Adding/Including Memories
I lost my dad last year (2023) and have been finding ways to include keepsakes/memories in my workstation. I've dabbled here and there with doing small woodworking projects and attempted a wrist rest from a piece of oak I picked up with him from my great uncles wood shop. I milled it to fit a 60% keyboard as I hadn't decided what keyboard I would be using it on and thought that's where most of my wrist would be in contact even typing on a full keyboard. I gave it a torched/burn appearance as I really was lost in what to do. I found an old shell casing from going hunting with my dad in my hunting pack and decided to imbed it into the end of the wrist rest so it would just have a little difference and a small story behind it as well. I have other things around my workstation from family and friends, but it just feels a little more special having worked on it and adding something small that has a memory for me to it. (Purple was my grandmothers favorite color and I have kinda now...
Apr 8, 2024
The monitor adjustments are also wonky. It rotates stiff but relatively easily but tiling up or down requires so much force it feels like I will bend the panel itself. I actually looked for some kind of release or something for the titling. That's how hard it was. If I don't hold down the stand the whole monitor will tip off the back of my desk instead of tilting. It's crazy. On the pivot point on the stand is also an extremely cheap plastic covering that rattles lose and moves around. It feels like it belongs on a sub $100 monitor not one with an MSRP of $499. Honestly it would have been better to just leave the bare metal.