I'm interested in hearing how you feel about this in a year.
Challenge accepted ;) http://imgur.com/8Citc I'll let you know.
Thanks :)
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#22I think this looks AWESOME, but I wonder if there are ergonomic issues with the height of the monitor. It LOOKS like it would be a bit too high up.
Have to agree. I'd get a very sore neck after a few mins with a monitor that high up. Apart form that, top job.
Given that almost everyone has their screens too low usually, I'm not so sure. Middle of the screen should be eye level if you sit looking to the horizon with a straight back, would be nice if it was vertically adjustable admittedly. The chair is a little low in that picture though for the height of the keyboard maybe.
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#23Is there enough legroom? I tend to unconsciously wrap my feet around anything within reach while I'm working, and not being able to do that actually kind of impedes concentration.
Haha. No there's totally not as you see it in the pics. I removed the black panel at the base which gives 8 nice more inches and a foot rest on the lip. I find my feet playing with the spring mechanisms for the pedals while I code.
Makes me think the pedals should be used for something. Shift and Ctrl maybe? ;)
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#24Years ago I recycled an old 8-ball table into a desk. Utilising a claw hammer to take off one side of the table rails, so as to be flush with the table surface. I threw away my mouse pad. Best table ever, it was amazing for FPS gaming.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Haha. No there's totally not as you see it in the pics. I removed the black panel at the base which gives 8 nice more inches and a foot rest on the lip. I find my feet playing with the spring mechanisms for the pedals while I code.
Makes me think the pedals should be used for something. Shift and Ctrl maybe? ;)
vim clutch? https://github.com/alevchuk/vim-clutch
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Have to agree. I'd get a very sore neck after a few mins with a monitor that high up. Apart form that, top job.
Given that almost everyone has their screens too low usually, I'm not so sure. Middle of the screen should be eye level if you sit looking to the horizon with a straight back, would be nice if it was vertically adjustable admittedly. The chair is a little low in that picture though for the height of the keyboard maybe.
Conventional knowledge says the top of the screen should be eye-level. Just google monitor ergonomics.
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#27Years ago I recycled an old 8-ball table into a desk. Utilising a claw hammer to take off one side of the table rails, so as to be flush with the table surface. I threw away my mouse pad. Best table ever, it was amazing for FPS gaming.
Any photos?
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#28Really nice. If he wants to spend more time on this, additional hacks would be: - hook up the foot pedal to a KVM or some kind of software switch to switch desktops/environments - put some speakers behind the 2 grills if it isn't done already - make one or both of the grills openable and attach a power strip in them so the power wires can be hooked up hidden inside instead of outside - cut out the flat part of keyboa…
- Nice! - If you look closely I have some speakers mounted to the underside of the front face. They are pointed down and reflect off of the surface of the desk (iMac style). I originally wanted to fit them inside the grills but space is surprisingly limited once you try to fit a speaker box in there. - Thanks! Been interested in better ways to hide the wires. - I imagine that could be very difficult to pull off. ;)
If you do number one, please for the sake of geekiness make the una corda pedal do something with the computer's volume.
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#29On a related note, the NY Times had an article this week about the rising number of pianos being dumped: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/arts/music/for-more-pianos...
yeah, I recently replaced my piano with an Williams Overture 88 ($500), midi out, headphones, weighted keys, sounds just like the real thing.
Nice! This was my first thought... digitize it! Didn't want to spend the cash for the keyboard though so it ended up being a desk. I would love to convert it into a digital keyboard one day.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Makes me think the pedals should be used for something. Shift and Ctrl maybe? ;)
vim clutch? https://github.com/alevchuk/vim-clutch
Yes! Yes, yes, yes. I saw this when it hit the front page awhile ago and have been waiting to stumble across the proper hardware to try it out. I love vim.