A Geek Goes Flying

I have a desk in my bedroom that started out life as a slab of GLASHOLM glass held up by a pair of ARTUR trestles , though each trestle was eventually replaced by a sturdy two drawer vertical filing cabinet (like this ). It’s not my preferred place to work but sometimes the dogs are there and it just fits, y’know? It doesn’t get higher end stuff the living room workstation gets, but it’s more than usable. It’s kind of a Ship of Theseus situation, pieces get constantly changed out - is it the same workspace? How it started (circa 2020)   Intermediate setup, with pole mount and 15.4" MacBook Pro The chair I settled on is the generally very comfortable and supportive Branch Ergonomic Chair ($370 brand new), to which I added a pair of Aloudy Ergonomic Memory Foam Office Chair Armrest Pads (which don’t work nearly as well on the Branch as they do on the Aeron, but, they’re still more comfortable than the stock arm rests, by far). There’s no dedicated computer for this setup, though a...

Redid my original KVM setup with a different KVM unit Swapped out the Dell U2412M for a Dell U2717D IPS 27" QHD Wide 1440p UltraSharp InfinityEdge Slim Widescreen monitor  ($300 used, I wanted the older display for the USB A ports etc., it’s just easier...). Had to pick up a USB 3.0 cable to connect to the KVM, to take full advantage of the new hub. Swapped out the SIIG Aluminum Mechanical Single Monitor Arm Mount for a dual arm version of the same thing ( SIIG Aluminum Mechanical Dual Monitor Arm Mount ) ($127), with a VIVO Notebook Adapter for VESA Monitor Mounts ($25) To use the now surplus 24" monitor, I picked up a VESA stand ($22), a Plugable USB 3.0 to DVI/VGA/HDMI Video Graphics Adapter ($39 used, $48 normally) and a Dell DVI cable . The Plugable adapter theoretically works with the Mac using a DisplayLink driver. As soon as my desk is clear enough to try it, I’ll report back. (Edit: Had to install the DisplayLink software ‡ (from the Downloads section of this ...