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Posted by Tom on Aug 13, 2013 in Development, DIY

Standing Desk Experiment Day 1: Building a Cheap Standing Desk

Standing Desks are in fashion at the moment, at least in the tech world. There’s been lots written about how it’s bad for us to be sitting down all day. If...

Posted by Tom on Dec 5, 2012 in DIY

Fitting an extractor fan

This is something I did the other day, and it’s a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. About a week after we moved in (about a year ago) we used the...

Posted by Tom on Dec 14, 2011 in DIY

Doing It Right 1st Time

Disclaimer: this is a non-IT related rant. If it has any bearing on software development at all, it is that it is further validation of the Doing Things Right First Time...

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Standing Desk Experiment Day 1: Building a Cheap Standing Desk

Fitting an extractor fan

Doing It Right 1st Time

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