[Air-L] have I discovered a new disease?

[Barry Wellman]

I've been writing more than my share of "papers", etc in the past month.
On my IBM Thinkpad T42.

Recently I have noticed that both heels of my outer palms have become
uncomfortably irritated -- the result I am sure of having them on the
keyboard's palm rests for 10 hours at a time.

The solution: I am trying to lift my wrists up so that only my fingers
touch the keyboard. And I will be taking a break at the Social Network
conference, this Tuesday thru Sunday.

But I am wondering if this is a new phenomenon, or others on this list
have experienced it. I do like Thinkpads for reliability and keyboard
feel, but I notice that their palm rests are a bit rough.

 Barry Wellman
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