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The Single-Cable Desk Setup That Actually Works
Here's the promise every dock maker sells you: one cable, and your laptop is instantly powered, connected to your monitors, and hooked into your keyboard, mouse, and webcam. Here's the…
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The Truth About Standing Desks – Do they help?
Today we are looking into the pros and cons of using a standing desk in your home office setup.
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Walkthrough / Our 120″ 4k Dolby Atmos Home Theater
A full walkthrough of our 4k Dolby Atmos home theater setup in our basement. True 4K video with killer sound.
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BIG Home Office Update – Anker PowerConf S500 and C300 Speakerphone and Webcam Review
Over the past 8 months, we have been finishing our basement to include my new at home office and studio setup. We are finally at the finish line so I…
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A Standing Desk with a UNIQUE FEATURE – Fenge Standing Desk Review
I am a big fan of standing desks. I can’t think of anything worse than sitting in the same chair all day long. Not only can I not do it…
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Make Your Smartphone Videos Better Instantly
Modern day smartphones have the ability to make unbelievable videos. I used to do post production back in the late 90’s / early 2000’s and to think that you can…
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It’s time for my SMART BASEMENT TOUR!
It’s finally time for the tour of our new smart basement and office setup. To further our smart home integration, we added a lot of smart devices and functionality to…
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Can a gaming chair be used for office work? EWin Racing Flash XL Review
I tend to watch a lot of podcasts. One of the underlying themes in most of them is the use of gaming style chairs in their studios. Since these podcasts…
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Good Looking Acoustic Panels? Felt Right Felt Tile Review
As another installment of the home office and studio update…we need to talk about sound deadening. When I was looking for options to sound deaden the room without looking like…
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I am LEAVING SPOTIFY…and it isn’t because of Joe Rogan…
As the other streaming services are picking up steam…Spotify is falling short many ways. Of course you have your stupid controversies but that really isn’t even the worst of it.…
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iPhone MagSafe Car Mount and Desk Stand Review – ESR HaloLock
A little while back, ESR sent over their MagSafe compatible iPhone car mount and desk stand . The term HaloLock is because it isn’t an officially licensed “MagSafe Product”. What…