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Re: Early Stage Investors in NYC - Angels, Seed and VCs

Mark Pine — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 13:01:06 -0000

I need a billi :)

Re: A standing desk for $22

Patrick Armstrong — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 08:21:43 -0000

hilarious post! thank you

Re: Johns Digital Nomad Year

Mighty Investor — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 19:02:42 -0000

Cool. I've been building an app in Colorado, but have contemplated hitting the road. BTW, being open about it might mean some free press for your product. But I agree if you are lining up angel or VC funding, probably best to keep on the DL.

Re: Principles

Mighty Investor — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 19:01:13 -0000

I liked this. Point one should be kept in mind at all times. I have my own principles in case you want to give them a skim. Pretty different from yours ;) https://tomjohnston.org/pri...

Re: A standing desk for $22

Uncle Sam — Sun, 08 Jul 2018 16:25:42 -0000

Here is my one recently bought from amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Tech...
It works just fine.

Re: A standing desk for $22

Mel Pama — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 21:07:20 -0000

I'm a software programmer/developer and the working surface of the elevated area of the desk is totally inadequate for my purposes. I have a 22 inch monitor next to my 17inch laptop. I have note books, documents and other items that I reference during my day; there is no room for any of these things with this mickey mouse elevated table. I have a 60 x 36 inch desktop and if I were to want to stand with it I would build a platform under the desk so I could raise my entire desk to the required height with a scissors jack situation. If you can't do this I suggest a drafting table. You can rotate the surface to accommodate a wide angle and the height can be adjusted with a foot peddle and are surely a lot less expensive than one of those ridiculous contraptions they try to sell for $800 dollars. Plus you can use it to draw schematics and other technical drawings. The drafting arm for those is about $150 but you don't need to buy it if you don't use it. Check this out: https://www.houzz.com/produ...
Thanks,
Mel Pama

Re: A standing desk for $22

Christopher Keller — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 20:48:24 -0000

You get 50+ points from me for "sheer ingenuity". Don't listen to these fools, your idea is wonderful. Let the naysayers come up with their own if they don't like yours :)

Re: Verizon made an enemy tonight

Leif Neland — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 02:41:22 -0000

The silly thing is that Verizon doesn't need a big pipe to netflix.
They could call Netflix, and Netflix would, free-of-charge, supply a nice big server with big harddisks in, containing all the contents of Netflix, updated nightly, and managed by Netflix. Then Verizon would only fetch a movie once outside their net, and could distribute it to multiple customers. All done transparently, as the app selects the best server available.

Re: A standing desk for $22

Andrew Turner — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 07:44:38 -0000

I have a monitor and laptop that i wanted to sit on top but my current desk is only 100 CM so i couldn't fit the two side tables on. I bought the Lack coffee table which was 90 CM. I then bought the Lack shelf which is 110CM and removed the metal support from the back (slides out) so it's light. Cost me £30 in the UK to do that. Just don't get the high gloss shelf like myself, the mouse doesn't work great on it. It was £3 cheaper for the standard white, so stick with that. I'm having to use a mouse mat which i didn't really want to. Really impressed with it so far though.

Re: A standing desk for $22

BuckleyTheDog — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 12:26:10 -0000

I went for the double-wide and had to improvise some of the other parts but it turned out really well!

The ingredients:
1 x Lack long table ~$30
1 x Lack shelf ~ $15
2 x Shelf brackets ~ $4
8 x Screws ~$2
TOTAL: $51

The result: https://uploads.disquscdn.c...

Re: A standing desk for $22

Garnett D. — Sat, 05 Aug 2017 10:57:24 -0000

Would love to see you update this post with a newer design.

Re: A standing desk for $22

Daniel Prazenica — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 14:08:57 -0000

What size are those monitors?

Re: A standing desk for $22

Red “Ram[” P — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 21:23:56 -0000

Any suggestions for which items to use now that some are no longer available? Not sure if I should go with a longer/deeper shelf or not. THanks

Re: A standing desk for $22

Michelle — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 12:24:12 -0000

It seems like some of these products are no longer available at IKEA. Do you happen to have an updated product list for this hack?

Re: I'm an American and I want to watch the Olympics. What do I do?

Zubair Hussain Khan — Mon, 29 May 2017 01:35:16 -0000

use VPN

Re: Verizon made an enemy tonight

Arms Akimbo — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 16:35:45 -0000

I have unlimited 4G LTE and they cut me off after 10 gigabyte 9 days into billing and set me a 3G Speed. I tried cyberghost free VPN and then got me back up to 5 megabit per second but now that doesn't even work. The billing cycle restarts and over 20 days I'm stuck at 3G. I don't have a VPN capable router or one compatible with tomato or DD-WRT. Looks like big red bastard wins this round... I agree with comments about monopolies and how they're not competing in the USA.

Re: A standing desk for $22

TheTechieGuy — Sat, 25 Mar 2017 16:57:40 -0000

Thank you !!! This is so perfect ! I needed a stand up desk but was not prepared to pay that $500.This is just perfect that I created a YouTube video and of course this article is linked in there: https://www.youtube.com/wat...

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Re: A standing desk for $22

Chelsea Bridson — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 12:26:51 -0000

They don't sell that shelf anymore. But this one looks similar. It's a little bigger, which wouldn't hurt, you would have more room for your keyboard and mouse
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/c...

Re: A standing desk for $22

Ray Huang — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 18:53:33 -0000

I went to Ikea with my shopping list, only to find that Viktor shelf has bee discontinued. The next options were either a $20 shelf (Hemnes?) that was really wide, or the Ekby Laiva shelf which was not as wide (about 4 cm wider than the Lack side table), but only $3! I ended up getting the Ekby Stodis brackets which are only 7" and plastic, but only $0.50 each what a deal.

So my end result is the slightly downsized Standesk 1400.

- Lack Side Table @ $9.99
- 2 Ekby Stodis brackets for $1.00
- Ekby Laiva shelf @ $2.99
TOTAL before tax = $13.98

I used zip ties to fasten the brackets to the Lack, because I wanted it to be slightly adjustable if needed, plus the new Lack legs are hollow, so it may require bolts.

https://uploads.disquscdn.c...

Re: A standing desk for $22

BarttheCat — Sun, 20 Nov 2016 20:22:30 -0000

HEY EVERYONE!! Like most of us here, I haven't got 2 pennies to rub together so my solution is stacking stolen manhole covers to make an oh so street chic standing desk and an old 5 gallon crap bucket for the times that I need to sit down. Woohooo!!!

Re: A standing desk for $22

Jim — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 09:29:49 -0000

Has anyone used the Lack TV unit to support two monitors and then just re-purposed the lower shelf for keyboard? Seems like the height is roughly the same as a regular Lack side table. Sorry if this is already in the comments and I missed it.

Re: A standing desk for $22

Joshua David Huizing — Sat, 15 Oct 2016 11:05:51 -0000

They don't make the Viktor shelves anymore! Hoping the 9" Laiva shelf works for me.

Re: A standing desk for $22

Katie Alllred — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 09:37:05 -0000

Since they no longer make the victor shelf, do you have an alternative?

Re: A standing desk for $22

TSaucier — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 14:43:41 -0000

Thanks for the quick reply! Perfect- an adjustable height monitor stand is a great idea! Hmmm, more desk space at that height...I can see that might be an issue. Maybe I can cut the legs off a 2nd TV stand...Thanks for the response!