That statement about the Thunderbolt 4 port on the left side, working better than the ones on the right ones, is so true. I have a 16" M1 Pro and Dell WD22TB4 dock; and it's the same story.
That is a really nice office. you’re a lucky man. I particularly like the coffee bar area. What a brilliant use of that space! My home office area is 100 ft.². It’s essentially the corner of a loft area and my desk is actually a credenza with a return coming off of it. But it gives me enough space to have a monitor arm mounted to the return with two LG 4K 27 inch monitors connected to a Mac Studio situated right beneath the monitors.
Great video!!! I have the same case for my NAS. Needing to add an icy dock conversion box for the 5.25 bays to add 3 more drives. Love your office/workspace.
Thanks! The Define 7 is such a great case. I have the same case but with the glass panel for my Linux workstation. I just picked up the PiKVM for remote control of the NAS.
I like it a lot, I have a similar desk setup but I am leaving the country soon so I am in the process of selling it all. Which is how I found your channel, I was looking for a way to run Linux whilst on the road with my iPad. Thanks for all the great content! I swear there's like £20k of tech in this room, that's absolutely crazy, convincing the misses that those were all necessary purchases must of been harder than the work you put in the acquire all that kit.
I'm one of those who thinks that engineers add a large number of monitors, in many cases, for mere eccentricity, since not everyone needs it for their daily work, and they just want their setup to look amazing. I'm glad to see that, in your case, you have shown that a more or less minimalist work environment can also be achieved, without the need to exaggerate the number of devices required. Everything will depend, of course, on the type of work that each person does on a daily basis. I loved your home office! I plan to do something very similar on my Protractor Desk that I just purchased from Manhattan Home Design. Thanks for the tour!
I've never had success with multiple monitors. I find it much easier to work on a single screen, especially a wide screen with a tiling window manager like Amethyst on Mac or XMonad on Linux.
Would be nice to see someone review Grovemade items that actually paid for them and possibly tried alternatives. I’m sure the quality is fantastic but hard to get a good idea of value when the item in question was free.
I just wanna give you a huge thanks for you cause tNice tutorials is the most helpful video I've had in a wNice tutorialle and it really helped so keep up the
Loved the no BS video, very down to earth and interesting, thank you! I'm on the fence btw Edner v3 and spend more money on upgrades or just going with the orangy bois at prusa, prolly going on the later to save time.
That 5k tip is crucial if running macOS. Looking forward to the nas as I need to build a new one. You’ve got some gear, thought I had a fair amount I think you out do me.
I have accumulated a lot of gear over the years. I didn't show my collection of older computers but I'm planning on re-purposing most of them and making videos about it.
Nice tour! I am surprised the MBPs don’t heat up stacked up like that, but then I just have the fast Intel based ones that tend to run very hot normally.
I've never had a problem with the MBP14 in clamshell (I did with Intel) and I'm usually only running one at a time - I probably wouldn't risk it with two! I have a little stand that will hold two laptops vertical when in clamshell mode. I used that back in the Intel MBP days and it was definitely a big help.
Wish you were a neighbor! I’d love to chat you up while drinking your fine beer. Really cool setup, very happy you’re back and producing all of this great content.
I have two, both made by Yubikey: Yubikey 5C (USB-C) - geni.us/VFeC Yubikey 5Ci (USB-C/Lightning) - geni.us/GmSepG The 5C is the one in the video - I leave that at home and use it at my desk. The 5Ci I carry with me and has USB-C and Lightning so it works with my phone. It's best practice to have two tokens in case you lose one or one breaks - you don't want to end up locked out of important systems.
Your video looks great! some advice. Your audio is clipping a bit. You need to lower your input gain or check your mic distance/settings assuming the clipping is not caused by your Davinci timeline audio. Autogain could also be the cause of the problem. Having good audio is 75% quality of any video in my personal opinion.
Thanks. This is my second time using the Rode WGII and my first time using a lav. Part of the issue seems to be distance of the mic to mouth and then the issue with turning my head.
you could try adding some light compression in post processing with a lower mic gain to smooth out the audio and prevent clipping if youre not already doing so
Thanks for showing your workspace. I like the way you organize your stuff. At 5:55 you show your security token stick. If you have time, could you make a video on the benefits of such a stick - as you suggest at 6:05? I'm desperately trying to convince the IT company at my school to use 2FA and YubiKey sticks for logging into our computers, Prowise digital blackboards and our Microsoft 365 accounts, but nobody is actually listening. To prove their ignorance, they issued our teachers laptops (for the first time ever our government gave every teacher a €550 laptop) without any security, let alone disc encryption or BIOS password, and yet, we have to process sensitive data of our students on them. I'd be very interested in your / your company's digital security policy. Thanks again for the awesome videos you make. They inspire me very much.
