Also, Asrock+Newegg are teaming up for a bundle/sale on the preroll. Check it out! www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=asrock+Z490+combo www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails?ItemList=Combo.3962519&Description=asrock%20Z490%20combo
Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days When our momma sang us to sleep but now we're stressed out Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days When our momma sang us to sleep but now we're stressed out
"I'm not the best at this", like most of us (or me). Effort makes all the difference and thank you for all for the effort and time, put into this. Have a good day all.
th-cam.com/video/_MeXczqDNUU/w-d-xo.html.79 or 6:38.790 for those of you who want to see it and are in chrome: pause your video, rightclick video, rightclick again without moving your mouse, then select inspect element,
Mate, my email and zoom are so much better. My colleagues low quality, 30fps camera streams look so much better in 4k HDR 144hz. I love sharing my screens over zoom and realising nobody else has 4k and the scaling is screwed. That way, I get to brag about having 4k. Nobody seems to care, but I know they do. Deep down, they are jealous of...my precious....
I've had to adopt the kitchen as my new work area, more because of who I am and my house layout (coffee machine and lots of light in the morning to stop me nodding off) so rather than move my main machine down I went with a super cheap KVM, and two screens to add to my personal and work laptops (personal is work, but not the main job) It took a little getting used to the idea of swapping just mouse and keyboard between machines but now I love it. Just an alternative way of doing it, I have both side by side as big panorama and it's pretty fun.
It's really good of you guys to do a video like this, as always the level 1 team is looking out for us all and giving sound advice to people who might not know where to start with a home office setup. Keep the video coming :)
I have an Aeron at home. After 4 years, an idiot friend sat on the armrest and ripped it off. I figured id call them and get a price on a new arm, how bad could that be? They told me it was still under warranty and sent me a brand new chair for free, including shippping. Now Im a customer for life.
Re: compartmentalizing work from private stuff. A simple thing like utilizing the virtual desktops in your OS works pretty well actually if you don't have anything else. Every time I switch to my "personal" desktop during work hours I know I'm being naughty and it keeps me from spending much time there.
Funny, I did almost every one of these over the last couple years (butcher block top, cam link, decent chair.) I will say I went down the rabbit hole on sit/stand desks and I would say to skip it altogether, at least to start. After trying twice with two different sets of very expensive legs, I wasn’t getting the stability I wanted, and I got tired of the wobbly vision which was only made worse by articulating arms. In the end I went with a custom-made 80-20 desk. They’ll put a frame together to your specs, so you get the leg room, wire management, and other features you want. And, if I ever want, I can go back to them and ask them to design a lifting system for the desk. It wasn’t cheap, but taking it in stages, it was cheaper initially than my sit/stand desks, and the quality and stability have been miles ahead. Also, I’m a woodworker; go ahead and drill between the pieces on butcher block, it’s fine. I opted to avoid drilling altogether with a stand that sits atop the desk, and I had a clamp-based mount that worked well before too.
Loved the video. And if it's Asrock that made it possible, SURE! It looked like you guys had fun seeing each other again, and it carries over :) Moved my home office to a separate room, but brought all my favorite peripherals. Quite comfy actually. Solid advice there! Did have two hyper x that died though, and I treat my hardware kindly. Could have been a fluke.
Cant change my bad small chipboard desk unfortunately but have ordered a second hand Herman Miller to replace my non-cushioned wooden dining chair I've been using for the past 3 years :D looking forward to that.
thank you all, this rocks, this video rocks! informative, funny as hell, bravo!!!, you three should start your own office like weekly skit I am serious. thanks for being you. From a Canadian :)
Chair is really important in my book. Played a lot of sports and have some back problems from sitting too long so I looked for a nice chair and luckily found one on craigslist that was fairly new, they just didn't like it lol. Around the same price for the ones you showed in the video (over 700, screw that) but got it for under 100.
I use a Linux VM for my work, just make it full screen on my ultra wide monitor. Works great and much easier to switch back to Windows for gaming at lunch. Another advantage is I can sleep the VM and save the state, yet still shut the computer down at night.
What would you guys recommend microphone-wise? Also, awesome idea about using the USB capture "card", to use a still image camera's video capabilities, or camcorder as a web cam. Lastly, it is very possible to use both a KVM and a USB switch at the same desk, even without buying a new KVM. I use both at the same time with the four computers I use in one room. Works great.
