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

[Ulf-Dietrich Reips]

There have been burns on various portions of bodies, depending on 
where lap-tops have been placed.
Best --u

At 13:46 Uhr -0500 19.1.2008, Barry Wellman wrote:
>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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