The working from home thread: tips and advice

OG sailing plimsoles !?

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The problem with anything like that is without socks they smell.

Think I'm going to stop procrastinating, do some work and live with my Lidl crocs until they die/move to flipflops in the summer.

If it's flipflops we're talking I've never met a pair to beat these for comfort- everyone who tries mine on instantly buys a pair. I've had them three years now (and live in them for 6 months of the year) and they show no sign of ageing/falling apart... https://www.thenorthface.co.uk/shop/en-gb/tnf-gb/mens-base-camp-ii-flip-flops-47aa?variationId=C5W

one thing to be said for crocs/croacalikes is the opposable strap which means they can either be super easily slid on/off like slides, or marginally more secured like clogs, which is actually quite useful.

Vans are doing a croc style slip on

..ha! Not really nice though indeed, plus they're rather expensive aren't they?

But I need something that can be also used without socks.

How about Birkenstocks?

Am I the only one who doesn't understand why you're all wearing shoes (or worse, crocs) at your desks?!

my flat is mostly wooden floors so it's grip as well as warmth, and I often use a standing desk so it's also comfort. Tbh I wore slides around the house before working from home anyway.

Makes sense.

Maybe I will find I have no choice but to join the croc addicts when I start using my standing desk

Any tips on isolating the noise of a laptop fan when doing audio recording? Even my OH's posh directional desk mike still picks up an annoying whine.

Trying to muffle the laptop is likely to reduce its ability to cool itself and in turn make the fan spin faster and louder. Easier to get USB & HDMI extension leads and put the laptop outside the room.

How much are you lot spending on house shoes/slippers? Or do you all expense them?

£140 (GOLF CUNT!), not expensed, worth it for the reduction in agony

If it's not going directly into specific software, your phone will do a decent job of recording audio.

2 squash balls cut in half to hold up the 4. corners of the laptop? Deaden the fan hum through the rubber and increase airflow.

I’ve had a condenser mic that did pick up a little background from a MacBook.

I've gone for standing on an old yoga matt folded over itself. Works pretty nicely, did not cost £140.

A bit of cable hell to sort out but my Flexispot desk is working well. Wasn't sure whether to invest or not until now but I'll be WFH at least a couple of days a week post-COVID so it makes sense.

Gonna get a nice leg tan in this sun

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Nice. I see the Tertial is becoming the lamp of choice for under £10.

I'm almost there. Work laptop has gone, monitor is mounted on a stand, but with Mrs GB using the desk a lot more I need to move my laptop back and forth and moving the power cable is annoying. Luckily a spare power cable is only £15 or so, so I can get one to dedicate to the underside of the desk.

I see a lot of workspaces with an anglepoise-type-lamp: what the benefit of that over turning the room light on? Less glare?

Adjustability.

I also have a 5000K bulb in mine which is good when I need to focus on some paper on my desk. Much easier to read with that than a warm (~3200K) bulb.

To be honest I never use the lamp. I think it's vestigial from my student days when I actually wrote stuff on pieces of paper.

But I do have a Gollum-like tendency to sit in the dark once the sun sets so it removes the barrier of having to walk over to a light switch

Good to get a bit of light on the desk behind the screen to ease the contrast between a light screen and a darker room

Have had a log cabin sat in the garden just bring used as storage, so have recommissioned it as an office, and pretty happy with it as a space, just needs a few finishing touches now.

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Aaaah that's amazing, I'm very jealous! :)

Im not 100% sold on the whitewashed walls, but my wife did it when she considered using it as a garden room, and I really can't face repainting it.

I need to insulate both the floor and ceiling before the winter, but can't face that currently, especially as it involves ripping up the floor, and there is no chance I can do that without causing mass damage. Considering putting a sanded OSB floor down afterwards.