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Using Your Laptop In Bed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the get-your-mind-out-of-the-gutter dept.

ryanaip writes "The New York Times has an article looking at the social implications of technology in the home. Specifically, the problems a spouse can face when their loved one is working in bed." From the article: "As electronic devices get smaller, people tote their technology around the house more than ever. And as the number of home wireless networks also grows, laptops — along with Treos, BlackBerries and other messaging devices — are migrating into the bedroom and onto the bed. The marital bed has survived his-and-her book lights and the sushi-laden bed tray. Can it also survive computers that tether their owners to the office or make the bed the workplace itself?"

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  1. Sleep Hygiene by Skudd · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Sleep Hygienests will argue that doing anything in the bed, outside of sexual activity or sleeping, is harmful to your sleep habits. It will "pollute" (for lack of a better word) your mind such that you are expecting to do something other than sleep in the bed, which will cause your mind to be stimulated each time you enter the bed in the same manner it was stimulated when you were doing whatever you were doing, be it reading, watching TV, or surfing the Internet.

    1. Re:Sleep Hygiene by SanityInAnarchy · · Score: 5, Interesting

      So why does sex get a free pass? Wouldn't that train you the same way?

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      Don't thank God, thank a doctor!
  2. Not if you have a waterbed by grahamsz · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've got my wireless AP in the basement and I get Excellent coverage all over the house, but the second i move it over the bed the water blocks the signal completely.

    It's probably better that way, but i'm just amazed how a relatively small amount of water can completely destroy the signal. I haven't tested it in the bath yet - how good is Dell Completecare?

  3. An exception to every rule... by Gerocrack · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Add a little Bliss (http://www.gamesforloving.com/), and the laptop becomes a welcome guest in the bed.