After a good deal of hacking around with my system I managed to move Documents and Settings from my D drive and free up the good amount of space which allowed me to finally install Dragon NaturallySpeaking. In the process I completely destroyed my personal profile but I must admit I do like how spartan and clean my desktop feels. And of course ( Read more... )

One if the things that has been given to me to try is voice recognition software. I tried it out before I was given it and it really was awesome stuff and a great improvement over the first generation stuff I used some six years ago. With the modern software you can actually talk at normal speed without putting in artificial gaps or having to ( Read more... )

It's been another long time since I last posted, ironically about how wonderful my keyboard was amd how it had cured all my problems. Clearly this shows that, under my negative exterior, an optimist lurks underneath. Obvious to say that my problems were not sorted by the keyboard, Or rather, the one that had been causing me the most pain was ( Read more... )

It's been a long while since my last update. Basically my RSI was flaring up so I left posting alone as much as possible so apologies to all and sundry that I didm't get back to. Since I wasn't getting anything done I went home early for Easter where being around my parents and pplfichi and hexter distracted me from that and ensured I wasn't bored enough to ( Read more... )

For the last week now I have had bad RSI in both wrists which has been stopping me from working and from using computers. I have been going nuts because I was pouring myself into my work and now I can't work and did I say it's driving me nuts? Can't use computers even. How did people cope without computers before? Well, I'm coping with ( Read more... )

Got back from seeing my parents late on Sunday. It was a good trip and it was good to see them. I also got to see pplfichi and hexter on Sunday for a walk in Regent's Park, where I got to catch up properly with them both ( Read more... )

Lots of stuff has happenned, so in no particular order:

Yesterday queenell bowled in and out again of my office having done her graduation, so I have a face to the identity. Normally, you don't expect a person to look anything like you think they look like but when they have a weird photo of themselves as their icon, you'd think there'd be some ( Read more... )

Three things help me to cope with having RSI pains while typing:

1) A tented and divided keyboard
2) Occasional breaks to stretch the arm and bring the nerve back from under strain. Reduces tingling (thanks sea_bright)
3) Holding my hands palms together not far apart and tossing a tenis ball between them on some occasional breaks

Number three, strange,