tongodeon: The "Work Blind" Curtain

mrneutrongodeon (

tongodeon) wrote,
@ 2005-09-13 09:58:00

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The "Work Blind" Curtain
A while ago I mentioned an idea that I had about creating a "work blind". I actually ended up doing it. I had buttercup666 stand in my neighbor's cubicle and take a picture of me hard at work. Then I straightened the photo, undistorted it, and cropped it to the area in the doorway. I took it to Kinko's where they printed it onto vinyl, and grommeted the top with a kit that matrushkaka bought me. The result: The Work Blind. Think of it as the modern version of Jughead drawing eyes on his eyelids so that everyone thinks he's awake and paying attention all day, or Wile E. Coyote painting a tunnel entrance on the side of a mountain.

Followup article here.

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	matrushkaka 2005-09-13 05:12 pm UTC (link)
	YOU WILL BE PROMOTED FOR THIS (Reply to this)(Thread)(Expand)

	haineux 2005-09-13 05:15 pm UTC (link)
	Impressive. A simple idea, well done! I like how the color is a pretty OK match. Good ergonomics and posture. (Is your chair a little low? Try raising it a centimeter.) (Reply to this)(Thread)(Expand)

	Wooooooooooooow! doohickey 2005-09-13 05:21 pm UTC (link)
	That totally rules. Yay. (Reply to this)

	Wandered in from PreciousJade's LJ gaaneden 2005-09-13 05:29 pm UTC (link)
	That is just fabulous. I may have to do that. Seriously. (Reply to this)

	bsdcat 2005-09-13 05:37 pm UTC (link)
	Nicely done. Judging by the relative size of the monitor and chair in the two shots, you've got the size just about dead-on. If I were in a cubicle, I'd consider the same; as it is my boss is my officemate, so there's not much hiding. (Reply to this)(Thread)(Expand)

	technoshaman 2005-09-13 05:38 pm UTC (link)
	That is just evil. In a good way... :) (Reply to this)

	2wanda 2005-09-13 05:46 pm UTC (link)
	That's hilarious. I love it! (Reply to this)(Thread)(Expand)

	erikred 2005-09-13 05:50 pm UTC (link)
	Awesome. Beyond awesome. Cost? (Reply to this)(Thread)(Expand)

	hwrnmnbsol 2005-09-13 06:06 pm UTC (link)
	If I worked in your office, that would so be stolen and used for my shower curtain. (Reply to this)

	eejitalmuppet 2005-09-13 06:07 pm UTC (link)
	applause (Reply to this)

	andi_williams 2005-09-13 06:13 pm UTC (link)
	Just so you know, this has been approved to go on the main page of fark, so you are about to get a whole lot of traffic! (Reply to this)(Thread)(Expand)

	(Anonymous) 2005-09-13 06:23 pm UTC (link)
	If there is a Nobel prize for screwing around at work, you should win this year. If not, you should win one of the other Nobels, like the one for economics or something. (Reply to this)

	nerdtech 2005-09-13 06:24 pm UTC (link)
	All you need now is an audible recording of keyboards clicking, and you have the TOTAL ULTIMATE FAKE-OUT!!1! (Reply to this)(Thread)(Expand)

	Baha! rrrebo 2005-09-13 06:48 pm UTC (link)
	How farking oblivious are the people you work with?!? Are they hiring? Bravo. golfclap (Reply to this)(Thread)(Expand)

	mrbalihai 2005-09-13 07:29 pm UTC (link)
	Brilliant. My cow-orker who likes to sleep in his office during the afternoon could use one of these. Of course he'd have to add some sound baffling to muffle the snoring. (Reply to this)

	dhpdesign 2005-09-13 06:33 pm UTC (link)
	You win the internets! (Reply to this)

	japlady 2005-09-13 07:58 pm UTC (link)
	you are the man! (Reply to this)

	Business Supplies (Anonymous) 2005-09-13 08:35 pm UTC (link)
	If only you could have found a way to use work resources to pull it off....still impressive. (Reply to this)(Thread)(Expand)

	haineux 2005-09-13 08:36 pm UTC (link)
	You just hit MAKE:blog. (Reply to this)

	kraquehaus 2005-09-13 09:14 pm UTC (link)
	That is just too amazingly wonderfully great! (Reply to this)

	matbalez 2005-09-13 09:20 pm UTC (link)
	kudos. i like how this has been tagged "work" (Reply to this)

	manfire 2005-09-13 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	Man, this is so cool. Unfortunately, your photos here are starting to become unavailable; I think your web host's bandwidth is getting hammered from the links you've been getting. You might want to rehost the photos at tinypic or someplace like that for the time being. (Reply to this)(Thread)(Expand)

	masstreble 2005-09-13 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	Uh oh, now you're on BoingBoing! (Reply to this)(Thread)(Expand)

	Re: Wandered in from PreciousJade's LJ schwa242 2005-09-13 09:27 pm UTC (link)
	I want one. -- Schwa --- Only it might work better if it was a picture of me. (Reply to this)

	satedkate 2005-09-13 09:30 pm UTC (link)
	HELLS YEAH (Reply to this)

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