The ideal home office would be having raised access flooring for better cable management.
[image: Inline image 1] 'How a shallow raised floor provides cable management' http://www.cablinginstall.com/articles/print/volume-21/issue-3/features/how-a-shallow-raised-floor-provides-cable-management.html Low Profie Floor: http://www.steelcase.com/en/products/category/architectural/floors/low-profile-floor/pages/overview.aspx On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Richard Williams <pundits...@gmail.com>wrote: 15. The ideal home office would have a smooth floor so that the office > chair can roll around easily in order to grab things off other tables and > counters. > > [image: Inline image 1] > > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 9:13 AM, Share Long <sharelon...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> >> >> Hey, Richard, don't forget rebounders! Also known as mini trampolines. >> Good for the bones, good for the immune system. >> >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 8:37 AM, Richard Williams < >> pundits...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 13. The ideal home office will have a stationary bicycle, and/or a >> treadmill, an elliptical or other exercise device, and maybe some 5-10 >> pound one-handed barbells. >> >> [image: Inline image 1] >> >> 14. The ideal home office would have a good pair of noise-cancelling head >> phones. >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Richard Williams <pundits...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >> [image: Inline image 1] >> >> Example of an ideal home office, above; below a description of a poor >> home office: >> >> There's a nerd guy I know that lives down the street who does almost all >> of his homework sitting on a twin bed with his dog - the bed is a mattress >> on the floor, no frame. He has an old army sleeping bag which also doubles >> as a pillow when not in use for sleeping or on really hot days. >> >> This guy has a large box fan sitting on the floor, usually set to high. >> The guy has an old laptop computer with a 14 inch display, but no internet; >> a 21 inch cathode ray TV set with rabbit ears sitting on a TV tray. There >> is a game box with two controllers and several game discs on the floor next >> to a cardboard box. There's an Emerson microwave on the counter next to a >> small sink in the corner of the room. >> >> His place is located out back behind the main house next to the alley. >> Two large dogs roam the back yard which is mostly dirt and rocks with a few >> sprouts of Johnson grass. There is no water hose but there is a spigot at >> the side of the main hose. He parks his car on the street at the curb in >> front of the house. There is a sidewalk made of square flat concrete slabs >> that he got at Home Depot garden center. His door has a combination padlock >> on the outside of the door with a chain for security. Inside the door has a >> sliding bolt assembly he bought at Ace Hardware. >> >> This nerd guy has an old Lazy Boy recliner for his chair that he found at >> the curb from a house down the street that he found during free curb-side >> trash pick up. His main light is a cord hanging from the center of the >> ceiling with an aluminum shield on it that he got at the Family Dollar. He >> has a radiant electric heater on the floor near the foot of the bed. There >> is a window in the back of the room covered with aluminum foil and it >> opens, but has no screen. >> >> This nerd has a styro-foam cooler for keeping beer cooled, which doubles >> as a table for an ash tray, which is large coffee can filled with sand. >> There is a bathroom in this guys home office, but it contains no tissue of >> any kind and no soap. Go figure. >> >> Suggestions for an Ideal Home Office: >> >> A ideal home office should be designed for getting things done. The ideal >> home home office will have a desk; a chair; a table light; and some writing >> paper and a box of pencils. The ideal home office would be a separate room >> with a door and window to allow natural light to enter the room. In >> addition to the above an ideal office will have its own bathroom for easy >> convenience. >> >> The ideal home office will have a long counter (with drawers or cabinets >> or both); a sink (double or single, ceramic or aluminum); a refrigerator >> (double or single door with a freezer) and a stove (gas or electric) to >> food cook on. The ideal office will have a coffee pot (drip, automatic; and >> a glass water kettle for boiling water. The ideal home office will have a >> coffee bean grinder. >> >> The desk should be stable, constructed of wood or metal, and at a >> suitable position for maximum utility. The chair should be comfortable and >> supporting. The table light should provide ample lighting for doing work. >> The ideal home office would be located in a place free of unwanted >> distractions. >> >> In addition, the ideal home office would be equipped with a telephone >> (land line or cell); a computer (desktop or laptop) preferably with two or >> more large flat-screen monitors and a sound system; a file cabinet (metal >> or wood); a printer (inkjet or laser); and a fax machine (or computer fax >> software) and a flat-bed scanner. The bathroom should include a roll of >> tissue; a box of tissues; and soap (bar or bottle). >> >> In the ideal home office will have a computer connected to the internet >> (high speed local network or wireless) and will be equipped with personal >> productivity tools such as a web browser, a text editor, a calculating >> program and imaging software >> >> Additional recommendations: >> >> 1. The room should be large with plenty of room for working on projects. >> The floor should be constructed of hardwood, highly polished, with a large >> oriental carpet in the center of the room with a pillow for sitting on to >> meditate and get inspiration. >> >> 2. The room should be equipped with a hot and cold central HVAC system, >> such as a Trane, if needed. The ideal home office would be designed with a >> fireplace (wood or gas). >> >> 3. The room should be secure, with a dead bolt lock on the door. The >> ideal home office would be equipped with security cameras and motion >> sensors connected to a security agency such Brinks. >> >> 4. The desk should be large and sturdy with plenty of room for writing, >> drawing, computing, collating or for completing projects. The ideal desk >> would have some drawers for storing the paper and pencils. >> >> 5. The chair should be adjustable for height; be able to swivel 360 >> degrees, have a high back; and padded arms; wheels for rolling around the >> room, for quick access to items when needed; the chair should be covered >> either in leather or vinyl or cloth. >> >> 6. The table light should be easily adjustable for optimum positioning; >> provide a switch for light intensity (bright, medium, or dim). >> >> 7. The window should be positioned so that it provides natural light for >> reading and for letting in fresh air and/or a sliding double door type door >> for easy access to a garden or a patio; the window should have curtains or >> blinds and be equipped with screens. >> >> 8. There should be a couch or a sofa (cloth or leather) in the ideal home >> office with a blanket, and a few pillows for taking naps or day dreaming; >> or for having meetings. >> >> 9. The ideal home office would be located near the family den for TV >> watching; for taking breaks from work; for drinking, and/or partying and >> listening to recorded music or for playing a guitar, drums or sax real >> loud. >> >> 10. The ideal home office would have a large refrigerator stocked with >> beer, wine and bottled water and food for overnight or week long projects. >> The cupboards should contain an ample supply of food stuffs (canned beans, >> canned chili, or various Chef-Boy-R- Dees). The really ideal home office >> cupboard would have a good supply of canned Vienna sausages and corm chips >> and good salsa sauce. >> >> 11. The ideal home office would have a garage or at least a carport for a >> company van to be used for obtaining supplies, for hauling band equipment >> or pets to the vet or to a dog park. >> >> 12. The ideal home office would be reserved for work or for completing >> projects - slackers should not be permitted in the home office for casual >> conversation or yakking - these types should be referred to the den or >> kitchen where the party is going on. >> >> Now let's get to work! >> >> >> >> >> >> > >