Please (Wendel) do more detailed discuss about this topic! Fast VPN solutions (like wireguard, ipsec) , fast and cheap/free remote control solutions (nomachine, AnyDesk, teamvievwer, VNC), full remote access - IPMI based vs AMT based vs (maybe) Kvm over IP vs DIY kvm (rpi0(mouse, keyboard) + rpi4 connected to camlink/fake-camlink and power/reset pins on pc). Many of us would looooove to hear more about this stuff.
Hey Gang. This guy cracks me up. He needs his own special. I see Ryan and it makes me happy and feel normal in a fucked up normal way. But still good normal. Killed a guy yesterday. No reason. 2020 in a nutshell.
It's interesting, here in the Nordics at least, it would seem that working from home actually has result in higher efficiency, and that's on top of having kids and stuff around. I would never have guessed that. Sure, we have seen an increase in work related physical issues, due to bad posture and stuff like that, but really, most of it probably isn't really an increase, but rather the result of people not having the option to get treatment for some time, and in any case, I suspect people will learn relatively quickly, and likewise, as people will presumably start working more from home, not because they have to, but because the workplace requires it, the workplace will most likely start offering the same help with such things, as is the case at the office. Again, I'd never have guessed we'd see this development.
Regarding a makeshift webcam: Instead of buying one, I recommend dev47apps "droidcam" which let's you turn an old iphone or Android smartphone into an ip camera. There's a client for Windows and Linux that works surprisingly well.
This does work fairly well, I have done this in the past. Additionally, something like a action camera, such as the AKASO v50x, have a webcam function built in. Yes its a extreme wide lens for webcam use but the video is nice and clear.
Got my leap for 200 bucks new but open stock off CL. Dude I was buying off had like 100s of them. For my desk I used home depot soild maple top and etsy legs.
this is how I do homeworking. besides dualboot you can just create a separate user profile for work purposes on private pc. I myself have a corporate laptop that I use with a 7port USB hub. On my desk with my game/workstation I just plug in the usb. My laptop sits on a laptop stand in front of my 2nd screen that i now don't use much. Laptop is connected via HDMI to my 144hz primary display. that just how I do it, will be different for everyone I guess :)
I like U shaped desks, orico makes desk clamp usb hubs as well, much handier than having to plug into the pc case. They also make a desk grommet hub if you have a hole saw but it only has two ports so kind of meh.
Question for you guys and gal. My wife is working from home now. She is using a laptop with a docking station. She uses a headset that plugs into the docking station USB. She hates headsets and wants to use her desk phone. I have searched and could find anything. Is there a way to plug her desk phone into the docking station? So that would be going from rj12 to usb. Thank for any help and please keep up the videos.
Yeak... about the KVM .... the store says "SOLD OUT" and the description says "preorder". So how do I order that thing? I think it's an amazing piece of gear, for an amazing price. plus it supports L1 :-)
for when I was working from home before getting laid off. I ended up installing a VM of windows 10 on Virtual Box and that seemed to do a good job of Isolating their Spyware Crap from my system. but I'm not sure if other software would be unhappy about being installed on a VM.
From the years I've worked from home and isolated work crap that way, the thing vm do bad is asynchronous (or was in synchronous?) USB signals, such as the webcam. I was absolutely unable to use a webcam on virtual box, whereas vmware at least managed in USB 2.0 connection. Other than that, the machine has its own kernel so you have no iasues That being said, if you want a vm it's because you want a distraction, no excuse not to dual boot. I know that's my case lol
Also, Asrock+Newegg are teaming up for a bundle/sale on the preroll. Check it out!
www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=asrock+Z490+combo
www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails?ItemList=Combo.3962519&Description=asrock%20Z490%20combo
Ryan: "I hate this desk"
Also Ryan: "I own two of them"
😂🤣😂🤣
Seemed like a good idea at the time..
You don't like being on camera?
I remember when Wendell was just a pair of eyes behind his SpaceCo monitor rack
Raze the World ☺
Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days
When our momma sang us to sleep but now we're stressed out
Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days
When our momma sang us to sleep but now we're stressed out
Forget that, when he was just a voice on the other side of the camera lol
He sniffs HDMI cables thats why
"I'm not the best at this", like most of us (or me). Effort makes all the difference and thank you for all for the effort and time, put into this. Have a good day all.
Wendell tell us about your day trading days. I would love to hear stories about Lehman Brothers.
