If I could add to the article, I would describe an ideal standing desk (or several), perhaps discuss contemporary standing desks versus old, and provide the specific instructions on DYI rather than the general description of necessary supplies. Thoughts, hackers?

For some hackers like me, arrangements like Hemingway's (a typewriter on top of a bookshelf) are too cramped for a laptop/desktop and anything else. In my case, in addition to an iMac, I need a traditional paper notebook for a math class, a graphing calculator, and a space to charge/test my iPad and phones. I experimented by propping up an end table on speakers and making adjustments with stacks of books. The surface area of an end table was far too small. So, I reverted back to my L-shaped sitting desk, which is a little too tricky at this time to prop up (it has a thin metal frame and has glass for all the surfaces).