How is your WFH setup?
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How is your WFH setup?
So figured since we were WFH, we should share
I am in the basement office. Supposed to be "our office" but it really is my space. Door closed, good background of bookshelf, neon dog light, some Charles Bragg art(google Mr. Tripod for an example), and lots of hats as my background for zoom meetings.
Have an old metal school desk that was my moms. Put a Varidesk ontop of it. Have the work laptop and mouse on the top shelf. Have the monitor, personal laptop up on that level. The keyboard and mouse for the personal setup on the lower level of the Varidesk. Feels like I am the keyboard player in an 80s band all day.
Window on the wall I am facing looking into the side yard. Basically I see a bit of a bush, some grass, my fence and the top of the neighbors house (which is supposed to get knocked down for replacement any day).
Have a great high back office chair that was purchased for a few bucks when my startup went out of business (office max not Herman Miller). Although right now I am going standing with with Varidesk in up position and amazon basic anti fatigue mat under my feet.
Wife is upstairs in the bedroom. She has her laptop and spare monitor on a card table that is on bed raisers to get the height right. Kids are all over the rest of the house.
I am in the basement office. Supposed to be "our office" but it really is my space. Door closed, good background of bookshelf, neon dog light, some Charles Bragg art(google Mr. Tripod for an example), and lots of hats as my background for zoom meetings.
Have an old metal school desk that was my moms. Put a Varidesk ontop of it. Have the work laptop and mouse on the top shelf. Have the monitor, personal laptop up on that level. The keyboard and mouse for the personal setup on the lower level of the Varidesk. Feels like I am the keyboard player in an 80s band all day.
Window on the wall I am facing looking into the side yard. Basically I see a bit of a bush, some grass, my fence and the top of the neighbors house (which is supposed to get knocked down for replacement any day).
Have a great high back office chair that was purchased for a few bucks when my startup went out of business (office max not Herman Miller). Although right now I am going standing with with Varidesk in up position and amazon basic anti fatigue mat under my feet.
Wife is upstairs in the bedroom. She has her laptop and spare monitor on a card table that is on bed raisers to get the height right. Kids are all over the rest of the house.
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Much better than when the cat threw it all on floor.
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Yeah, I got that hoax text too.
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I gained an appreciation for how durable iMacs can be.
To explain AB's comment, I reported to my home office last week and found it like this:
I heard a loud crash in my house around 1 a.m. one morning, but all I could was my cat who was very scared about something. I suspect she got tangled up in the cables dangling off the desk, got scared and then bolted and pulled everything to the floor. I rotated the desk to face the wall so she wouldn't be able to duplicate that feat.
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If you are required to work from home, be sure to ask your boss if you can therefore expense your home WiFi/internet expense. (I worked from home for five years and they picked it up.)
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I have a Macbook and a couch. Could use a mouse. Killing it anyway.
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If working from home requires an upgrade, or additional marginal costs, okay. Otherwise, if any of my employees asked me to pay for home WiFi that they already had, knowing the kind of difficulty we as a firm are going through because of the economic chaos, I would simply tell them to stop working from home. And stop expecting a check.
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I'm mostly with steve on this one. This hopefully will be temporary and the benefits of working from home (no commute, etc.) should be enough upside to not start picking nits.
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Giving my (small) staff $200 each, to cover/go towards their cell and internet bills for this month. Going remote as of CoB today. My new firm is nearly paperless (and that conversion will likely increase due to COVID). The new physical location is a smallish office, and my dad and I still plan to mostly come in and work in our separate spaces. That being said, I can work from my laptop and cellphone (thank god for voip!).
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If any of you business owners/partners are interested, my company is producing a webinar tomorrow to help small and medium sized companies cope with COVID related issues. No idea about the specifics of the content, but it should be open for non-clients if anyone is interested.
https://www.trinet.com/webinar
https://www.trinet.com/webinar
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Thanks! Signed up.The Sybian wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 2:16 pm If any of you business owners/partners are interested, my company is producing a webinar tomorrow to help small and medium sized companies cope with COVID related issues. No idea about the specifics of the content, but it should be open for non-clients if anyone is interested.
https://www.trinet.com/webinar
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I thought John Polson's name was John Poison, which would be a badass name.
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I've got the basement office as well. It's my main music listening area so have stereo and speakers in there. Have been working my way through some vinyl that I haven't listened to for years and watching some UK panel shows (8 out of 10 Cats currently) in between albums.
