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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. Girlfriend? by od05 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Who reads slashdot AND has a girlfriend?

  2. can cause insomnia by ecloud · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I read some good advice on a sign at a hotel once - the bed is for sleeping. If you do something else in it, like read or watch TV, you condition yourself not to sleep there. You will sleep better if that's the only thing you do in bed.

  3. Re:So.. by flooey · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Slashdot decides to make fun of slashdotters...

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