{"items": [{"author": "Ezra", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100129606015342?comment_id=10100129644508202", "anchor": "fb-10100129644508202", "service": "fb", "text": "I've been wanting to do something like that that would allow for vertical sliding.", "timestamp": "1577800848"}, {"author": "Jeff&nbsp;Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100129606015342?comment_id=10100129644508202&reply_comment_id=10100129647811582", "anchor": "fb-10100129644508202_10100129647811582", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;Ezra vertical sliding is a lot harder! Why do you want it?", "timestamp": "1577802912"}, {"author": "Ezra", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100129606015342?comment_id=10100129644508202&reply_comment_id=10100129653061062", "anchor": "fb-10100129644508202_10100129653061062", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;So I can stand at my desk sometimes.", "timestamp": "1577806753"}, {"author": "Alex", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100129606015342?comment_id=10100129656539092", "anchor": "fb-10100129656539092", "service": "fb", "text": "Seems nice! But why not just use a $22 VESA bracket like this? https://www.amazon.com/VideoSecu.../dp/B0025PKFUI", "timestamp": "1577808464"}, {"author": "Jeff&nbsp;Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100129606015342?comment_id=10100129656539092&reply_comment_id=10100129658325512", "anchor": "fb-10100129656539092_10100129658325512", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;Alex that wouldn't protect/hide the monitor when folded away. I'm also not sure it rotates enough to bring the monitor fully against the wall?", "timestamp": "1577809306"}, {"author": "Mac", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100129606015342?comment_id=10100129656539092&reply_comment_id=10100129662217712", "anchor": "fb-10100129656539092_10100129662217712", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;Dunno about full flush to the wall, but two horizontal pivot axes allows vertical motion without sliding action.  Lotsa products with this functionality.  My unerring analysis of the picture of the base bracket looks as though the horizontal arm can swing to parallel to the wall.  Won't get better retraction than that.<br><br>https://www.displays2go.com/.../Monitor-Wall-Mount-Arm-is...", "timestamp": "1577811319"}, {"author": "Julia", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100129606015342?comment_id=10100129656539092&reply_comment_id=10100129664278582", "anchor": "fb-10100129656539092_10100129664278582", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;Because it's right next to the couch where the kids climb and play, I wanted something that would protect it pretty fully when folded away. I think the wood works well for that", "timestamp": "1577812509"}, {"author": "Josh", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100129606015342?comment_id=10100129668759602", "anchor": "fb-10100129668759602", "service": "fb", "text": "I was having similar problems, which I solved by switching to a standing desk in the living room, in the form of an Ergodriven Spark on top of a folding TV table, with a couple of additional cardboard boxes duct-taped on to get the heights right. I found that I liked standing; the only drawback has been that it's harder to show the kids stuff on my laptop, I have to unplug it from the keyboard and mouse and take it down and put it back up again afterwards. Not awful, but not seamless.<br><br>(Another problem is that the Ergodriven Spark seems to be no more. :^(  It was a Kickstarter thing; I guess they're not still manufacturing them? Mine is holding up well after, hm, two years now? Something like that, but it is made of cardboard.)", "timestamp": "1577814180"}, {"author": "KevinHock", "source_link": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/MjQaqMryxQ7jputig#PQ5rJxCXQhkzuy6Eu", "anchor": "lw-PQ5rJxCXQhkzuy6Eu", "service": "lw", "text": "re: Being able to use touchpad: https://www.petekeen.net/mounting-a-magic-trackpad-on-a-kinesis-advantage-keyboard may be a setup you haven&apos;t seen before.<br><br><br>(When I had bad RSI I used Kensington Expert Trackball Mouse solely for the ball and Kinesis Dual Pedal for clicking.)", "timestamp": 1577818225}, {"author": "Jeff&nbsp;Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100129606015342?comment_id=10100129790565502", "anchor": "fb-10100129790565502", "service": "fb", "text": "I replaced the unpainted shim with a new spacer that's the right size and color:", "timestamp": "1577869355"}]}