It almost sounded like he brought them down...
6:38 was a random like 1 frame piece of offline media, whoops.
Got to love the "Offline Media" for no apparent reason.
I was wondering what was the Chinese communist subliminal propaganda.
th-cam.com/video/_MeXczqDNUU/w-d-xo.html.79 or 6:38.790
for those of you who want to see it and are in chrome: pause your video, rightclick video, rightclick again without moving your mouse, then select inspect element,
Period and comma advance by frames
www.dropbox.com/s/9b5vfwrsocgp5o0/288.jpg?dl=0
Now we know how Wendell made his 1st billion: monitor stands and day trading ;) And yes, I need that 4K 120 Hz for "work"!
Mate, my email and zoom are so much better. My colleagues low quality, 30fps camera streams look so much better in 4k HDR 144hz. I love sharing my screens over zoom and realising nobody else has 4k and the scaling is screwed. That way, I get to brag about having 4k. Nobody seems to care, but I know they do. Deep down, they are jealous of...my precious....
@@IanSinclair77 Are you really pretending to be a creature with a dry hacky cough? :P
I need 8k for "Homework"
@@iloveanime6441 The more pages on word you can see, the faster you'll write your research paper!
@@heretolevitateme indeed!!
I LOVE this stupid channel so much.
You know what my favorite part of this video was?
The first 12 minutes and 27 seconds of it.
I see you slipped in a subliminal message at 6:38
Video: MEDIA OFFLINE
Me: Yes, I understand.
Media Offline: Downloading firmware....
Three thumbs UP..good pace and the humor..Great ! Could we have some more during your news videos ?
Oh wow, using a USB capture device and a real camera is something I hadn't even considered! Excellent tip :D
@@Eldejot they're 10 dollars on aliexpress.
@@mahir7h it could take months to ship, plus you need to consider the cost of a camera with an hdmi out port (i assume most people don't have one)
@@HolarMusic they're 14 dollars on ebay
When L1T go slightly stir crazy..
The Sennheiser Headsets are great, especially used - great sound quality, great mics, and insanely comfortable. I got a GSP301 used for 50 bucks.
Open box is also a great way to get good audio equipment for cheap!
I've had to adopt the kitchen as my new work area, more because of who I am and my house layout (coffee machine and lots of light in the morning to stop me nodding off) so rather than move my main machine down I went with a super cheap KVM, and two screens to add to my personal and work laptops (personal is work, but not the main job) It took a little getting used to the idea of swapping just mouse and keyboard between machines but now I love it.
Just an alternative way of doing it, I have both side by side as big panorama and it's pretty fun.
It's really good of you guys to do a video like this, as always the level 1 team is looking out for us all and giving sound advice to people who might not know where to start with a home office setup. Keep the video coming :)
Damn it Wendel!. I already REALLY wanted that KVM.
5:26 aaawww... Remember when all we knew of wendell were his eyes through a tiny slit between his monitors?
EDIT: 10:39 HOLY SHIT LEVEL2TECHS IS BACK!
aah the days.... those were fun, Wendel aka the tech support with eyes between 2 monitors
Great to see all three of you hanging out together ahem, I mean working, together, again in person awww ♥
Herman Miller chairs are great, we use them at my place of employment, they seem to never break.
I have an Aeron at home. After 4 years, an idiot friend sat on the armrest and ripped it off. I figured id call them and get a price on a new arm, how bad could that be? They told me it was still under warranty and sent me a brand new chair for free, including shippping. Now Im a customer for life.
Let''s hear more about this dark IT past Wendell
Re: compartmentalizing work from private stuff. A simple thing like utilizing the virtual desktops in your OS works pretty well actually if you don't have anything else. Every time I switch to my "personal" desktop during work hours I know I'm being naughty and it keeps me from spending much time there.
great tips! What model is that lower monitor/tv ? Thanks for the great content
Funny, I did almost every one of these over the last couple years (butcher block top, cam link, decent chair.) I will say I went down the rabbit hole on sit/stand desks and I would say to skip it altogether, at least to start. After trying twice with two different sets of very expensive legs, I wasn’t getting the stability I wanted, and I got tired of the wobbly vision which was only made worse by articulating arms. In the end I went with a custom-made 80-20 desk. They’ll put a frame together to your specs, so you get the leg room, wire management, and other features you want. And, if I ever want, I can go back to them and ask them to design a lifting system for the desk. It wasn’t cheap, but taking it in stages, it was cheaper initially than my sit/stand desks, and the quality and stability have been miles ahead. Also, I’m a woodworker; go ahead and drill between the pieces on butcher block, it’s fine. I opted to avoid drilling altogether with a stand that sits atop the desk, and I had a clamp-based mount that worked well before too.
