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Maybe it's all the sitting I do, and maybe I've atrophied a few muscles, but I feel like I'd get tired pretty quickly..
I got an artist's stool. Instead of adjusting the desk height, I merely hop on and off the chair as necessary.
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But if the JERKER desk doesn't exist anymore, how did you copy+paste it from the website? ;)
How can you not capitalize a name like JERKER?
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I used an ikea adjustable desk. However, I really needed to keep your desk clean, because it was a manual adjustment. It became too much of a bother, but I am considering readjusting it as a standup desk again now that I'm working at home again. http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60111123
How does the adjusting work on this desk? Can you do it while your keyboard/monitor is on the desk surface or do you need to take everything off? Are their tools required or just something like latches?
I got an artist's stool. Instead of adjusting the desk height, I merely hop on and off the chair as necessary.
What stool did you buy? I've been wanting to do that but can't find a nice one.
I made an adjustable height desk recently, using the frame of a GeekDesk and a salvaged door: http://www.flickr.com/photos/psmith/4491882894/in/set-721576... The door is from a Habitat for Humanity ReStore. It was ~$25. I sanded, stained, and sealed it, and mounted it to the desk frame. The frame was $550 so not the cheapest solution but I love the extra space, flexibility, and plan to have it a while.
Here in Denmark motorized desks are the norm rather than the exception. I am always surprised when others speak of them as a curiosity. I tend to stand for about 25-50% of my time working. It really relieves the back to get up and shift around for a bit. Helps to burn a little calories too, during what would otherwise be sedentary office time. I also seem to work more focused when standing up. Finally, it is a lot ea…
They are the norm in all kinds of office work in Denmark, or among hackers/the type of people who would read HN? Very cool if they are widespread in all kinds of workplaces. Makes me a little jealous.
Here in Denmark motorized desks are the norm rather than the exception. I am always surprised when others speak of them as a curiosity. I tend to stand for about 25-50% of my time working. It really relieves the back to get up and shift around for a bit. Helps to burn a little calories too, during what would otherwise be sedentary office time. I also seem to work more focused when standing up. Finally, it is a lot ea…
They are the norm in all kinds of office work in Denmark, or among hackers/the type of people who would read HN? Very cool if they are widespread in all kinds of workplaces. Makes me a little jealous.
I built my own for $200. Mine has a treadmill underneath it too. http://blog.8thlight.com/articles/2010/2/25/walk-and-code
Large wooden drafting tables, and tall four-legged drafting stools (with foot-rest cross-bars, topped by a square seat sloping slightly forwards), used to fill many of the classrooms in the engineering school I knew many moons ago.
Alas, it mostly got 'updated' to standard tables and plastic chairs. But those unpadded high seats still strike me as healthier than hunching in a chair.
An old furniture store might have some around - a cheap alternative to expensive desks.