Life: August 2005 Archives
So, generally speaking, my hands are feeling much better now after typing. The rest and exercise routine, combined with improved ergonomics at work, was successful. Most days, when I leave work, my hands feel fine. The only problems I have are when I use the laptop extensively (like when attending a conference), or when I am typing away from my ergonomic setup (like when attending off-site training).
But things still are not perfect, as I found today. We are getting into "crunch time" at work, and so I have been coding my little brains out for the last two weeks. Over the course of the last few days, in particular, I have really been going to town. Pretty much everybody has been busy with the visiting dignitaries that we have in the office this week, leaving me all alone to code. And while I have been greatly productive, I am finding that there is an upper-limit in terms of how much typing I can do in a day. A limit that I find, of course, during periods of heavy programming.
I'm hoping that once I get a proper ergonomic setup at home, and reduce my laptop usage down to near-zero, that I'll be able to type even more. But, I'll have to see how it goes.
-Andy.
I just found out about BAR Camp, the open alternative to FOO Camp. Normally, this is the sort of thing that I would be really hot on, especially since it is taking place in my back yard, but I'm just not feeling that motivated. Partly because I don't really have anything to demo and/or talk about. And partly because I just kind of want some "Andy time" this weekend. I have some stuff that I need to do that has been nagging at me for awhile, and I'm hoping that I'll be able to carve out some time this weekend in order to do it.
Hopefully.
-Andy.
I have posted two new galleries: from my Birthday dinner last week, and from a short hike that I took with Stan and Anjali. Some of the hiking pictures came out really well, because Stan was driving the camera. His skills with the camera seem to be progressing a lot faster than mine -- but no matter, he's giving me some good tips that I can use in my photography.
-Andy.
And so passes another birthday. Thanks to everyone who wished me well today, and big ups to my co-workers for buying me lunch and dessert today. And so begins, the last year of my twenties. I hope it's as good as all the rest have been.
-Andy.
