Where to Put Your Desk Relative to the Window
Facing the window blinds you on calls; backing it glares your screen. The room-layout rule that fixes both, plus fixes for one-window rooms.
Hilly Shore Labs
7 min read·June 19, 2026
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Research-backed buying guides, product comparisons, and work-from-home setup advice.
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How to Power Your Whole WFH Desk From One Charger
USB-C Power Delivery can run a laptop, charge a phone, and drive a monitor down one cable. Here is how to size the watts and ditch the brick pile.
Hilly Shore Labs
7 min read·June 17, 2026
How to Keep Working Through a Power Outage at Home
Outages are short and survivable on a battery you half-own. The 3-layer power, internet, and go-bag plan to never lose a WFH day.
Hilly Shore Labs
7 min read·June 17, 2026
The Smartest Way to Use Your Phone at Your WFH Desk
Your phone is the most powerful computer on your desk. Here are the three WFH jobs it is unbeatable at, the one it is terrible at, and why.
Hilly Shore Labs
7 min read·June 15, 2026
Do You Need an External Monitor for Your Laptop?
Working off your laptop screen all day? An external monitor is mainly an ergonomics fix, not a productivity hack. Here is when it actually matters.
Hilly Shore Labs
7 min read·June 13, 2026
How Much Internet Speed Do You Need for Video Calls?
A single HD video call needs only 2 to 4 Mbps. Here is why a faster plan rarely fixes dropped calls, and the real cause of choppy Zoom and Teams.
Hilly Shore Labs
7 min read·June 13, 2026
Why Your External Monitor Looks Blurry (and the Fix)
Blurry or wrong-sized external monitor? It is a resolution, scaling, or cable mismatch, not a broken screen. Here is the 3-step diagnostic fix.
Hilly Shore Labs
7 min read·June 12, 2026
Should Your WFH Setup Be Wired or Wireless?
Wired or wireless for your home office? Go wired for internet and call audio, wireless for mouse, keyboard, and charging. Here is the rule and why.
Hilly Shore Labs
7 min read·June 10, 2026
How Often Should You Stand at a Standing Desk?
How often to stand at a standing desk, backed by ergonomics research: change posture every 20-30 minutes, move on breaks, and skip all-day standing.
Hilly Shore Labs
7 min read·June 9, 2026
Why Your HDMI Splitter Won't Extend to Two Monitors
An HDMI splitter mirrors one screen, it does not extend it. Here is the real reason your second monitor duplicates, and the four fixes that work.
Hilly Shore Labs
7 min read·June 8, 2026
Do You Need a 4K Monitor for Working From Home?
4K sounds like the upgrade, but most home-office work never benefits. How resolution, size, and scaling actually decide your monitor.
Hilly Shore Labs
7 min read·June 7, 2026
Do Acoustic Panels Help Home Office Calls?
A practical WFH guide to echo, background noise, and when acoustic wall panels actually improve video-call audio.
Hilly Shore Labs
6 min read·June 6, 2026