Help me upgrade my monitor situation for multitasking. Right now I’ve got a 16″ monitor and two 15″ monitors and I want just one big one instead! I’m thinking I might want either a 27″ or 32″ IPS 4K flat screen monitor. Recommendations?
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I don’t game on it. I use multiple browser and text app windows.
I ruled out VA ultrawide monitors because I don’t like that they lose brightness when you are looking at them even slightly off-angle.
I ruled out OLED monitors because they burn in and I’m not spending $1800 on a monitor that is going to last 2 years! Hilariously, every salesman says, “OLEDs don’t burn in any more” and I ask why the year-old store model we’re standing in front of has burned in.”
(image is my current setup)
If you are bothered by flickering lights out in the world, as I am, I’ve got an important ask for you:
Tell me where you saw fixing a light flicker problem made a tangible impact!
Maybe you know about an office, store, vehicle, or home (your home?!) where there was a problem with lighting flicker that was fixed by installing flicker-free lighting? Maybe it helped with fewer migraines, decreased brain strain, better focus, more sales, happier customers, safer work environment, or just a calmer space… whatever story, I need to hear it!
Why this matters:
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is preparing to expand its research on lighting flicker. To secure research funding for 2027, they need real-world case studies showing how resolving flicker is beneficial. PNNL’s findings directly shape industry standards and regulations. This is the kind of research that could solve the flickering lighting problem in all our lives.
You can make a huge difference with your story!
1 – Write to me with any example you’ve seen where improving lighting solved a problem.
2 – Pass it along: Forward this to anyone you know who is affected by light flicker, the more voices we gather, the stronger our case!
Thanks in advance,
Lee Sonko
https://www.lee.org/flicker
Just gonna geek out here: I totally love the Obsidian note taking tool!
Over the last year, it’s been replacing much of my Google Docs notes, task management, reminders to myself. I strongly prefer using it for parts of my work, putting info exactly where I need it in a way that’s organized the way I want it to be. Obsidian is remarkably straightforward and sandbox-like, which is to say you can do anything or nothing to your work environment, as you see fit. There’s a zillion useful plugins, of which I use very few because I’m interested in getting things done, not putting my data on a pedestal.
It costs $0 and I spend $4/month so it syncs with my phone, which works super-great.
The Obsidian website initially might feel a little “woo-woo”. Just know that it’s awesome.
I think the most core features are:
– WYSIWYG Markdown editor
– Very easy wiki-links between documents
– that’s it. You’d think there’s more but those are so useful
Obsidian – so hot right now, Obsidian.
I just had to share this super awesome scientific discovery.
TL;DR: why does stuff left out in the rain get corroded? Everybody knows that the rain has corrosive stuff in it, that’s why, right? Turns out nobody has been thinking about how raindrops are electrically charged, and the charge is so great that when they land on stuff, they zap tiny lightning bolts through whatever they hit! How freaking cool is that? And it’s obvious when you think about it, but nobody thought about it, until now.
Read the Ars Technica article, Raindrops are tiny lightning bolts, and they’re corroding cars, study finds
Finding reveals an overlooked way that water can damage surfaces. Nature journal article
