Cool project, but not brutalist
Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)
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Re: Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)
#82Oh man... I've never worked with concrete, but I would love to make a desk stand that looked like a little montréal métro station. They're all rather brutalist, and have flat tops haha https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Station_Radisson_Met...
yeah i really want to try and make something like this. I was thinking of getting some spraypaint and making it look like part of it had been tagged with graffiti. Maybe one edge is broken so it looks like something I just found. I don't have the faintest idea of architecture styles, just thinking what would look cool and contrast with polished, refined, technology like a macbook or something.
Re: Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)
#83Should have stolen a broken piece of concrete off a street and repurpose it to be a laptop stand. At least that would be authentic, and contributing to urban decay at his location.
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#84Can't say I'm heavy into brutalist architecture and then sit on an Ikea chair
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#85This man poured concrete around a power strip, chemically aged copper with ammonia, rusted rebar with peroxide, faked a damaged cable for vibes, and vibrated out the air bubbles with a dildo. This is the most unhinged and delightful Show HN I've ever seen.
Re: Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)
#86This is cool. It's not for everyone and probably very heavy.
But I love the hacker feel of it.
Re: Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)
#87Related: Anyone know where to get that kind of keyboard in the photo? Specifically, where the number pad and arrow keys are on the left? I've been looking and looking, but the best I can find is using a narrow keyboard with a separate number-pad only keyboard on the left. I'm in the US. (It's better for your right shoulder to keep the mouse closer to your body like in the picture.)
Personally I just switched to TKL keyboards (no numpad). While I did use it occasionally, it wasn't often enough to feel inconvenienced without it... All the buttons are still there after all, and if I'm already at home row, it isn't any slower.
May be worth considering too, especially if you're looking for a good keyboard with eg magnetic switches vs shitty rubberdome
Re: Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)
#88This looks pretty funny paired with a sleek fancy MacBook though.
You need a proper Soviet-esque workstation of a laptop to sit on that concrete block - go get yourself a nice, chunky ThinkPad T530.
Re: Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)
#89And while at it… Why not a concrete laptop case?
Re: Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)
#90Related: Anyone know where to get that kind of keyboard in the photo? Specifically, where the number pad and arrow keys are on the left? I've been looking and looking, but the best I can find is using a narrow keyboard with a separate number-pad only keyboard on the left. I'm in the US. (It's better for your right shoulder to keep the mouse closer to your body like in the picture.)
Yeah I would suggest you stick some wood on your left side of your current keyboard, for a few days to see if you can adapt... I always used that space as a resting place, so having it occupied totally broke my flow.
(If I needed a numpad I would have it standing alone.. those are easy to find)