I really like my Ikea Jerker desk. It has two high shelves and three swiveling shelves for the monitor, printer and scanner. This keeps everything to hand and tidy. I was even considering getting an extra shelf for possible recording equipment. I just went to check on the carrying capacity and found that the Jerker is not to be found on their site! There's something called the Fredrik, but there's no mention of extra shelves. I see that others have noticed. No doubt the seond-hand value of Jerkers will now rocket. How many other pieces of office furniture have a shrine?

I may pop to the Ikea near work to see if they have any old stock that I can grab. I also need to ask if they will ever have their Benno CD shelves in oak finish again. I bought a couple along with some matching bookshelves for my study, but need a couple more to handle the expanding collection and fill up a wall. Unfortunately it seems that finish was taken off the catalogue due to some production problems. I was told it would be back soon, but it's still not on the site. It would be a shame to have to get some that didn't match.

This whole Ikea episode started when I wanted to check if the Jerker shelves could support an HP 2600n Colour Laser. Our old Canon i455 inkjet seems to have clogged black nozzles, so I was looking at the options. Colour lasers have got very cheap now. I'm not so bothered about printing lots of photos, but the kids will want colour prints. This model can also work on a network, which may become more important at some stage. There seems to be a driver for it, but it's not mentioned over at Turboprint. There are a couple of other printers in the same price range so I will see which has the best support.