Definitely. That's already on my backlog - I'm a big fan of the Yubikeys. I can't imagine a laptop in professional context without full-disk encryption. I run it on all my personal machines.
I really like the trackpads on the laptops. I think the biggest reason I dislike the trackpad for desktop use is that its position off to the side, combined with the flat angle really feels unnatural. It gives me a lot of arm pain if I use it for long periods. To me a trackpad feels great when centred on your torso, but very awkward when you have to externally-rotate your arm. I had a split keyboard for a while, and had the trackpad between the splits and felt far nicer.
It works better than I expected. I had issues with other docs that meant I needed to reboot the laptop or power cycle the dock every time I switched. I've done none of that with the Sonnet and switching seems to just work.
Sadly, only one is connected at a time. I have the low tech solution of moving the cable. I've searched and searched for a TB4 switch but found nothing, I'd love one.
fun video to watch, although it really was ironic, to have the Shure mic, but the audio in this video was rather ...difficult to listen to :), of course no need to have a superb lav mic if your videos usually don't you to be on the move while recording.
You do realise your monitor has exact same scaling as 4k 27", right since it has the same 163 ppi? Yours is just 4k 27" ultrawide. It has the same height of 2160, and 3840*21/16 = 5040 width. So, the scaling options you get are exactly the same as 4k 27. A proper 5k ultrawide would have that 2880 height and 5120 * 21 / 16 = 6720 width and ppi of 220 to accompany that, not 163, as 34WK95U-W. And I saw those monitors side by side, so I know what I'm talking about. LG 5k display is 5120 * 2880 and 220 ppi, and there is no ultrawide with the same ppi regretably. And tbh with latest macos you so much scaling options on both 4k and 5k you can easily choose how small or big things you want to be, it's only a matter of ppi, which is ofc better on 5k screens.
You are correct about the PPI calculation and absolutely correct about the lack of a true 5K widescreen., The issue here is the slight apples to oranges comparison of an ultrawide to a non-ultrawide - actual 4K ultrawides at the same size have much lower pixel density. Most actual '4k ultrawide' screens seem to be much lower with PPIs
@@tech_craft That's what you mean =) You prefer to address them by final resolution, and I always referred them by base 16:9 resolution =D And I have no idea what's going on with your 27 4k, but I have two at office and I get 3840x2160, 3360x1890, 3200x1800, 3008x1692, 2560x1440, 2304x1296 ... and a lot of lower resolutions as options for mine. Maybe that's cuz I had Better Display installed at some point, might be a good idea to try it out, if you have only those 2 options :(, mb it left some override file leftovers in my system 🤷🏻♂ At home I had this same 5k2k at some point but then it broke, shop couldn't replace it and returned the money, so I'm now in a search =)
Yeah, I will definitely give BetterDisplay try out - I do have it installed but I never used it on that actual monitor. I dread my 5K2K breaking - the available options are not great. I really don't want to have to get two 5K Ultrafines, both for the price and the really large bezels!
@@tech_craft Yeah, I'm hesitating to get 5K Ultrafine, even though I can get one for 900usd atm, but it's ugly as hell... Leaning towards same 5k2k LG (if I can find one lol) or mb two benq pd2725q's/dell u2720q...
That statement about the Thunderbolt 4 port on the left side, working better than the ones on the right ones, is so true.
I have a 16" M1 Pro and Dell WD22TB4 dock; and it's the same story.
Fantastic room! I love how areas are separated for different purposes.
Can't wait for that NAS build!
What a brilliant workspace. I am looking forward to seeing the NAS build video.
That is a really nice office. you’re a lucky man. I particularly like the coffee bar area. What a brilliant use of that space! My home office area is 100 ft.². It’s essentially the corner of a loft area and my desk is actually a credenza with a return coming off of it. But it gives me enough space to have a monitor arm mounted to the return with two LG 4K 27 inch monitors connected to a Mac Studio situated right beneath the monitors.
Thanks!
Two LGs and a Studio - great setup. I keep looking at the Studio but I can't justify having yet another computer!
Awesome video. Extra props for System Crafters!
Love that channel, that man knows a think or two about Emacs.
Great video!!! I have the same case for my NAS. Needing to add an icy dock conversion box for the 5.25 bays to add 3 more drives. Love your office/workspace.
Thanks!
The Define 7 is such a great case. I have the same case but with the glass panel for my Linux workstation. I just picked up the PiKVM for remote control of the NAS.
I like it a lot, I have a similar desk setup but I am leaving the country soon so I am in the process of selling it all. Which is how I found your channel, I was looking for a way to run Linux whilst on the road with my iPad. Thanks for all the great content!
I swear there's like £20k of tech in this room, that's absolutely crazy, convincing the misses that those were all necessary purchases must of been harder than the work you put in the acquire all that kit.
