Indirect lighting for desk

[Saaby]

CPF! Long time no post.

I just moved into a new place and I'm finally getting my desk setup. Pic:

I'm trying to figure out how to light it. Ideally I'd like the desk to be awash in soft, indirect light. In the past I've done things like hang a desk-lamp from the wall with a full range CFL bulb installed, pointing towards the ceiling.

I'm thinking of doing something a little different this time and I'd love input.

I'm thinking of getting a set of these:
http://www.ledlightingkit.com/led4white.html

and mounting them pointed upwards so the light shoots into into some kind of cylindrical-reflector (Maybe a piece of PCV cut in half) and bounces down onto the desk area. I would suspend this miniature light tube above the desk.

I actually use a set of those at work, mounted to the back of displays and under a shelf unit, and I'm pretty happy with the level of light they put out.

Work setup:

The only glitch with the work setup is that it can leave the front of my desk a little dark, but I don't think that will be a problem here since all the light will be directed towards the desk (As opposed to shooting so much onto the wall).

 

[CKOD]

Looks similar to the "Dioder" strips from Ikea. They have white and 7-color RGB, which I use on the back of my desk aimed up for wall flood/ceiling bounce at night. Distribution box and connectors look slightly different but pretty much the same.

 

[Saaby]

Oh yeah, pretty sure they come from the same factory as the dioder strips. I've seen both in person, but not side by side, and the differences were indistinguishable to me -- other than these are $20 cheaper and these are 11 LEDs per strip, I think the dioder ones are only 9/strip.