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A workplace is always more than a workplace. Take the case of NGEN, an eight-year-old computer services company off Dumbarton Street in Georgetown. By day, the ten employees come and go in their assignments installing and maintaining networks, hosting Web sites and designing databases.

By night the place is often a rehearsal hall for a rock band called Mobia's Trip, in which company owner Paul Hoffman plays drums. And around the clock, it's home to a cat named Claus. A favorite spot for a feline winter nap: the top of a warm printer.