Home Office

[Jay]

On 6/19/2016 at 5:04 PM, 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

I am looking for a keyboard because I started a new job working from home and they sent me a laptop with docking station. The laptop is ok but they sent a $20 logitech wired keyboard and mouse. I figure I'll just throw that in the closet and go buy my own.

I've never used an ergonomic keyboard, I have just used the "ansi" type and Mac keyboards.

I'm a programmer so I use function keys and CTRL a lot, along with arrow keys, page up, page down etc.

How hard is it to get used to the layout of this keyboard with the left arrow key sharing space with the CTRL key and the other odd locations for page up, down etc?

[Make Angels Great Again]

Shameless brag. Built myself a new desk this last week. If you want something that will last this is the way to do it.

Went to lumber liquidators since they were having a half off sale on butcher blocks. Got a 36 x 72 x 1.5 carbonized bamboo top for 120 bucks. Cut it down to 26 x 65 and used the scrap to make a shelf for the monitor and speakers. Sanded down all the edges to round them all off (didn't want to use a router since I was afraid of taking off too much and exposing the underlying layers). Afterwards I sanded down the top and finished it with high gloss polyurethane for protection and that nice shine. Next time I'll have to try wipe on poly instead of a brush, I ended up getting a few bubbles in the finish that hardened up they got sanded down so you can't really feel them being bumpy or anything, but I notice it. The finish turned out great overall though.

 

Made a frame out of 1 inch steel pipe, primed it and spray painted glossy black with rustoleum to prevent rusting, and once it's assembled, holy cow is it sturdy. I can practically jump on it and it barely moves.

Forgot to take any pictures of the desk in its place with everything hooked up, but here is the mostly finished product:

[Stradling]

That's pretty awesome!  

[nate]

Clean your carpet man

[Make Angels Great Again]

Lol.

Been meaning to schedule a carpet cleaning with my apartment I've been in it for 2 years now.

[mrwicked]

On 7/26/2016 at 5:45 AM, Jay said:

I am looking for a keyboard because I started a new job working from home and they sent me a laptop with docking station. The laptop is ok but they sent a $20 logitech wired keyboard and mouse. I figure I'll just throw that in the closet and go buy my own.

I've never used an ergonomic keyboard, I have just used the "ansi" type and Mac keyboards.

I'm a programmer so I use function keys and CTRL a lot, along with arrow keys, page up, page down etc.

How hard is it to get used to the layout of this keyboard with the left arrow key sharing space with the CTRL key and the other odd locations for page up, down etc?

I've used ergonomic keyboards since i was a kid - my dad forced them on me because they are so much better for your wrists.

in a programmer too - it's awesome. prob wont take long to adjust, just suck it up and use it for a week and you'll be fine.

this is kind of the standard, the "microsoft natural ergonomic" https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Natural-Ergonomic-Keyboard-4000/dp/B000A6PPOK

but just this year they released the one i mentioned (the sculpt) as a replacement to the old "natural", im typing on it now. its awesome. and they pulled the number keypad off so you can put that in a drawer if you never/rarely use it. 

i have one at work and one at home. 

[Thomas]

I use ergonomic keyboards and they help. The ergonomic mice make a bigger different for me. Work started having me use the vertical mice. I wish they weren't quite so expensive but they really help.

https://www.amazon.com/Evoluent-VerticalMouse-Regular-Right-VM4R/dp/B00427TAIK/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1469738983

[Make Angels Great Again]

I bought one of these for myself for work. 20 bucks.

Works pretty well.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Wireless-Vertical-Ergonomic-Optical/dp/B00BIFNTMC/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1469812619&sr=1-2&keywords=anker+mouse

[mrwicked]

The mouse that comes with the Sculpt set is pretty nice and at an angle like that. It feels great.

Another smart thing is to get pads for your elbows, don't put a bunch of pressure on them all day or it'll f*ck up your ulnar nerve.

[nate]

For work I use the best mouse ever made. They got discontinued about ten years ago so I bought a box of 12.  Still have 8 left!

 

[red321]

22 hours ago, Thomas said:

I use ergonomic keyboards and they help. The ergonomic mice make a bigger different for me. Work started having me use the vertical mice. I wish they weren't quite so expensive but they really help.

https://www.amazon.com/Evoluent-VerticalMouse-Regular-Right-VM4R/dp/B00427TAIK/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1469738983

that seems to be a VR porn attachment more than anything else

[Jay]

@nate I had one of those ms mice, it was even yellow like that one.

[Blarg]

I use a Wacom tablet and pen at work. I tossed the mouse aside 10 years ago when I injured my elbow and had shooting pain down through my hand. I found that I use a click and drag function for most of my application work and clutching the mouse was killing me. The pen is less effort and allows for more fluid motion. 

[Jay]

On 7/27/2016 at 8:03 AM, Stradling said:

That's pretty awesome!  

@Make Angels Great Again yeah that's pretty nice.

[AngelsLakersFan]

On July 29, 2016 at 0:33 PM, nate said:

For work I use the best mouse ever made. They got discontinued about ten years ago so I bought a box of 12.  Still have 8 left!

 

LOL I have one of those sitting in a drawer. I bring it out whenever one of my wireless mice goes on the fritz.

[nate]

For some reason mouse designers started making the 4th and 5th buttons at the thumb position and they made them tiny.  This mouse is perfect because the buttons are big and easy to use and you can hit both of them quickly since they are thumb/pinky.

[Jay]

On 7/29/2016 at 11:43 AM, mrwicked said:

Another smart thing is to get pads for your elbows, don't put a bunch of pressure on them all day or it'll f*ck up your ulnar nerve.

This got me to thinking; I have an issue that comes and goes, I thought it was just tendonitis in the elbow but I suspect that it may be an ulnar issue. What kind of pads are you talking about, ones that install on the arms of the chair?

 

[red321]

I think this is your best bet

 

[nate]

On 8/30/2016 at 0:35 PM, Jay said:

This got me to thinking; I have an issue that comes and goes, I thought it was just tendonitis in the elbow but I suspect that it may be an ulnar issue. What kind of pads are you talking about, ones that install on the arms of the chair?

 

Do you feel it in your wrist?  Pinky and ring finger.

[Jay]

Not so much the fingers it's tender on the forearm down close to the elbow joint.

[mrwicked]

On 8/30/2016 at 10:35 AM, Jay said:

This got me to thinking; I have an issue that comes and goes, I thought it was just tendonitis in the elbow but I suspect that it may be an ulnar issue. What kind of pads are you talking about, ones that install on the arms of the chair?

 

i have these for my deck at home and at my office. $17 for a pair. 

https://www.amazon.com/jelbows-Ergonomic-Desktop-Pressure-Relieving/dp/B0195ZGOBE