Right eye dominant, left hand bow gal here--it can be done.
Given how much I do left handed, I am fairly certain had I not spent my early years in Catholic school where no one was allowed to be left handed, I'd be left eye dominant.
I have heard of folks who even go so far as to wear an eyepatch to force the opposite eye to the dominant role.
This is pure ignorance on my part... under what circumstances would it be possible to get my laptop run over by a truck as part of a normal day?
I remember one summer when I was working in Boston and saw a fella riding his bike down one of the cobbled streets with his laptop, sans cover or bag, strapped to the rear bike rack with a single bungie cord. At the time, I saw a lot of folks with laptops strapped to bikes, just not usually this poorly protected.
After one particularly hard bounce, his laptop shot out of its bungie and flew a short distance before falling to the street. By the time he stopped his bike to retrieve it, it was already too late--he turned around just in time to watch a truck run it over.
All I can remember thinking at the time was two things:
1) How I couldn't wait to get back from lunch to tell everyone my first personally observed laptop horror story (I worked in MIS at the time, and we saw all sorts of sorry states of stinkpads, always accompanied by the most amazing stories.)
2) One bungie cord--that's the best he could do?
As has been said, certain folks seem accident prone, and some just plain dumb. I don't know if this guy learned his lesson or not for his replacement, but I can easily see how someone who rides their bike with their laptop attached would benefit from the extra insurance a more durable laptop can give.
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Right eye dominant, left hand bow gal here--it can be done. Given how much I do left handed, I am fairly certain had I not spent my early years in Catholic school where no one was allowed to be left handed, I'd be left eye dominant. I have heard of folks who even go so far as to wear an eyepatch to force the opposite eye to the dominant role.
This is pure ignorance on my part... under what circumstances would it be possible to get my laptop run over by a truck as part of a normal day?
I remember one summer when I was working in Boston and saw a fella riding his bike down one of the cobbled streets with his laptop, sans cover or bag, strapped to the rear bike rack with a single bungie cord. At the time, I saw a lot of folks with laptops strapped to bikes, just not usually this poorly protected.
After one particularly hard bounce, his laptop shot out of its bungie and flew a short distance before falling to the street. By the time he stopped his bike to retrieve it, it was already too late--he turned around just in time to watch a truck run it over.
All I can remember thinking at the time was two things:
1) How I couldn't wait to get back from lunch to tell everyone my first personally observed laptop horror story (I worked in MIS at the time, and we saw all sorts of sorry states of stinkpads, always accompanied by the most amazing stories.)
2) One bungie cord--that's the best he could do?
As has been said, certain folks seem accident prone, and some just plain dumb. I don't know if this guy learned his lesson or not for his replacement, but I can easily see how someone who rides their bike with their laptop attached would benefit from the extra insurance a more durable laptop can give.