More changes in Spare Oom
Oct. 15th, 2022 05:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jon_chaissonI mentioned this a little bit on yesterday's Welcome to Bridgetown, in which we're shifting many things around on the pretense of getting a cat (!!) -- moving potential cat toys that shouldn't be such to higher shelves, moving plants elsewhere so they're not eaten or knocked over, and so on. We do not have said cat as of yet, but the adoption application has been sent in (the agency's name is Fuzzy Butt Rescue, heh) and we are awaiting a response at this time. Yay for potential cat!!
I have also just inherited a second monitor for Spare Oom from A, which is a first. I never had one here mainly due to lack of space during my Work From Home years. My main monitor has always been, and still is, parked at an angle at the left corner of the desk, mainly to give myself a bit of normal non-PC workspace and keep the wall behind it open for my whiteboard schedule and other things. The only real problem was maybe a bit of shoulder and elbow ache from using the mouse in a slightly elevated and odd position.
Now that I have the monitor plugged in, however, I'm suddenly noticing what I've been missing. Repositioning the speakers further apart and facing them straight on instead of at the 2:00 position is finally letting me properly listen to music, and I can tell the difference. Weird but true! My posture is also so much better, sitting normally in a chair instead of leaning to the right. I've lowered the chair armrests so my shoulders aren't hunching. And yes, I've enlarged the browser to 125% so I can read from a decent distance.
So what's the new layout? Well, the original monitor is still in the same place. The mouse and pad is now to the right of the new monitor, next to the small legal pad. I've moved my pen holder to that spot behind it that's always been empty (A does the same thing, she says, because her pen holder is a mug and has had many a pen-in-coffee incident). The speakers are now at the edges of the second monitor and slightly angled towards my position. The Media Monkey platform will stay on the older monitor alongside some of the other media things, but the internet browsers and MS Word are now front and center on the new one. So much room to work with!
There are still a few adjustments to be made. The word-a-day calendar will need a new spot somewhere, the whiteboard schedule will need to be shifted up at least a foot, and a few of the wall decorations will need moving, but those are easy changes. I'm thinking maybe even getting a cheap foot rest like the one A has so I'm not putting my feet in weird positions like I am now.
Yeah, I know, silly thing to get excited about, right? Heh.
I have also just inherited a second monitor for Spare Oom from A, which is a first. I never had one here mainly due to lack of space during my Work From Home years. My main monitor has always been, and still is, parked at an angle at the left corner of the desk, mainly to give myself a bit of normal non-PC workspace and keep the wall behind it open for my whiteboard schedule and other things. The only real problem was maybe a bit of shoulder and elbow ache from using the mouse in a slightly elevated and odd position.
Now that I have the monitor plugged in, however, I'm suddenly noticing what I've been missing. Repositioning the speakers further apart and facing them straight on instead of at the 2:00 position is finally letting me properly listen to music, and I can tell the difference. Weird but true! My posture is also so much better, sitting normally in a chair instead of leaning to the right. I've lowered the chair armrests so my shoulders aren't hunching. And yes, I've enlarged the browser to 125% so I can read from a decent distance.
So what's the new layout? Well, the original monitor is still in the same place. The mouse and pad is now to the right of the new monitor, next to the small legal pad. I've moved my pen holder to that spot behind it that's always been empty (A does the same thing, she says, because her pen holder is a mug and has had many a pen-in-coffee incident). The speakers are now at the edges of the second monitor and slightly angled towards my position. The Media Monkey platform will stay on the older monitor alongside some of the other media things, but the internet browsers and MS Word are now front and center on the new one. So much room to work with!
There are still a few adjustments to be made. The word-a-day calendar will need a new spot somewhere, the whiteboard schedule will need to be shifted up at least a foot, and a few of the wall decorations will need moving, but those are easy changes. I'm thinking maybe even getting a cheap foot rest like the one A has so I'm not putting my feet in weird positions like I am now.
Yeah, I know, silly thing to get excited about, right? Heh.
