Comment on heat your body, not your house -- using an infrared heat lamp
lettruthout@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Have you already considered a desktop heating pad? It might use less energy but would definitely be easier on the eyes
That would help when my wrists rest on the cold desk (which is ergonomically bad anyway). It doesn’t seem like a solution for typing, though if I take frequent rests for hand warming maybe that’d be viable (which I do now by via many cups of hot tea).
About the eyes, I would not want to wear goggles. But I wonder if a good lamp shade could be sufficient. Or is the reflected light also retina deteriorating?
I don’t know about the health effects of too much IR radiation but I would find it annoying. My office gets cold too but I’ve been getting by with just sitting on one hand at a time if it gets too bad. If it gets much worse I‘d consider a desktop heating pad with a small blanket over the entire area. That way both my keyboard and mouse areas are kept warm.
Yeah I do the hand sitting and some other tricks… but was looking for a slightly more productive level of comfort without heating the room or house.
Curdie@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I tried this. It makes hot sweaty contact points without warming my hands.