I use having a CZcams channel my 'totally legitimate' excuse!
Great video, very proud of you Bro
I'm one of those who thinks that engineers add a large number of monitors, in many cases, for mere eccentricity, since not everyone needs it for their daily work, and they just want their setup to look amazing. I'm glad to see that, in your case, you have shown that a more or less minimalist work environment can also be achieved, without the need to exaggerate the number of devices required. Everything will depend, of course, on the type of work that each person does on a daily basis. I loved your home office! I plan to do something very similar on my Protractor Desk that I just purchased from Manhattan Home Design. Thanks for the tour!
I've never had success with multiple monitors. I find it much easier to work on a single screen, especially a wide screen with a tiling window manager like Amethyst on Mac or XMonad on Linux.
I agree, I like my 2x 27" monitor setup but I game on one and am productive on the other at the same time.
I love all that furniture. Exactly my style. Lol
Hello, Thank You For Advice Us. You did a Great Job. 👍
Superb setup sir
Would be nice to see someone review Grovemade items that actually paid for them and possibly tried alternatives.
I’m sure the quality is fantastic but hard to get a good idea of value when the item in question was free.
I just wanna give you a huge thanks for you cause tNice tutorials is the most helpful video I've had in a wNice tutorialle and it really helped so keep up the
Loved the no BS video, very down to earth and interesting, thank you!
I'm on the fence btw Edner v3 and spend more money on upgrades or just going with the orangy bois at prusa, prolly going on the later to save time.
I would probably do the same if I started again. The Ender is great but it’s a lot of work to get it up to Prusa standard.
That 5k tip is crucial if running macOS. Looking forward to the nas as I need to build a new one. You’ve got some gear, thought I had a fair amount I think you out do me.
I have accumulated a lot of gear over the years. I didn't show my collection of older computers but I'm planning on re-purposing most of them and making videos about it.
Haha I have the same Karlby desk. Really great
Great 👍🏼 +1
I love that Dave Wilson from System Crafters is playing as a video on your monitor. 😃👍
I love his content.
@@tech_craft Absolutely. I literally am watching him live using denote for a web site while I saw your reply to my comment about him. 😀👍
Nice tour! I am surprised the MBPs don’t heat up stacked up like that, but then I just have the fast Intel based ones that tend to run very hot normally.
I've never had a problem with the MBP14 in clamshell (I did with Intel) and I'm usually only running one at a time - I probably wouldn't risk it with two! I have a little stand that will hold two laptops vertical when in clamshell mode. I used that back in the Intel MBP days and it was definitely a big help.
Wish you were a neighbor! I’d love to chat you up while drinking your fine beer. Really cool setup, very happy you’re back and producing all
of this great content.
I need some help drinking it!
Would love to know about the pen drive security thing you use!
I have two, both made by Yubikey:
Yubikey 5C (USB-C) - geni.us/VFeC
Yubikey 5Ci (USB-C/Lightning) - geni.us/GmSepG
The 5C is the one in the video - I leave that at home and use it at my desk. The 5Ci I carry with me and has USB-C and Lightning so it works with my phone.
It's best practice to have two tokens in case you lose one or one breaks - you don't want to end up locked out of important systems.
Your video looks great! some advice. Your audio is clipping a bit. You need to lower your input gain or check your mic distance/settings assuming the clipping is not caused by your Davinci timeline audio. Autogain could also be the cause of the problem. Having good audio is 75% quality of any video in my personal opinion.
Thanks. This is my second time using the Rode WGII and my first time using a lav. Part of the issue seems to be distance of the mic to mouth and then the issue with turning my head.
@@tech_craft Already knowing and realizing this is part of the solution. Here is the other half. czcams.com/video/D85HmR825wM/video.html Keep it up!
you could try adding some light compression in post processing with a lower mic gain to smooth out the audio and prevent clipping if youre not already doing so
350 quid for that gmmk pro? damn I spent 130 on mine 2 years ago and I feel even that wasn't worth it, so many nicer entry boards now though
Looks an awful lot like David of System Crafters on the monitor most of the time😁
An awful lot, or just the right amount? 😂
Thanks for showing your workspace. I like the way you organize your stuff.
At 5:55 you show your security token stick. If you have time, could you make a video on the benefits of such a stick - as you suggest at 6:05?
I'm desperately trying to convince the IT company at my school to use 2FA and YubiKey sticks for logging into our computers, Prowise digital blackboards and our Microsoft 365 accounts, but nobody is actually listening. To prove their ignorance, they issued our teachers laptops (for the first time ever our government gave every teacher a €550 laptop) without any security, let alone disc encryption or BIOS password, and yet, we have to process sensitive data of our students on them.
