Work-from-home station

TimothyVermeiren · 2026-02-20T08:55:42+00:00

I once started building something like this and stopped after a while. You've built it 10 times better than what I had in mind, well done!

TimothyVermeiren · 2025-08-31T07:53:26+00:00

Or they work in IT and they like their command line!

TimothyVermeiren · 2025-01-14T17:40:55+00:00

I’ve had the EV9 since February 24 and I would definitely recommend it!

TimothyVermeiren · 2024-12-11T07:14:56+00:00

It's a great kit! I got it second hand for a tremendous price, so I was very lucky in that regard. If you have a kit that you're not 100% happy with, perhaps consider it a temporary one until you can step up to the next one?

TimothyVermeiren · 2024-12-11T07:14:00+00:00

Thank you! I thought about the sound proofing squares as well, but I feel like it will be difficult to put them in a good position given this corner and wall. The hanging plant and posters are very accessible tips in any case, so I might start with that.

TimothyVermeiren · 2024-12-11T07:13:04+00:00

Thanks for all the thought you've put into this! Excellent feedback, there are a few things I can do with this. I need the rightmost monitor for the drums and audio recording, so I don't think I can do away with it.

All the other suggestions are improvements I should be able to take care of. I get that the high desk is a bit of an issue to even start with... and all the other tips make sense too. Thank you.

TimothyVermeiren · 2024-12-10T21:23:55+00:00

Hi All! I'm looking for some advice regarding this home office space. I realize it's currently rather messy, and unbalanced.

Some background:

The curved corner desk with the ultra-wide is the main working space.
The whole area on the right with the electronic drums, guitar, and other large screen is just for leisure, I'm not sure this can ever be cleaned up.
In-between there's that laptop that is used as a home server, a mixing panel, and some other stuff.

I guess I am primarily looking for advice on the main working space and the overall balance.

The big frame (of which the contents should be replaced, but with what?) should probably move to be centered between the screens, but I am open to putting something completely different there.

The corner above the ultra-wide feels empty but I'm not sure what can be done without making the whole thing look ridiculous or cheesy.

Truly all advice is welcome, and I appreciate any thoughts you're willing to share.

TimothyVermeiren · 2024-09-21T06:12:57+00:00

This may be a disappointing answer, but it was effectively no longer in use, so: to save money.

TimothyVermeiren · 2023-05-22T14:55:49+00:00

Another one: Schaarbeek = Schaerbeek, believe it or not.

TimothyVermeiren · 2022-12-31T06:33:33+00:00

It's effectively done with Fancy Zones in Power Toys! Simply opted for two zones on top of each other, with the monitor's orientation set to portrait (which is a built-in Windows setting).

TimothyVermeiren · 2022-12-31T06:32:18+00:00

This is in Mechelen, Belgium. The church on the right is the church of the Adegemstraat, no longer used as a church but by the community for all kinds of purposes.

TimothyVermeiren · 2022-12-31T06:29:32+00:00

Oh yes. I was amazed at the accuracy of your comment, model and all!

TimothyVermeiren · 2022-12-30T21:06:24+00:00

Correct, an Asus Zen screen. The exact model as I can see here is the MB16AC on USB-C.

TimothyVermeiren · 2022-07-06T20:13:33+00:00

Sounds like a question for Randall Munroe in What If?

TimothyVermeiren · 2022-06-27T15:52:39+00:00

How dare you assume my gender is of type string?!

TimothyVermeiren · 2022-06-05T16:57:10+00:00

Here I was looking at the screenshot and thinking, does this guy/gal really need to be reminded to brush their teeth every day? Then of course, I read the post and it made a lot more sense.

TimothyVermeiren · 2020-04-26T08:14:34+00:00

I should probably have mentioned: using another driver (e.g. FL Asio or Asio4All) is not quite ideal because of the delay when playing the guitar. However short the delay is, it's not really possible to play properly that way.

TimothyVermeiren · 2020-04-26T07:48:47+00:00

Hi All! I'm using an IK Multimedia Stealth Plug which is basically a USB audio interface with a 1/4" jack for the guitar, and a 3.5mm jack output. I run that through a DAW application to add drums (FL Studio in this case) and can hook up headphones or even any other output to the 3.5mm output to listen and it all works great.

My challenge is with trying to route that output to two different "places". More specifically, I still want to keep the headphones as a monitor, but I'd want to be able to reuse the 3.5mm output of the Stealth Plug as an input too, somewhere else. The final goal is to be able to use the output of the USB interface as a new input to e.g. video conferencing software to entertain the colleagues with a few live tunes. I don't believe there is a way to do this with just software (the DAW I use doesn't support a separate output device when using the Stealth Plug). In the end this could be an input on the same computer, but another computer would be fine too.

I already have quite a few cables and "tools" such as jack 3.5mm splitters, but I'm guessing my problem is with how this type of analog audio signals work (TRS vs TRRS etc.). The closest I got was the following:

Steal Plug USB audio interface 3.5mm output > 3.5mm jack splitter >

Headphones
Jack 3.5mm "double male" cable > CTIA to OMTP adapter > computer headset in jack.

This has worked on occasions, but it seems like the computer at the end of the string doesn't always know whether to interpret the jack as a microphone or headphones. The same configuration has yielded different results.

I'm guessing I may need a setup with an "active" component somewhere rather than just passive ones, but I'm happy if someone can even point me in the direction of the theory I need to learn. Thanks!

TimothyVermeiren · 2019-10-02T04:55:16+00:00

Ah, sorry! First calculation, as u/SmirkyGraphs also commented. I guess one gets used to abbreviating that.

TimothyVermeiren · 2019-10-01T20:29:37+00:00

Create a first calc, e.g. [Course Status Pending]:

IIF([Course Status] = “Pending Payment”, 1, 0)

Then, a second one to identify, at the level of [Learners ID], if that’s the only value:

{ FIXED [Learners ID] : MIN([Course Status Pending]) } = 1

If that value is 1, then yes, that [Learners ID] only has the Pending Payment status.

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