Home Office

[nate]

I actually usually don't work at this desk just because there are too many distractions but after work this is my setup.

 

Edited February 22, 2016 by nate

[Adam]

Where do you keep your jerkoff rag?

[nate]

behind the phone

[Guest]

nice macbook

[Schildog]

did you know office home is an anagram of home office?

[halobob]

Where do you keep your jerkoff rag?

The most important part of the home office.

[Blarg]

Ok, my 2 cents.

 

You need to back light those monitors before you burn your eyes to a crackly crunch. Paint the walls neutral grey and hit it with about 550-600K of even light so it doesn't alter your color perception. And WTF is with all those ugly cables I see? I thought you were a video/audiophile? You can have cables dangling everywhere.

[nate]

I accept your scorn about the cables.  Management has been tough.  I have power strips mounted on the back panel of the desk but it doesn't really matter, need to run them through the wall to make it look clean.  Part of the problem has been that the TV only has two HDMI inputs and I keep switching between stuff.  I should get an HDMI AB switch to take care of it, just haven't.

 

For lighting, that is a big tougher, it was overcast today otherwise the brightness is fine.

[Blarg]

Mostly concerned about your corneas not getting the equivalent of plasma screen burn in. One of the problems a lot of editors suffer with and not realize the eye strain of having so much focused light in dark rooms. Back lighting the walls can reduce the eye strain and headaches. Everything else is aesthetics like a properly placed I'd Rather Be Fishing macramé.

[Stradling]

Is that an x-wing fighter?

[nate]

yes.  my daughter made it

[mrwicked]

get rid of that keyboard man!

that is carpal tunnel or cubital tunnel waiting to happen. same with the one on the macbook.

[nate]

Are you talking about my glorious Logitech G910?  Not a chance!

[mrwicked]

On 6/17/2016 at 1:43 PM, nate said:

Are you talking about my glorious Logitech G910?  Not a chance!

ha. toss it man! your wrists will thank you.

i've had the microsoft natural keyboard for ages at home and work, i get a new one every couple years if they get gnarly (wireless 7000 or wired 4000, doesnt matter). they have been the best for the last decade.

but last week i picked up their successor, the sculpt. typing on it now. it's so badass. they pulled the lame numeric keypad off. highly recommend! its $130 at fry's but they will price match to $76 from amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-L5V-00001-Ergonomic-Wireless-Keyboard/dp/B00CYX54C0

[nate]

30 minutes ago, mrwicked said:

ha. toss it man! your wrists will thank you.

i've had the microsoft natural keyboard for ages at home and work, i get a new one every couple years if they get gnarly (wireless 7000 or wired 4000, doesnt matter). they have been the best for the last decade.

but last week i picked up their successor, the sculpt. typing on it now. it's so badass. they pulled the lame numeric keypad off. highly recommend! its $130 at fry's but they will price match to $76 from amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-L5V-00001-Ergonomic-Wireless-Keyboard/dp/B00CYX54C0

Wireless + not mechanical = bad for gaming.

[Brandon]

lol.

I picture Nate with one of those gaming chairs while playing World of Warcraft.

 

[mrwicked]

1 hour ago, nate said:

Wireless + not mechanical = bad for gaming.

ah, fair enough. yeah i dont do gaming.

 

[mrwicked]

1 hour ago, Eddie said:

lol.

I picture Nate with one of those gaming chairs while playing World of Warcraft.

 

my buddy started a company to sell something similar. i was one of their advisors.

pretty cool, http://altwork.com/

[nate]

I made a chair for racing games a few years back.

Plus I figure repetitive stress is way worse on mobile devices which is what everyone else uses.  My work keyboard is ergo.

The thing I made is almost identical to this.  It is in pieces in the basement right now.

[Brandon]

51 minutes ago, mrwicked said:

my buddy started a company to sell something similar. i was one of their advisors.

pretty cool, http://altwork.com/

I think this thing is already huge, no? I constantly see it in ads and hear people talking about it.

 

[nate]

1 hour ago, mrwicked said:

ah, fair enough. yeah i dont do gaming.

 

The keyboard you see on the desk is just for my gaming PC which is only really used for gaming and posting on AW.  I don't game that much anymore unfortunately because adulthood sucks.

[mrwicked]

3 hours ago, Eddie said:

I think this thing is already huge, no? I constantly see it in ads and hear people talking about it.

 

yeah they are doing great!

[Thomas]

On 6/19/2016 at 8:11 PM, nate said:

I made a chair for racing games a few years back.

Plus I figure repetitive stress is way worse on mobile devices which is what everyone else uses.  My work keyboard is ergo.

The thing I made is almost identical to this.  It is in pieces in the basement right now.

If I had the space...

[nate]

Just now, Thomas said:

If I had the space...

I can't remember exactly how much it was but it was cheap and just took a few hours to build.  I got a Recaro racing seat out of a car at the junk yard for like $25 and already had the wheel and used a 40 inch TV.  The one thing I don't have is the speaker setup.  I never got around to it.

[Thomas]

I'm really hoping VR makes the simracing setup easier.