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I have technique and power!
Posted by Mike Sugarbaker at 4:02 am on 1/27/2003
I’m just basking in the glory for a minute, because the DSL router I just set up actually worked with no fuss (technique). This allows me to hook my laptop into a monitor-keyboard setup that’s much more ergonomic (power).
I don’t remember if I read it somewhere or if it was just my mom who brought it up, but Steve Jobs’ recent keynote comment that he expects new computer sales to shift emphasis to laptops in a big way has a big dark side. According to every guideline I’ve seen for workstation safety, you should have the top of your monitor up at eye level. Laptops simply can’t do that. You’ll wreck your neck if you put in the kind of hours I have – and, in fact, I have.
Steve’s revolution will reap a harvest of necks. That would be a better post title, “A Harvest Of Necks,” but I played DOA3 down at Michael and Amanda’s over the weekend, and fell in love with the fighters’ taglines. Why doesn’t any of them say “My mother was a saint!!”?