It's been revised upwards to a magnitute of 9.0 now.
But, that's not my main point. I wish you hadn't made the above post as an AC. Yours has been one of the best made on this topic and you should let your fellow/.'s get to know you are.
what an absolutely refreshing take on the state of modern relationships! it is always great to see someone write an article about how to treat another person as a human being (whether male or female).
i do have to admit though i'm half of a geek couple. it can and does work, but is much more difficult than being in a "normal" (non-geek) relationship (which may mean the rewards can be greater). it's important to have no talk of work, software, or hardware in at least one room of the house and *absolutely* have one non-computer oriented night together. what helps the most though is that one person love to cook so you at least manage to feed your brains properly.
i've also had similar probs with a mouse. i went to a logitech trackball shortly after developing problems and it made it worse (not only did my wrist hurt, but my thumb started throbbing). i switched to a wacom penpartner tablet a few years ago and rarely if ever have problems now (and then only when occasion demands i work at a machine with a mouse for a few hours). it's relatively easy to use the keyboard while still holding onto the pen as well.
i've seen all kind of MDs and the majority of them have said it's related to posture. i know this isn't the source of everyone's problem, but i also know if i make a half decent attempt to sit up straight in my chair my neck and arms thank me...no more eye-squinting neckaches and tender elbows. i highly recommend rolfing for its benefit in getting the body back in some semblance of its pre-computer days alignment.
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It's been revised upwards to a magnitute of 9.0 now. But, that's not my main point. I wish you hadn't made the above post as an AC. Yours has been one of the best made on this topic and you should let your fellow /.'s get to know you are.
what an absolutely refreshing take on the state
of modern relationships! it is always great to see someone write an article about how to treat another person as a human being (whether male or female).
i do have to admit though i'm half of a geek couple. it can and does work, but is much more difficult than being in a "normal" (non-geek)
relationship (which may mean the rewards can be greater). it's important to have no talk of work, software, or hardware in at least one room of the house and *absolutely* have one non-computer oriented night together. what helps the most though is that one person love to cook so you at least manage to feed your brains properly.
cheers to the author!
i've also had similar probs with a mouse. i went to a logitech trackball shortly after developing problems and it made it worse (not only did my wrist hurt, but my thumb started throbbing). i switched to a wacom penpartner tablet a few years ago and rarely if ever have problems now (and then only when occasion demands i work at a machine with a mouse for a few hours). it's relatively easy to use the keyboard while still holding onto the pen as well.
i've seen all kind of MDs and the majority of them have said it's related to posture. i know this isn't the source of everyone's problem, but i also know if i make a half decent attempt to sit up straight in my chair my neck and arms thank me...no more eye-squinting neckaches and tender elbows. i highly recommend rolfing for its benefit in getting the body back in some semblance of its pre-computer days alignment.