Whiteboard

February 26, 2008

New (to me) Whiteboard
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When moved out of his apartment this weekend he had a whiteboard (and supplies) which he no longer wanted. Now it’s in my basement. What’s really nice is that it’s a good quality whiteboard with a non-damaged surface. I’ve had a couple whiteboards in the past, but at least a small part of each surface had been abraded to the point of being non-erasable.

Hopefully now I can stop scrawling quick notes on Post-It(-ish) notes and sticking them to the back of the workbench.

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Anonymous February 27, 2008

I keep meaning to get a white board for home as it is good for planning out bits of science and maths and for planning out programs. We’ve got them all other the place at work, but unfortunately not here at home.

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1. arron_shutt February 27, 2008
  
  That was me again, sorry! :D
  
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  1. c0nsumer February 27, 2008
    
    Exactly. I’d liked having them for thinking out things, but never had a good one.
    
    Lately I’ve taken to keeping a 1cm pile of letter-sized paper around for the same thing, though, so it remains to be seen if I actually use a whiteboard. The best part about the paper is that I don’t have to turn my head to read it; I just look down from the keyboard. This is my typical setup at work, although now with the paper landscape, a newer laptop, and a different location (mostly).
    
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bdu February 27, 2008

We have two decent-sized whiteboards in the house, one in the living room and the other in the bedroom.

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1. c0nsumer February 27, 2008
  
  If I wasn’t so cheap I’d probably have a couple more. From what I was seeing it’s $30 – $40 for the shiny-face ones, and over $100 for the nice glass ones which will last for years.
  
  Weirdly, the lab I’ve been working in just received two whiteboards of this size. I’m really amazed they don’t have full-on white walls.
  
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