, pink, blue
Things on your desk - Green tea, glasses, pen
Books - all books i love (Agatha Christi, Arthur Conan Doyle)
Food and/or Beverages - potatoes, macaroni, tomatoes
Songs - Otherside (RHCP), Wisemen (James Blunt), Sweet Harmony
Distractions - naughtiness, forums, magazines
Bookmarks - i dont have favourite ones haha
Other - my life (i can't live without it :p),my boyfriend:), my cat:)

[uncle carbunkle]

i didn't read this thread. i just read the title and got that ian drury song in my head:

"sex and drugs and rock and roll"

:D

[rickself]

^ ^ LOL, yep, my mind strayed that way at first, and kept straying and straying...gosh the '70's were rough!:D

[urstwile]

Things on my desk: 3 Macs, 2 PC's, photos of my family

5 computers? :eek:

[rickself]

Precisely spaced out so you get that even, George Hamilton glow in the dark skintone! (that's 5 in my work office, only 2 in my home office)

[urstwile]

Wow, and I thought having two computers in my office was overkill. They share the monitor and keyboard and mouse, however.

[rickself]

I'm in a 12x12 cell...um, OFFICE, with a U shaped desk along the outside walls. One computer at each of the 4 corners and one in the center of the bottom of the U. Then I just shoot back and forth on my wheeled chair. Add a flatbed scannerr and 3 network hubs, how the heck did I fit family pictures in here?

I AM the digital prepress dept here and process about 20 jobs a day. Gonna overstress someday, I'm sure.

[urstwile]

I'm in a 12x12 cell...um, OFFICE, with a U shaped desk along the outside walls. One computer at each of the 4 corners and one in the center of the bottom of the U. Then I just shoot back and forth on my wheeled chair. Add a flatbed scannerr and 3 network hubs, how the heck did I fit family pictures in here?

I AM the digital prepress dept here and process about 20 jobs a day. Gonna overstress someday, I'm sure.

Fer cryin' out loud! How do you find the time to post to GDF, or do you have a special computer all set up for that? :D

[rickself]

LOL!! I MAKE time for GDF. I use the pc that is the rip for the Epson 9600. I can minimize screens when someone is coming to slide my food tray under the door! Oh, wait a minute - I don't take lunch! No wonder my wife says I'm nuts.

[urstwile]

Do the ghosts ever come visit you at work?

[rickself]

HAHA, no, they're pretty much stay at home ghosts (I think)! Thank God!

[uncle carbunkle]

LOL!! I MAKE time for GDF. I use the pc that is the rip for the Epson 9600. I can minimize screens when someone is coming to slide my food tray under the door! Oh, wait a minute - I don't take lunch! No wonder my wife says I'm nuts.

i highly doubt that's the reason.

:D

[rickself]

i highly doubt that's the reason.

:Dhaha

Hey, WAIT A MINUTE!

[urstwile]

That's funny, especially if you say it in the Curly voice. :D