mrneutrongodeon ([info]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 [info]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 [info]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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[info]matrushkaka
2005-09-13 05:12 pm UTC (link)
YOU WILL BE PROMOTED FOR THIS

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[info]sambushell
2005-09-14 04:53 am UTC (link)
Nice double-entendre.

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[info]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.)

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[info]tongodeon
2005-09-13 05:24 pm UTC (link)
I was posing for the camera. My posture is in no way that good regularly.

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(no subject) - [info]dawn_guy, 2005-09-13 05:33 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]rimrunner, 2005-09-13 11:01 pm UTC (Expand)
Wooooooooooooow!
[info]doohickey
2005-09-13 05:21 pm UTC (link)
That totally rules.

Yay.

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[info]gaaneden
2005-09-13 05:29 pm UTC (link)
That is just fabulous. I may have to do that. Seriously.

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[info]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.

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[info]tongodeon
2005-09-13 06:01 pm UTC (link)
It works so well because the second photo is taken from almost the exact same point as the original photo. Everything lines up. It doesn't look nearly as good if you view it from the side.

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(no subject) - [info]bsdcat, 2005-09-13 07:45 pm UTC (Expand)

[info]technoshaman
2005-09-13 05:38 pm UTC (link)
That is just evil. In a good way... :)

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[info]2wanda
2005-09-13 05:46 pm UTC (link)
That's hilarious. I love it!

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[info]hwrnmnbsol
2005-09-14 01:25 am UTC (link)
2wanda, somebody in the Fark comments loves your userpic. You should know this, and possibly be afraid/amused/both.

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(no subject) - [info]2wanda, 2005-09-14 02:09 am UTC (Expand)
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wine... - [info]2wanda, 2005-09-14 04:00 am UTC (Expand)

[info]erikred
2005-09-13 05:50 pm UTC (link)
Awesome. Beyond awesome.

Cost?

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[info]tongodeon
2005-09-13 06:00 pm UTC (link)
The cost was significant for a prank: $275 or so for the printing. It would have been $150 if the width had been 3" shorter: they could have done it onsite, rather than ship it off to the big printer. Also, you can do it a lot cheaper than Kinko's if you shop around and find a small vinyl printing house. At the time I was just moving into LA and time was less plentiful than money, so I didn't shop around that much.

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[info]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.

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[info]eejitalmuppet
2005-09-13 06:07 pm UTC (link)
*applause*

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[info]txt_eva
2005-09-13 10:44 pm UTC (link)
hey you!

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(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.

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[info]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!

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[info]tongodeon
2005-09-13 06:44 pm UTC (link)
Someone suggested that I should install a few blinking LED lights (on the phone for example) to increase the believability.

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[info]dhpdesign
2005-09-13 06:33 pm UTC (link)
You win the internets!

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Baha!
[info]rrrebo
2005-09-13 06:48 pm UTC (link)
How farking oblivious are the people you work with?!? Are they hiring?

Bravo. *golfclap*

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Re: Baha!
[info]projectgator
2005-09-14 04:42 am UTC (link)
rrrebo, think that will fly with us! Maybe we can hide from the n00bs this way

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[info]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.

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[info]japlady
2005-09-13 07:58 pm UTC (link)
you are the man!

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Business Supplies
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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.

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[info]hypoxia
2005-09-14 02:23 am UTC (link)
There is a way. . . see if the company has an account with FedEx Kinko's and just bill it to that. *heh*

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[info]haineux
2005-09-13 08:36 pm UTC (link)
You just hit MAKE:blog.

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[info]kraquehaus
2005-09-13 09:14 pm UTC (link)
That is just too amazingly wonderfully great!

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[info]matbalez
2005-09-13 09:20 pm UTC (link)
kudos.

i like how this has been tagged "work"

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[info]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.

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[info]tongodeon
2005-09-13 09:39 pm UTC (link)
Huh, I'm still getting the photos OK, but maybe they're in my cache. Thanks for the heads-up.

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[info]masstreble
2005-09-13 09:26 pm UTC (link)
Uh oh, now you're on BoingBoing!

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I'm....
[info]moonchylde
2005-09-13 11:02 pm UTC (link)
here from there! nifty! :)

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[info]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.

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[info]satedkate
2005-09-13 09:30 pm UTC (link)
HELLS YEAH

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