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Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by noir_lord »

moonlighter wrote: post #122

I work from home full time and live on a Pier in the Hudson River right across NYC. My home office has a large solid wood workbench and a Herman Miller Aeron chair. There’s an iPad mounted on the wall running Status Board app showing some vital stats. All work is done on my 27” iMac, while watching the curious life of liveaboards in the marina outside and looking at the Manhattan skyline… https://www.dropbox.com/s/nh…

I like your desk, it looks like something I've had in my head for a while done using retired scaffolding boards :).

I also live on a river though my view is not as good as yours I do love been able to take a walk when I need to think.

Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by pedrocr »

joshka wrote: post #108
pedrocr wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting, thanks. I originally got a 4 drive QNAP but it's way too limited in terms of CPU, it couldn't keep up with rsync+ssh transfers. I ended up replacing it with a HP microserver and am very happy with it. So far 4 drives in RAID6 have been enough but it would be nice to have versions with more drives. I guess I could fit a 5th drive in the optical drive slot. Edit: I see that these Pro QNAP versions are actu…

I'm on a N40L and found that FDE taxed the CPU too much underneath a RAID 6 array to be useful. I've heard that the more recent models are CPU upgradable to CPUs with AES-NI. What sort of FDE R/W speeds are you seeing?

I don't use encryption. I just checked my munin graphs and the CPU sits ~90% idle, and this is on a N36L, I guess the newer N56L would be better.

It seems the newer generation has moved to Intel but still without AES-NI:

https://ssl.www8.hp.com/us/en/products/proliant-servers/prod...

It's not clear from what I've read if you can swap the processor out.

Why do you run FDE? How do you boot it?

Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by moonlighter »

noir_lord wrote: post #131
moonlighter wrote: post #122

I work from home full time and live on a Pier in the Hudson River right across NYC. My home office has a large solid wood workbench and a Herman Miller Aeron chair. There’s an iPad mounted on the wall running Status Board app showing some vital stats. All work is done on my 27” iMac, while watching the curious life of liveaboards in the marina outside and looking at the Manhattan skyline… https://www.dropbox.com/s/nh…

I like your desk, it looks like something I've had in my head for a while done using retired scaffolding boards :). I also live on a river though my view is not as good as yours I do love been able to take a walk when I need to think.

I bought that table in 1996 at Pottery Barn. It was ca. $800 then, but worth every penny. It’s nice and large and easy to move since the tabletop can simply be lifted off the wrought iron stands. Once a year I treat the wood with orange oil which makes it look like new.

Likewise, whenever I have (code)writers block I go or bike along the Hudson waterfront here. Love it.

Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by jeffbarr »

zura wrote: post #45
jeffbarr wrote: post #42

I use an Ikea Gallant desk. My main computer (home built Linux system running Windows via VirtualBox) sits underneath, and a large-screen Asus monitor is on top, as does my laptop. I try to keep the physical desktop devoid of non-essential stuff, but this is a losing battle. I also have a video projector directed at the wall in front of me. My office is full of books, plants, my LEGO projects, and other miscellaneous…

Jeff, do you work for Amazon from home?

Zura, I go in to the office twice a week on average. I try to pack those days with meetings and other things that are best done in person.

Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by anotherevan »

I just recently (i.e., last week) finally splurged and bought a motorised sit/stand desk. I've been wanting one for some time as I work from home full time and want to stand for part of the day.

Here is the new setup (in standing position): http://imgur.com/cgRoSUu

I just bought the frame and reused the desktop from my old desk. I was tired of using plastic boxes and phone books as monitor stands, and couldn't find good stands that had the height I wanted, so made my own using some wall-mount monitor/tv brackets: http://imgur.com/YwyRwVl

The window on the right looks out on the cat-run in the back yard (when the curtain isn't drawn) and that's a hermit crab tank on the left (which is currently unpopulated until I automate the humidity controls.)

Speakers and lots of kids photos are on a shelf that is currently behind the monitors, but can be seen when sitting. My back is to the door, so there is also a little rear-view mirror glued to that shelf to make it harder for the kids to sneak up on me. (Tying bells to collars worked okay with the cats, but not so well with the children for some reason which is strange as the cats are much more cunning.)

Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by FireBeyond »

https://whatimg.com/i/Rk8suJ.jpg https://whatimg.com/i/mISJVr.jpg https://whatimg.com/i/rdhPMY.jpg - this picture gives a better overall view.

Gallant corner desks - I've updated, since, to an iMac and Thunderbolt Display. I want to go to a more simpler set up with a better quality desk. Galant desks are nice, but I'm really wanting something with more texture, sturdier.

Take the time and invest in cable management. It makes everything so much better. On the other side of my office, what works awesome is an Ikea Expedit turned on its side - http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/images/products/expedit-shelving-u... - fits my two printers, Airport and a little rock fountain just perfectly. I've worked at home for coming up on seven years now.

Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by madhuprasanna »

mcgwiz wrote: post #69

Nothing special about my current home office (which consists of a desk in my bedroom), but back when I lived in Brooklyn, I had a makeshift standing desk with a nice view of Manhattan. http://www.scrambledbrains.net/2011/02/20/standing-desk-conf...

Feeling vertigo!

Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by Cacti »

moonlighter wrote: post #122

I work from home full time and live on a Pier in the Hudson River right across NYC. My home office has a large solid wood workbench and a Herman Miller Aeron chair. There’s an iPad mounted on the wall running Status Board app showing some vital stats. All work is done on my 27” iMac, while watching the curious life of liveaboards in the marina outside and looking at the Manhattan skyline… https://www.dropbox.com/s/nh…

Nice location.

Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by Void_ »

w1ntermute wrote: post #63
swah wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Its a great idea to use an Apple keyboard... for taking a picture of your workspace. Then back to the real keyboard. More seriously, I really wish any USB keyboard could be "converted" into a Apple Bluetooth keyboard (as far as the Mac knows) - they have great connectivity, battery life.

For the ultimate keyboard experience, get a mechanical keyboard. http://www.reddit.com/r/mechanicalkeyboards

I'm using both mechanical and MacBook built-in, and I'm not sure if I like mechanical better.

It's kinda cool to type on it, but the keys are just so huge, it feels like I'm using a typewriter. Using the Apple keyboard is the opposite, it's like I'm just slightly brushing the surface.

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