Archive for 2009
Tips For Green Computer Use
One cannot stop using computers, but there are several things that one can do to help minimize one’s carbon footprint when it comes to computer use: Buy according to your Requirement: If you are not working a great deal on your computer, and don’t use it for a lot of things, then perhaps you can [...]
Economy Class Syndrome: How Does It Affect Computer Users?
Computer users are seen to be in some danger of having the condition that a lot of frequent flyers and long distance travelers are seen to have. An affliction that is a danger for persons who are required to sit immobile in cramped quarters for long periods of time is a threat to long distance [...]
The CTS And Repetitive Motion Debate
When you say Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, an almost automatic response to this usually is computer use. However there seems to be some dispute or controversy as regards CTS; and whether it is a work related or occupational disease. Carpal tunnel syndrome is said to be aggravated by repetitive grasping and manipulating activities and one view [...]
Should You Shift To E-Book Reading?
E book reading is becoming ever more popular; a convenience of being able to read without the actual book; of going green because you are cutting down on the amount of paper needed to produce all those books. Reading books in their dematerialized form is becoming more popular in no small part to mainstream popularity [...]
Is Your Computer Green?
Every one of us uses a computer today, but how many of us are giving a thought to the environmental impact of computers? Keep in mind the fact that technology is constantly improving, evolving, getting more advanced, becoming smaller, niftier, cooler, more convenient…. The reasons why we keep changing, upgrading and thereby creating more and [...]
What Is The DVORAK Keyboard?
The DVORAK keyboard is also known as the simplified keyboard, and is a keyboard layout patented in the 1930’s by August Dvorak, an educational psychologist and professor of education. Many of us have not even heard of the Dvorak keyboard, since it is nowhere near as popular as the QWERTY keyboard that you and I [...]
Is Your Laptop Energy Inefficient?
There are some telltale signs that evince the fact that your laptop[Ergonomic laptop] is perhaps using up more power than it ought, that it is inefficiently using up resources. Firstly there is the hum of the fan, which if it is obviously audible, is likely to be the sign of a laptop that is working [...]
The Laptop Trolley – A Great Idea!
One thing that can truly aid and assist you in the business trips, daily work commutes and other work related activity that you routinely undertake is a laptop trolley bag. Oftentimes there is the requirement to travel out of town with your laptop, or there is the need to carry a lot more to office [...]
Tips To Prevent Internet Addiction
Though opinions differ on whether virtual addiction or internet addiction are actual psychological disorders, there is probably some agreement on the point that computer or internet use should not extend to the point where it interferes with your day to day activities, your health, your interpersonal relationships and personal as well as professional life. We [...]
The LED Keyboard, Is It Something You Really Need?
The video below shows you this rather psychedelic LED keyboard, with lit up keys and a very distinctly jazzy aspect. So what really is the deal with LED keyboards, do you need them unless you are the sort who has to have the latest in gadgetry at all costs and the minute anything is launched? [...]
