>Hello, I am a therapist in Nyack, NY who tunes >in to your discussions from time to time. I lived in Upper Nyack for a while, way back when. Lovely place. The BEST thunderstorms, eh? > I'm more tech than is good for me. I > developed carpal tunnel syndrome and am looking > for a very inexpensive or free laptop (no more > than 3 yrs old) to use while I recover from the stress. A while back I had the same issue and had the luxury of researching solutions for an article I then sold. (Sometimes I miss freelancing) Here are the keys (pun intended, of course) I learned... First ... you have to keep the keyboard low enough so that you are not holding your arms up... elbows should be relaxed... forearms no higher than your elbows. Second... Tilt the keyboard down away from you. When the keyboard is tilted up in the back in makes your wrist bend back and pretty much guarantees carpal tunnel inflammation. The idea is for your hands to fall naturally DOWN on the keyboard in a relaxed position that require no effort to maintain. You may need to install a high end keyboard drawer under the edge of your desktop (the furniture, not the one on the monitor) to get the keyboard low and tilted properly. Third is the keyboard. The best I've found is an anti RSI (repetitive stress injury) keyboard that is stocked by www.CyberGuys.com ( it's cheap too... about $8, I think?) It is flat and shaped like a regular keyboard but the keys are keystoned to allow your hands to be in proper position, not twisted as with a normal keyboard. It's the same idea as the weird bent keyboards in terms of key placement, but without the split keyboard and hilly shape. It also has a fairly light 'touch.' The reason a laptop feels better is that the keys don't take much effort to push and have a short 'throw'... the distance they move. You can also position a laptop easily so that it is tilted down away from you, which relieves the stress on your wrists. Hope that's helpful. Many blessings, David ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' DAVID FRANKLIN FARKAS, M.S. Ed Intuitive Spiritual Healer Master Technician of the Sacred Remote Realty Services from Rubicon Partnerships ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' House Healing Ghost Busting Clearing for Homes, Buildings, People & Business Proprietary Quantum Grid Restructuring System ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Listen now to an INFORMATIVE AUDIO... http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/WQ1J7T4s Or hear the same recorded message by phone... Toll FRE'E, 24/7: 888.468.5799 ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Voice Mail: 888.5.RUBICON realty at farkas.com www.HouseHealing.com ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' "Every thought is a prayer. Every prayer is answered" ..........................Dr. M.T. Morter "Everything is Energy, Everything is Connected, Everything is Interactive.................David Franklin Farkas ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' No trees were destroyed by sending this message. However, a significant number of electrons were inconvenienced. ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20070508/b67ac503/attachment.html