rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Why restrict myself to three meals a day? The fridge and the toaster are minutes away
The working from home thread
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Voley
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Kept up the pretence till lunchtime today. Filed some stuff, replied to a couple of emails, the sort of stuff that I normally do before my first brew in the office. Went for a decent walk at lunchtime expecting to come back to a few emails ... nothing.
Got a meeting planned next week to discuss the way forward. Think they might get me to audit something. Failing that, they might just forget about me for a couple of months.
Haven't heard back about ringing some of our vulnerable residents. This would actually be a good use of my time.
Got a meeting planned next week to discuss the way forward. Think they might get me to audit something. Failing that, they might just forget about me for a couple of months.
Haven't heard back about ringing some of our vulnerable residents. This would actually be a good use of my time.
Leafster
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I'm not entirely sure but I'm somewhere between 4,000 and 5,000 days working from home now.
I think by now, I've got used to it but I must admit with all the chaos going on outside my four walls I'm getting a little more distracted and less disciplined than I ought to be. I can imagine for those who aren't used to it, it must be more difficult to focus on work.
One thing I learnt very quickly was to dispense with any idea of not having the heating on in the winter during the day. It's not worth worrying about. I don't have any transport costs to pay so the extra few quid on heating in nothing in comparison.
weltweit
Well-Known Member
Yes it is a good point, I am saving a lot over my normal daily work expenses.
Perhaps I will turn the heating on as well.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
After having had a fairly easy couple of weeks of this I've found out today I'm going to be spending most of Friday in back to back Zoom/Skype sessions as a test for how we may run remote conferences in the future. Ah well, one way to pass the time I guess.
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rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
I'm not entirely sure but I'm somewhere between 4,000 and 5,000 days working from home now.
I think by now, I've got used to it but I must admit with all the chaos going on outside my four walls I'm getting a little more distracted and less disciplined than I ought to be. I can imagine for those who aren't used to it, it must be more difficult to focus on work.
One thing I learnt very quickly was to dispense with any idea of not having the heating on in the winter during the day. It's not worth worrying about. I don't have any transport costs to pay so the extra few quid on heating in nothing in comparison.
Yes. I'd noticed that WFH my boss was a real cheapskate. It was freezing today and the heating still didn't go on till 4.30
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Same here although perhaps not 4k days yet. The increase in heating costs is easily offset by travel savings so I won't sit here in the cold. The heating isn't on any more but I put a fan heater on if my hands get cold.I'm not entirely sure but I'm somewhere between 4,000 and 5,000 days working from home now.
I think by now, I've got used to it but I must admit with all the chaos going on outside my four walls I'm getting a little more distracted and less disciplined than I ought to be. I can imagine for those who aren't used to it, it must be more difficult to focus on work.
One thing I learnt very quickly was to dispense with any idea of not having the heating on in the winter during the day. It's not worth worrying about. I don't have any transport costs to pay so the extra few quid on heating in nothing in comparison.
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
Oh boy! My work is too busy. To much data checking on a small laptop screen. Just too many poorly thought out actions. And badly organised spreedsheets. Too many student questions. Rah!
Leafster
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My heating's on intermittently at the moment depending on the weather. It's been nice today so it's been off a lot of the time. I'm lucky I can control it* from my PC so it's not a faff.
* The heating that is, not the weather!
Voley
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This marvellous invention has passed me by until now. I shall have to invest.
Voley
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I'm struggling a bit with a little laptop screen too. In the office I've got two, one of which is fucking massive. Dragging and dropping contract documents on this piddly little thing is doing my nut!
Sunset Tree
Well-Known Member
2-3 hours max of actual work any given day. All I've wanted for months is the time and space to get on with work (data analysis) but thrown into that situation I am just plodding very slowly.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
I've been madly busy this week, which is lovely but also make me feel a bit guilty as I've spent zero time with my kids (just as if I were actually at the office, I suppose).
One thing that I think (hope) will ease off a bit is the incessant back to back meetings. Because there's no need to factor in travel time, everyone is just running one meeting into another so you're on constant video call. The human contact is lovely and necessary, but I'd like time to go for a wee and make a brew in between.
One thing that I think (hope) will ease off a bit is the incessant back to back meetings. Because there's no need to factor in travel time, everyone is just running one meeting into another so you're on constant video call. The human contact is lovely and necessary, but I'd like time to go for a wee and make a brew in between.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Buying an external monitor was the best thing I did when I started working at home a lot - the laptop screen is just far too small for my shitty middle-aged eyesight.
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
How cheap can I get one?
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
I think mine cost about 90 quid, but I'm sure they could be bought for less. Mine is a 24" Dell monitor, and I hook it up to the laptop with a HDMI cable (although the normal VGA cable would work too, but worth checking what connectors the monitor and laptop have to ensure it's compatible).
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
Could you open a tab and play live streaming iPlayer, then turn the sound off and work in a new tab?
BoatieBird
Well-Known Member
I'm using an old TV as a second screen, connected via an HDMI cable.
smmudge
i know the smudge is true
Hmm that does sound like a good idea but I don't want IT to tell me off for using too much data through the vpn!
Now I have really hit a wall in terms of work.
Had one incoming work related email all week.
Have done some project planning for 2021/2022 and connected with a load of people on LinkedIn. A few people have vaguely discussed 'future business' but people seem to be understandably winding down, especially in the events industry
Anyone need any thankless work doing?
Had one incoming work related email all week.
Have done some project planning for 2021/2022 and connected with a load of people on LinkedIn. A few people have vaguely discussed 'future business' but people seem to be understandably winding down, especially in the events industry
Anyone need any thankless work doing?
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
Spotify? Streaming music is way less bandwidth than video.
Supine
Newt Member
Sweet FA
✪ Three rounds Lord, in my .44 ✪
You could help me find out how to make speeded up films if you like. I'll probably thank you for it though so not sure if it's applicable?
Seriously though - does anyone know how you make videos that play at 20x speed or whatever please? I'm currently trying to get my class (Primary, Year 6) to get involved with an art project but as I can't show them irl, I thought it might be cool to film the whole process rather than just send photos of each stage.
Any video app tech type urbs I should tag?
That is above my pay grade
but there must be some Urbs who are good with video stuffs?
pesh
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normal way would be doing it with video editing software, but if you have a smartphone you might well have a timelapse setting built into your camera software, if not you'll be able to download an app, might well be the easiest way
Sweet FA
✪ Three rounds Lord, in my .44 ✪
Thanks
Aha - is timelapse what I'm looking for then? Searching for apps but dunno what terms I should be using...
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