I've still had to go into work 2 of the 4 days we've WFH as there are some fucking Luddites that accessing a computer remotely is like splitting the atom.
I've still had to go into work 2 of the 4 days we've WFH as there are some fucking Luddites that accessing a computer remotely is like splitting the atom.
Did you see that ludicrous display last night?
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Went to the office this morning to get my monitor and docking station. Only to get home and realize that I didn't get the power cord for the docking station. Yay.
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in the basement ..three steps away from the couch and the big TV w xbox.. multiple monitor set up, Bluetooth everything.
probably could do a bit of reorganizing being as i'm not going out to the office or jumping on a plane anytime soon.
probably could do a bit of reorganizing being as i'm not going out to the office or jumping on a plane anytime soon.
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I need to buy a table, hopefully there hasn't been panic buying
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Starting tomorrow I'm working at the office every other day with my own parking spot. Woohoo.
On Wednesday I will figure out my WFH setup.
On Wednesday I will figure out my WFH setup.
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Ordered the Apple mouse. It sucks I think?
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Yesterday I ordered one of those headset/mic things for doing all the Zoom meetings that are going to happen over the next few weeks/months. I joked that if I add the short sleeve dress shirt, a skinny tie, a buzz-cut, and a 3 pack a day smoking habit I'll look like someone from Mission Control during an Apollo mission.
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On the plus side, I'm getting exercise running up the stairs every two minutes when my daughter is screaming that she has some sort of problem...
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I have an office with 4 TVs and a basement with 5 but none of it has been set up yet so I'm stuck at the dining room table for the time being
and wtf am I going to watch on 4 TVs in my office anyway at this point
and wtf am I going to watch on 4 TVs in my office anyway at this point
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We could stream some Madden drafts?Brontoburglar wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 11:01 am I have an office with 4 TVs and a basement with 5 but none of it has been set up yet so I'm stuck at the dining room table for the time being
and wtf am I going to watch on 4 TVs in my office anyway at this point
he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
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I am all-in on thisRyan wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 11:05 amWe could stream some Madden drafts?Brontoburglar wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 11:01 am I have an office with 4 TVs and a basement with 5 but none of it has been set up yet so I'm stuck at the dining room table for the time being
and wtf am I going to watch on 4 TVs in my office anyway at this point
also all-in on madden 14 and ncaa 14 franchise simulations with draft classes added from ncaa 14
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Pretty sure MLB The Show is bringing back online leagues this year
he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
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Killing me. And before that happens I will murder my wife who does nothing to help and yet wants to do fun stuff after I've ignored my practice for hours on end.The Sybian wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 9:14 am On the plus side, I'm getting exercise running up the stairs every two minutes when my daughter is screaming that she has some sort of problem...
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By the way, your story about Michael Irvin/DeAndre Hopkins/Bill O'Brien is nuts. O'Brien is a piece of shit if he compared Hopkins to Aaron Hernandez.Brontoburglar wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 11:01 am I have an office with 4 TVs and a basement with 5 but none of it has been set up yet so I'm stuck at the dining room table for the time being
and wtf am I going to watch on 4 TVs in my office anyway at this point
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Link? too lazy/busy to lookSabo wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 11:17 amBy the way, your story about Michael Irvin/DeAndre Hopkins/Bill O'Brien is nuts. O'Brien is a piece of shit if he compared Hopkins to Aaron Hernandez.Brontoburglar wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 11:01 am I have an office with 4 TVs and a basement with 5 but none of it has been set up yet so I'm stuck at the dining room table for the time being
and wtf am I going to watch on 4 TVs in my office anyway at this point
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Working from a 20 year old lazy boy in the basement. Wife is on the first floor. Kids are all over the place.
If you are on as many zoom calls as I am you may want to try out the virtual background
If you are on as many zoom calls as I am you may want to try out the virtual background
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Wrong thread I'm guessing?
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Nope. Just didn't quote Syb when he asked for the link.
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I think I'm gonna be buying that for the first time in like 5 years
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Oh, didn't read far enough up. Carry on.
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Been doing it going on seven years now so I was already setup. That's the corner of a TV in the upper left
I would like expensive whiskey.
We only have beer & wine...
What am I, 12?
We only have beer & wine...
What am I, 12?
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My picture within your picture...total Inception moment. Mind blown!
I would like expensive whiskey.
We only have beer & wine...
What am I, 12?
We only have beer & wine...
What am I, 12?
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I work from home all the time. Here's my office manager -
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