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Re: Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

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Post by mindslight »

nottorp wrote: post #118
mindslight wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The rest of the desk is for things and papers being worked on. Or more realistically, piles of "do this real soon". But to me the real point of a TKL (87%) is to avoid having a dead space between your right typing hand and the rodent. If I were the type of person who wanted a numpad, I'd get a separate one and either put it to the right of the rodent, or to the left of the main keyboard. But what I really want is mor…

> is to not put a dead space between your right typing hand and the rodent I suppose it depends on what the work is and your style. I tend to drive my IDEs from the keyboard. That of course means I want my PgUp PgDown Home End full size and not cramped. The mouse is for circle strafing and then my right hand stays on the rodent.

TenKeyLess / 87% refers to keyboards missing the numpad, but otherwise full size. For example, I'm typing this from a Coolmaster Novatouch. The gap between Backspace/Insert and F12/PrintScr might be a little narrower on this particular model? But otherwise it's a standard size keyboard, just missing the numpad. And If anything, the lack of the numpad makes PgUp PgDown even easier to register to, as they're right at the edge.

Re: Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

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Post by HeyLaughingBoy »

mxfh wrote: post #59
evanjrowley wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There really is no precise name for these. Source: A technology hoarder who has too many shelves like this full of junk. Edit: I stand corrected by @bobson381 I have several of these under the Gorilla Rack brand name and they're sold as Industrial Shelving Units . Home Depot in the US also sells these under the Muscle Rack and Edsal brands. These shelves are good, but I caution against using them in rooms with uneven…

Why not some finished birch plywood for surfaces you work on? I get worried about my wrists just looking at that particle board.

The desk I'm typing this on is a 2x4' sheet of birch plywood screwed to a TV cart (it's the perfect height for my Steelcase chair). The edges are just as unfinished as that particle board, but haven't caused me any problems in 4 years of use.

Re: Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

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Post by catskull »

brunohaid wrote: post #22

Oh, didn't think that'd make it to the front page, appreciated! OP and builder here. The website was purely because a friend and I were looking for design work during lockdown and put together a couple of things we recently worked on, but basic design and build was a fun ~6 months solo project. We had a good discussion on https://www.reddit.com/r/architecture/comments/1mlo6hu/tryin... over the weekend with more detai…

Was the decision to not support reader mode deliberate or accidental?

Re: Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

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Post by FirmwareBurner »

rideontime wrote: post #44
FirmwareBurner wrote: post #28

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>It's not foolish. It is all about fooling the viewer. Like for example seeing some run down old buildings in US or Eastern Europe will make people scoff, but if you show them similar looking run down buildings in South Mediterranean Europe or Japan they will be in awe. It's about perception. >Design is subjective No it isn't. Just like art and people's appearances, there's unanimously objective on what's beautiful a…

Which redesigned Pepsi logo are you referring to here? The one with the legendary design document[0] lasted from 2008 to 2023. [0] https://www.goldennumber.net/wp-content/uploads/pepsi-arnell...

You posted the same link I did. Did you read my comment before commenting?

Re: Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

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Post by nottorp »

nottorp wrote: post #118
mindslight wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The rest of the desk is for things and papers being worked on. Or more realistically, piles of "do this real soon". But to me the real point of a TKL (87%) is to avoid having a dead space between your right typing hand and the rodent. If I were the type of person who wanted a numpad, I'd get a separate one and either put it to the right of the rodent, or to the left of the main keyboard. But what I really want is mor…

> is to not put a dead space between your right typing hand and the rodent I suppose it depends on what the work is and your style. I tend to drive my IDEs from the keyboard. That of course means I want my PgUp PgDown Home End full size and not cramped. The mouse is for circle strafing and then my right hand stays on the rodent.

> The mouse is for circle strafing and then my right hand stays on the rodent.

Hmm do the newer 4x games still allow unit movement from the numpad? Of course with a hex map you don't have enough directional keys on there, but it could probably be done.

Don't have any Civ installed atm so I can't check easily.

Re: Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

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Post by gruturo »

nottorp wrote: post #118
mindslight wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The rest of the desk is for things and papers being worked on. Or more realistically, piles of "do this real soon". But to me the real point of a TKL (87%) is to avoid having a dead space between your right typing hand and the rodent. If I were the type of person who wanted a numpad, I'd get a separate one and either put it to the right of the rodent, or to the left of the main keyboard. But what I really want is mor…

> is to not put a dead space between your right typing hand and the rodent I suppose it depends on what the work is and your style. I tend to drive my IDEs from the keyboard. That of course means I want my PgUp PgDown Home End full size and not cramped. The mouse is for circle strafing and then my right hand stays on the rodent.

In both this comment and the previous one you describe issues which do not exist on a TenKeyLess keyboard. You must be confusing TKL with other layouts.

On a TKL setup, the arrow keys are not cramped, they're full size and precisely where they're supposed to be.

The PgUp PgDown Home End (and Ins-Del, since that's the rest of that 6-key block) are full size and not cramped, and also precisely where they're supposed to be.

Re: Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

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Post by evanjrowley »

HeyLaughingBoy wrote: post #123
mxfh wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why not some finished birch plywood for surfaces you work on? I get worried about my wrists just looking at that particle board.

The desk I'm typing this on is a 2x4' sheet of birch plywood screwed to a TV cart (it's the perfect height for my Steelcase chair). The edges are just as unfinished as that particle board, but haven't caused me any problems in 4 years of use.

Are you planning on keeping this setup, or migrating over to something else?

The 4' width seems to be the biggest drawback with shelf-to-desk conversions like this. Dual monitor setups featuring screen sizes beyond 24" commonly require more than 4' width.

Re: Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

#129

Post by rideontime »

FirmwareBurner wrote: post #125
rideontime wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which redesigned Pepsi logo are you referring to here? The one with the legendary design document[0] lasted from 2008 to 2023. [0] https://www.goldennumber.net/wp-content/uploads/pepsi-arnell...

You posted the same link I did. Did you read my comment before commenting?

No, I posted a direct link to the design document. Did you check to see how long that logo was in use before claiming that it was "short lived"?

Re: Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

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Post by HeyLaughingBoy »

evanjrowley wrote: post #128
HeyLaughingBoy wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The desk I'm typing this on is a 2x4' sheet of birch plywood screwed to a TV cart (it's the perfect height for my Steelcase chair). The edges are just as unfinished as that particle board, but haven't caused me any problems in 4 years of use.

Are you planning on keeping this setup, or migrating over to something else? The 4' width seems to be the biggest drawback with shelf-to-desk conversions like this. Dual monitor setups featuring screen sizes beyond 24" commonly require more than 4' width.

No plans to change: it works perfectly with my 27" monitor. Doubt that I'll ever want a larger one.
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