I'd be very interested in your / your company's digital security policy.
Thanks again for the awesome videos you make. They inspire me very much.
Definitely. That's already on my backlog - I'm a big fan of the Yubikeys.
I can't imagine a laptop in professional context without full-disk encryption. I run it on all my personal machines.
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Just out of curiosity, why do you dislike the Apple trackpad? I've generally heard good things about them.
I really like the trackpads on the laptops. I think the biggest reason I dislike the trackpad for desktop use is that its position off to the side, combined with the flat angle really feels unnatural. It gives me a lot of arm pain if I use it for long periods.
To me a trackpad feels great when centred on your torso, but very awkward when you have to externally-rotate your arm.
I had a split keyboard for a while, and had the trackpad between the splits and felt far nicer.
Lovely setup! How fiddly is it to go between the 2 laptops via the dock?
It works better than I expected. I had issues with other docs that meant I needed to reboot the laptop or power cycle the dock every time I switched. I've done none of that with the Sonnet and switching seems to just work.
@@tech_craft that’s good to know! Do you just swap the cable from one laptop to the other?
you forgot the chair xD
You have 2 laptops connected to your dock - how do you switch between the laptops?
Sadly, only one is connected at a time. I have the low tech solution of moving the cable. I've searched and searched for a TB4 switch but found nothing, I'd love one.
@@tech_craft I suppose if youe monitor supports 2 TB4 inputs, youcould go with 2 docks, and switch via the monitor's buttons.....
Although that would also require USB switching to connect your keyboard, mouse, etc. to one dock or the other.
Yeah - and the TB4 docks are already pretty damn expensive!
Just needs a lieu and you're set!
I have one downstairs where the gym is. What I really need is a shower then I'd never have to leave!
@@tech_craft 🤣🤣🤣
security token?
A Yubikey in my case: geni.us/VFeC
What are these for wall panels in the back?
The movable blue ones and the fixed grey ones are all to reduce the echo. The SM7B doesn't really need them, but the other mics I use definitely do.
@@tech_craft That's great, thank you!
5 minutes in and tNice tutorials is 10 tis harder than garageband on my phone
fun video to watch, although it really was ironic, to have the Shure mic, but the audio in this video was rather ...difficult to listen to :), of course no need to have a superb lav mic if your videos usually don't you to be on the move while recording.
It's unfair to blame the lav - it's the operator I'm afraid! I need more practice with the lav setup for sure.
Quite a few things you didn't cover
What would you like to see more of? I tried to keep the video succinct but happy to add more details.
If I subscribe, you reach 80K subscribers? Sure… why not!?
You do realise your monitor has exact same scaling as 4k 27", right since it has the same 163 ppi? Yours is just 4k 27" ultrawide. It has the same height of 2160, and 3840*21/16 = 5040 width. So, the scaling options you get are exactly the same as 4k 27. A proper 5k ultrawide would have that 2880 height and 5120 * 21 / 16 = 6720 width and ppi of 220 to accompany that, not 163, as 34WK95U-W. And I saw those monitors side by side, so I know what I'm talking about. LG 5k display is 5120 * 2880 and 220 ppi, and there is no ultrawide with the same ppi regretably.
And tbh with latest macos you so much scaling options on both 4k and 5k you can easily choose how small or big things you want to be, it's only a matter of ppi, which is ofc better on 5k screens.
You are correct about the PPI calculation and absolutely correct about the lack of a true 5K widescreen.,
The issue here is the slight apples to oranges comparison of an ultrawide to a non-ultrawide - actual 4K ultrawides at the same size have much lower pixel density. Most actual '4k ultrawide' screens seem to be much lower with PPIs
@@tech_craft That's what you mean =) You prefer to address them by final resolution, and I always referred them by base 16:9 resolution =D And I have no idea what's going on with your 27 4k, but I have two at office and I get 3840x2160, 3360x1890, 3200x1800, 3008x1692, 2560x1440, 2304x1296 ... and a lot of lower resolutions as options for mine. Maybe that's cuz I had Better Display installed at some point, might be a good idea to try it out, if you have only those 2 options :(, mb it left some override file leftovers in my system 🤷🏻♂ At home I had this same 5k2k at some point but then it broke, shop couldn't replace it and returned the money, so I'm now in a search =)
Yeah, I will definitely give BetterDisplay try out - I do have it installed but I never used it on that actual monitor.
I dread my 5K2K breaking - the available options are not great. I really don't want to have to get two 5K Ultrafines, both for the price and the really large bezels!
@@tech_craft Yeah, I'm hesitating to get 5K Ultrafine, even though I can get one for 900usd atm, but it's ugly as hell... Leaning towards same 5k2k LG (if I can find one lol) or mb two benq pd2725q's/dell u2720q...
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