I have a Steelcase Leap from work. I might take it when I quit. It’s AMAZING.
I think you call them scene transitions. Those were some good ones. Props to whoever designed them. Good tips also guys.
I have a used Hermin Miller I paid $75 older model but still a lot more comfortable than the chair from the kitchen I had been using.
I loved the L1 KVM infomercial...more of this!
Loved the video. And if it's Asrock that made it possible, SURE! It looked like you guys had fun seeing each other again, and it carries over :) Moved my home office to a separate room, but brought all my favorite peripherals. Quite comfy actually. Solid advice there! Did have two hyper x that died though, and I treat my hardware kindly. Could have been a fluke.
It's Ryan, *with* hair? What?
He regenerates.
He takes it off for the news episodes as he would just end up pulling it out.
Other wendell's hair grows back FAST!
I love this video, great work guys
Ryan is a god and no one can tell me otherwise.
The Ending Was Priceless!! Cow}:-o)
Cant change my bad small chipboard desk unfortunately but have ordered a second hand Herman Miller to replace my non-cushioned wooden dining chair I've been using for the past 3 years :D looking forward to that.
thank you all, this rocks, this video rocks! informative, funny as hell, bravo!!!, you three should start your own office like weekly skit I am serious. thanks for being you. From a Canadian :)
this was great and humanizing, love your work guys/gals
Very timely video. Thanks!
Chair is really important in my book. Played a lot of sports and have some back problems from sitting too long so I looked for a nice chair and luckily found one on craigslist that was fairly new, they just didn't like it lol. Around the same price for the ones you showed in the video (over 700, screw that) but got it for under 100.
Next on special at the L1Techs store... 290 monitor satnds......
This was absolutely amazing... Every bit of it
I'm not even mad, that KVM looks great
7:45
Defense lawyer, lol nice reference.
Finding a decent work chair which isn't a recliner and has a weight limit greater than a jockey is nice too.
When you have fun i have fun watching!!!Great video!!!
Krista representing... lol
My guy I miss you, I need those davinci resolve builds with multi GPUs!!
Office is looking good.
Thanks this is very helpful!!!!
Wendell's KVM product placement is 11/10
DIY tip: Most internal laptop webcams are USB. You can get those modules pretty cheap and solder a standard USB connector to it.
I seriously needed the laugh! Thank you!
I enjoyed the video even though I won't be in a remote working situation with my current employment.
I use a Linux VM for my work, just make it full screen on my ultra wide monitor. Works great and much easier to switch back to Windows for gaming at lunch.
Another advantage is I can sleep the VM and save the state, yet still shut the computer down at night.
Great tips! Thank you.
What would you guys recommend microphone-wise? Also, awesome idea about using the USB capture "card", to use a still image camera's video capabilities, or camcorder as a web cam. Lastly, it is very possible to use both a KVM and a USB switch at the same desk, even without buying a new KVM. I use both at the same time with the four computers I use in one room. Works great.
Loved the ending lol
such a beatiful motherboard
This was really fun! Grest tips btw.
Weird Al should be in every playlist.
Please (Wendel) do more detailed discuss about this topic! Fast VPN solutions (like wireguard, ipsec) , fast and cheap/free remote control solutions (nomachine, AnyDesk, teamvievwer, VNC), full remote access - IPMI based vs AMT based vs (maybe) Kvm over IP vs DIY kvm (rpi0(mouse, keyboard) + rpi4 connected to camlink/fake-camlink and power/reset pins on pc). Many of us would looooove to hear more about this stuff.
You guys are AWESOME!
"Dear madame,
it has been three fortnights since I have seen your lovely visage... Killed a man yesterday - no reason"
:D
I see where you got madame, it’s Madan....as in sports :) haha
Hey Gang. This guy cracks me up. He needs his own special. I see Ryan and it makes me happy and feel normal in a fucked up normal way. But still good normal.
Killed a guy yesterday.
No reason.
2020 in a nutshell.
Similarly buy-once-forever monitor arms are Ergotron LX ones.
