Haha, yeah yeah.  Well I have seriously thought about bringing in a decent LCD to use, so donations will be accepted.  :P

I probably have a dozen keyboards at home, but when you use the same one every day at work, you really start to get used to *that* particular one (at least I do).  So if I end up doing some coding in the evenings/early mornings before work, then I like to be just as productive as I am at my "day job".  

Well I'm hoping to start posting more and more on Ruby, but I need to spend a bit more time learning before I could have anything of value to post.

Heh - I HAVE a spare keyboard to carry from jon to job, but the joke is, I didn't have to with this job - on day one (almost 10 years ago) I got the exact same model from the supply room here - and have since picked up 2 more the company was going to toss - so now I have 3 (the original IBM keyboards)

I supplied my own mouse, scrouged my 2nd monitor, and paid for my own video card to drive it.  I've also got a few hundred $$$ in software tools of my own on the PC

@Derik,

Well yeah, I do have a decent widescreen laptop.  But the LCD pales compared to my 22" widescreen Dell LCD that I have at home.  :P

Unfortunately buying another Razer Tarantula & Copperhead would hit the wallet pretty hard.  So I guess for now I'll just tote it along with me.  :D

:-D

I just purchased 4 of the Microsoft Natural Keyboards. 2 for home, one for my wife's work, and one for traveling to client sites. (CompUSA was having a sale!)

I used to carry a Logitech natural keyboard around with me all the time too.

The Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 is the Cadillac of keyboards, and only $20, I have a stack of em for anyplace I sit down to code.  Although the Razer mice are expensive they are worth every penny, using any other mouse feels sluggish now, plus they glow.  "1337"

Unfortunately not every company sees it that way - on the first day of my current gig the MIS Director saw my ergonomic keyboard and informed me that non-company issued keyboards were not allowed, but that I might as well use it since "Security isn't going to let you out the door with it now."

Similarly, I've ended up buying my own licenses for software that helps me be more productive - like ReSharper - for the same reason: I consider myself a professional and these are all tools that help me do better work.