Categories: Smart Home

The Walking Desk Upgrade

I’m still going through my gear and getting organized at the new place… It’s been a good opportunity to rethink how (and where) I use technology. And I feel pretty certain my desktop CPU form factor computing days are behind me. While I’ve got a Vista tower, it just doesn’t see much use. And I don’t anticipate that changing. So, I wanted to repurpose a pretty nice 19″ Samsung LCD. Parts Express (via Amazon) offers an inexpensive wall mount ($34 shipped) which I hung above my treadmill earlier today as a “walking desk” upgrade. After picking up longer screws for the mount<->LCD attachment, the install process was painless: Use stud finder (ignore included drywall anchors), pre-dill, drive screws into wall and into LCD. I may get some plastic tubing for the cables or perhaps just use another twist-tie to tidy up a bit. (I don’t think it’s worth running the cables through the wall in this location, especially since the DVI cable needs to come back up.) I purchased the shelf from Home Depot last year and the loaner AblePlanet Clear Harmony headphones do a nice job of reducing treadmill motor noise.

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Dave Zatz