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Five best cheap monitor mounts / arms for your desk
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Five best cheap monitor mounts / arms for your desk

So you’ve got a desk, you’ve organized all of your cables, but what about your monitor? If you’ve been following along you know that I became hyper-fixated on my ergonomics during Covid, and having a monitor arm was one way I helped situate my monitor better for viewing and clean up my desk space. What’s…

I’m too lazy to cook vegetables so I use green powder instead

I’m too lazy to cook vegetables so I use green powder instead

I’ve been known to try some pretty weird experimentation with my diet in the past. A few years ago I went full on with Soylent, the liquid meal that replaces all solid food meals. Re-reading that last sentence and especially reading the “solid food meals” part out loud makes me feel like either a robot…

How to save money on brand name prescription glasses and sunglasses

How to save money on brand name prescription glasses and sunglasses

When I turned 25 I suddenly was struggling to see street signs while driving at night time, a canary in the coal mine of my eventual need for glasses. Over the last ten years plus I’ve tried a huge range of glasses: brand names from Lenscrafters, boutique optic shops, Warby Parker, and even glasses from…

Don’t buy a gaming or work headset: use this instead
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Don’t buy a gaming or work headset: use this instead

I’ve written about my favorite PS5 wireless headsets and gave my recommendations for those who prefer to have wireless functionality with their headset. The problem is that they are generally a bit expensive, and you probably wouldn’t use them for anything non gaming related. Sure, you maybe could use one on your PC for conference…

Buying premium used: how I bought a $1200 office chair for cheap
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Buying premium used: how I bought a $1200 office chair for cheap

You will never read articles like this on a regular affiliate website (as of writing this we are not even an affiliate site yet). Why? Because I’m going to talk about buying something used, which doesn’t help me in any way. I love buying things used, especially premium items. While I also like dupes, I’m…