Ask YC: What do you use for personal workspace lighting when natural light is not available?
I'm lucky to have my office desk next to a window, so I get some decent natural light during the day, but when I want to work into the evening I find that my current GE "Reveal" full-spectrum 60-watt lamp isn't quote enough.
What do folks here do to get good lighting when the Sun isn't around?
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It sits directly behind my monitor and lights up the room so that I am not blinded by my monitor. It isn't enough to read by, though, so if I need to do that I use a regular desk lamp. But for computing, this sort of setup is ideal (IMHO anyway).
About five years ago I moved to a new place and had a very hard time finding halogen torchieres in stores. I never learned exactly why, but I suspect it was due to liability issues, because this was around the same time they started putting bird cages on top of the lamps.