3:21 Krista is Crip gang?!
_Represent!_
I see Ryan I click
Hi Wendell! Waiting for you to bring put the 4 port KVM before buying in
I love this guys Cheers
It's interesting, here in the Nordics at least, it would seem that working from home actually has result in higher efficiency, and that's on top of having kids and stuff around.
I would never have guessed that.
Sure, we have seen an increase in work related physical issues, due to bad posture and stuff like that, but really, most of it probably isn't really an increase, but rather the result of people not having the option to get treatment for some time, and in any case, I suspect people will learn relatively quickly, and likewise, as people will presumably start working more from home, not because they have to, but because the workplace requires it, the workplace will most likely start offering the same help with such things, as is the case at the office.
Again, I'd never have guessed we'd see this development.
Besides the great information as normal this was a fun video to watch
Regarding a makeshift webcam: Instead of buying one, I recommend dev47apps "droidcam" which let's you turn an old iphone or Android smartphone into an ip camera. There's a client for Windows and Linux that works surprisingly well.
This does work fairly well, I have done this in the past. Additionally, something like a action camera, such as the AKASO v50x, have a webcam function built in. Yes its a extreme wide lens for webcam use but the video is nice and clear.
Awesome video! Now I know what my next desk will and will not be :D
Got my leap for 200 bucks new but open stock off CL. Dude I was buying off had like 100s of them. For my desk I used home depot soild maple top and etsy legs.
this is how I do homeworking.
besides dualboot you can just create a separate user profile for work purposes on private pc.
I myself have a corporate laptop that I use with a 7port USB hub.
On my desk with my game/workstation I just plug in the usb.
My laptop sits on a laptop stand in front of my 2nd screen that i now don't use much.
Laptop is connected via HDMI to my 144hz primary display.
that just how I do it, will be different for everyone I guess :)
the old monitor stand remember me old videos in tek syndicate .... good times
Hi guys - great video. I am interested in the under desk pc mount and don’t see it listed - can you share more info?
You guys are awesome! 👍😄
Upvote for the wendall infomercial!
I like U shaped desks, orico makes desk clamp usb hubs as well, much handier than having to plug into the pc case. They also make a desk grommet hub if you have a hole saw but it only has two ports so kind of meh.
Krista came to the office? How long ago was this filmed?
2020 is the year of the battlestation.
Wonderful
Nice monitor mounts, but what do you do with the 299 left over ?
The chairs the hardest part,in most cases
Hamster Dance on loop, all day long.
Question for you guys and gal. My wife is working from home now. She is using a laptop with a docking station. She uses a headset that plugs into the docking station USB. She hates headsets and wants to use her desk phone. I have searched and could find anything. Is there a way to plug her desk phone into the docking station? So that would be going from rj12 to usb. Thank for any help and please keep up the videos.
I love you guys!
can we get a series of videos about Wendells dark IT past, and trading days?
Those Hyper-X headphones are so comfy as someone who wears glasses.
Wendell: KVM! 10:59 hope you can make do with USBc! me trying to buy one the last couple days :(
Yeak... about the KVM .... the store says "SOLD OUT" and the description says "preorder". So how do I order that thing? I think it's an amazing piece of gear, for an amazing price. plus it supports L1 :-)
Love the show
So, um, when are the KVM's shipping?
for when I was working from home before getting laid off. I ended up installing a VM of windows 10 on Virtual Box and that seemed to do a good job of Isolating their Spyware Crap from my system. but I'm not sure if other software would be unhappy about being installed on a VM.
From the years I've worked from home and isolated work crap that way, the thing vm do bad is asynchronous (or was in synchronous?) USB signals, such as the webcam. I was absolutely unable to use a webcam on virtual box, whereas vmware at least managed in USB 2.0 connection. Other than that, the machine has its own kernel so you have no iasues
That being said, if you want a vm it's because you want a distraction, no excuse not to dual boot. I know that's my case lol
10:24 "And like that Krista i no more... Stomped by a giant" :)
How about using an old Smartphone as a Webcam?
You can Stream your cam using various apps
My defense lawyer also helps me in the recording booth. Retainer fees are much more reasonable, as it's percentage based.
Great video! :D
Yeah, I remember when Windell used to hide behind two monitors at a previous TH-cam channel.
that face when the kvm switch is as much as you built your main work from home Linux box for...