And flour. Had to put my sourdough starter in cryosleep.
I had this exact same issue, but if you're willing to buy "pizza-packs" or "bread-packs" or whatever marketing they put on it. It's just flour + sourdough for a markup.
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#12Here, your phone video will be streamed and made available to your PC applications via WiFi. This is the easiest and most flexible way to do it.
Requirement - both your computer and your android phone should be connected to the same network with android connected via WiFi. That means you can either -
Connect both your phone and computer to the Internet using a wireless router. Or connect your Android to the pc internet using virtual router (Only for windows 7) Or connect your Android to the PC with a shared wifi network (needs rooted phone with ad-hoc networking enabled).
Install IP webcam app.
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#13And flour. Had to put my sourdough starter in cryosleep.
you can check with with https://centralmilling.com/store/#central-milling-organic
most of it's out of stock as of right now, but they're updating their stock every day. I was able to order a 25 pound bag of flour from them yesterday. Take a look in the morning and you may have some luck.
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#14And standing desks. I've been trying to source some for my business (to retail) and all of the cheaper models are sold out. The models we have been able to source are a harder sell at their price point. https://www.elementrelocations.com.au/work-from-home
Just an idea, would it be possible to use plumbing pipes or construction scaffolding instead?
I'm sure you could hack something together if you're not too worried about the design or long-term duribility. For us it's really just a side business right now to compensate for our main business not attracting many customers right now.
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#15Yeast. I haven’t needed yeast in years, recently I found a recipe with yeast I wanted to try and found out that, at least where I am in Germany, yeast is sold out.
I heard about the webcam thing from my boss, he asked me if he gave me a webcam years ago when I started remote working. He did, but it was in the attic and I had to go looking for it ;)
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#16And standing desks. I've been trying to source some for my business (to retail) and all of the cheaper models are sold out. The models we have been able to source are a harder sell at their price point. https://www.elementrelocations.com.au/work-from-home
Hi, I made my own standing desk using Ikea's LINNMON table (120x60)(cm) but you can pick your own tabletop and the adjustable OLOV legs (apologies for the caps). Total cost is around £€$75 (I am checking UK site). The annoying bit is that I cannot convert it easily. I need to remove everything from the table, turn it upside-down, change the length of the legs, and turn it back up. IKEA also has three "proper" standin…
The 'proper' IKEA standing desks you mention are all sold out here in Australia. I had a look at the OLOV legs but it looks like they only go up to 90cm.
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#17Yeast. I haven’t needed yeast in years, recently I found a recipe with yeast I wanted to try and found out that, at least where I am in Germany, yeast is sold out. I heard about the webcam thing from my boss, he asked me if he gave me a webcam years ago when I started remote working. He did, but it was in the attic and I had to go looking for it ;)
You can make your own yeast: https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/31/21199708/yeast-diy-baking...
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#18And standing desks. I've been trying to source some for my business (to retail) and all of the cheaper models are sold out. The models we have been able to source are a harder sell at their price point. https://www.elementrelocations.com.au/work-from-home
Monoprice is your friend. Single motors (cheaper) are OOS but dual motors and hand cranks are still available.
Couldn't be happier with the dual motor I bought a few weeks ago.
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#19It looks like you can take a Raspberry Pi (Zero variant or 3A+ should all work since they support gadget mode) with camera module and have it behave as a USB webcam. https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=148361
I haven't tried this, but will ask one of our team to give it a go and confirm - that would make a more affordable option around £40 or so.
Disclaimer: Co-founder of Pimoroni (Raspberry Pi re-seller)
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#20Sold out couple weeks ago in Canada, asked hackernews about apps that turn android phone into webcam. Two that worked fine:
iriun
droidcam
Turns out your phone's selfie / front camera and microphone is vastly superior to most laptop webcams. Grab yourself selfie tripod. Lots of compliments about picture and sound quality. Coincidentally WSJ covered this topic yesterday.