I like it: Kinesis Advantage Ergonomic Keyboard
It's better than: Normal keyboards
Why the change?
I started having numbness and pain in my wrist, elbow and fingers about a year and a half ago. I've been to the doctor, tried better posture, an ergonomic mouse, stretching, a splint, HandEze gloves, dictation software, using the computer less, taking breaks, taking pain-killers, massage and going to a chiropractor. A few months ago, I decided to get a better keyboard. I shopped around a bit and found some fairly cheep ergonomic keyboards, but many of the reviews I read raved about the Kinesis. It looked strange, but I liked the idea of using my thumb more. This review was a big part of why I went for it. He also talks about switching to the Dvorak keyboard layout, which I considered. But he said it took longer and made less of a difference than just switching to a Kinesis with QWERTY. It did take me a few days to get back up to speed, but I love my keyboard now. If I try using a normal keyboard, it's slow and painful.

I still have to deal with some pain, but I'm learning my limits and I can get through a day at work now. I stopped wearing the gloves and cut my stretching way back. I think I was overdoing it and it was becoming counterproductive. I'm also using AntiRSI, a little Mac program that reminds me to take breaks. This problem sucks and I may always have to deal with it, but I feel like I've got it under control now. My keyboard has been a big part of that.

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'Jericho' fans assail CBS with 25 tons of peanuts - CNN - 06JUN07

This is cool. We made mainstream news - hooray for us. NUTS!

You can watch all of the episodes here.

Yep, I'm juror #10.

It took one and a half days to select a jury, but only a day to present all the evidence and witnesses. I think I've got just one day left, with closing arguments and deliberation time. Can't say anything else about the case though. More later.

Tomorrow night is the Morrissey show at Riverside Municipal Auditorium. This man chooses some pretty odd places to have shows, but it's always entertaining! This one should be particularly great because it will be the smallest venue we've seen him play, with less than 2,000 capacity. That's like playing the Palace. Sweet! And on Friday is the Hollywood Bowl show, which fits, um, quite a few more people in. I'm looking forward to seeing the contrast of both shows.

Ric's in "south LA" right now, or that's what the news likes to call it these days to make it sound nicer. There was a fire at the plant and he went to be on the scene in case he was needed. I'm not going to sleep until he's safe at home. He kind of sticks out like a sore thumb out there, especially at night.