Comments on: Fielding The Sound

By: Flasshe

Flasshe — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:23:03 +0000

Then I realized, anyone who really cares about sound quality would not be asking “what do they sound like” about a pair of $17 speakers. So I just say “they sound fine!” and everyone seems happy.

Sounds like you missed your chance to sell some magnaplanar speakers and make a huge commission!

By: DMR

DMR — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:53:47 +0000

I mostly miss going to lunch with folks from work! I find windows help a lot. When I worked in the basement, I felt like I was in a dungeon, or like I was a basement troll.

I’m on year 2 of full time work from home, and I still don’t have my office optimized. Of course, I’m on my third physical home office…. I have tendinitis and a bad back, so I need to get a much more ergonomically oriented set up ASAP.

By: InfK

InfK — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:37:18 +0000

We sell various types of small PC/laptop speakers, USB-powered or sometimes not, where I work – and a frequent question is “how good do they sound?”

I use to really wonder how to answer questions like that, given how I’m almost completely uninterested in that sort of thing yet I know more than one person like you, for whom audio quality is a “consuming passion”…

By: 2fs

2fs — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:06:52 +0000

I was curious about the Herman Miller chair – yipes, really is pricey. But if you spend all day sitting, it might well be worth it: if you have a local dealer (you can find one digging around the site linked), you can actually sit in one. Never buy a chair without sitting in it!

(Pet Peeve: what the hell is up with Target putting their chairs in places no one can sit on? Sorry – but yr nuts if you buy a chair you haven’t tested, unless you plan on only sitting in it a few minutes at a time. Pamper the ass! and the back…)

By: Miles

Miles — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:57:46 +0000

I just like that it’s my 2007-2008 mix CD directly beneath the pictured speaker.

By: Flasshe

Flasshe — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:23:37 +0000

Bill, those chairs look cool, and I’ll have to look into getting one once I have a proper home office and not this makeshift area I’m using now.

Lisa, yes I don’t necessarily miss that sort of social interaction (though I do miss some of it), but I miss the opportunity to brainstorm with co-workers in person about issues and problems. Somehow it’s not the same over e-mail or IM or virtual rooms.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:36:33 +0000

I’ve been working from home more often (although not exclusively), but have been hampered by problems with Comcast. My internet connection cuts in and out all day long, which can make a person insane. Two techs and one electrician later it worked for four days, then reverted back to the old ways.

I’m not one to miss the social interaction. While at home I never think it would be nice if someone came in and said, “Guess what I did this weekend.” When that happens I have visions of scenes from Airplane! where people are killing themselves because Ted Stryker won’t shut up.

I, too, am spending a lot more on music these days through Amazon. I’m discovering a lot of music that I had missed.

By: Bill the Galactic Hero

Bill the Galactic Hero — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:01:06 +0000

I have that set of speakers too from the ALF era. I think JR discovered those or possibly SteveW.

Get a Herman Miller Aeron chair: http://www.hermanmiller.com/Products/Aeron-Chairs

They are fantastic. I had one the entire time I worked at The Q. I will never do eight hours of coding without one again. They are $$$ but consider the amount of time you spend in your coding chair. It’s probably number two after your bed.