Usually when one wants to decrease hand and wrist pain from computer use, they buy ergonomically friendly input hardware, such as a Microsoft Natural Keyboard. This is good, but you can take it a step further by following the old adage of, "type less, click less". Here are five ways to do that: 1. Assign the mouse wheel button as a double-click. I...

It’s been two weeks since I received my Saitek Eclipse keyboard (original article here), and if there was anything that could have gone wrong it would have happened by now. With that said, here’s how it’s fared out so far. First I’ll note that I do a ton of writing (obviously) so I have put the keyboard thru its paces and no, I’m...

It amazes me to this day how many people are unaware to basic tenets of ergonomics concerning daily computer use. Ergonomics as it pertains to you is to use your computer in a way that minimizes any damage to your body, hearing or vision in any way. Instead of getting into all the technical crapola about it, I’ll instead just do simply question/answer...

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