One Gig of Memory Still Not Enough?

I don’t know how many novelists (or in my case, wannabe novelists) there are out there who use voice-recognition software to write, but I suppose this applies to anybody who works with large MS Word documents. Whenever my documents reach 100 pages or so, Dragon NaturallySpeaking slows waaaaaaay down. Basically, it becomes unusable. I was…

The Carpal Tunnel Helpbook Review

The Carpal Tunnel HelpBook by Dr. Scott M. Fried is subtitled “Self-healing Alternatives for Carpal Tunnel and Other Repetitive Strain Injuries.” It’s a fairly short paperback, just over 100 pages, but provides a good introduction to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and other repetitive strain injuries (hence the title), and I would recommend it for those who…

10 Stretches You Can Do at Your Desk

There are number of sites out there that give you some stretches or exercises you can do at your desk (it’s a good idea to take breaks every 15-30 minutes as a preventative precaution against RSI). I thought I’d share this one. It’s quick and easy, with cartoons to illustrate the stretches. I love the…

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Service Pack 2

Service Pack 2, an update for Dragon NaturallySpeaking 7.0, has been out for a few months (maybe a year; I’m not the swiftest about checking for updates). According to the long list of “fixes” on their web site, it’s supposed to fix a lot of things that needed, well, fixing. The only two things I…

Favorable Review of Dragon NaturallySpeaking Mobile Edition

The Sydney Morning Herald published a user’s very favorable experience with Dragon NaturallySpeaking Mobile edition which allows you to dictate into a recorder while away from the computer, then upload your work into the computer, either as text or into a wav file. The author notes that the system only works with “digital recorders that…

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Service Pack 2

Service Pack 2, an update for Dragon NaturallySpeaking 7.0, has been out for a few months (maybe a year; I’m not the swiftest about checking for updates). According to the long list of “fixes” on their web site, it’s supposed to fix a lot of things that needed, well, fixing. The only two things I…

Virtual Keyboards

Apparently, Samsung and Nokia are racing to put out virtual keyboards. These keyboards will be integrated into their mobile phones. I’m not a huge cell phone user, but phones aside, I’ve got to say, I love the new keyboard alternatives that have been coming out in the last couple of years. More options for those…

How Clean Is Your Mouse Ball?

StreamingMediaIQ posted an article today on Mouse Ergonomics. It’s pretty basic stuff, but I must admit, I’d never worried about cleaning the dust out of the bottom of my mouse before. Here’s a quick summary of the tips offered in the article: Make use of keyboard shortcuts to alleviate the amount of clicking and dragging…

Ergonomic Notebook Stand

All right, all you laptop users, here’s an ergonomic toy for you. APC is offering a sleek new desktop notebook stand that is, “designed to promote better ergonomic positioning of your notepad computer.” It actually looks pretty cool. The stand allows you to swivel your laptop 360°, raise the screen to eye level, and it’s…

Dragon NaturallySpeaking: Reading the Directions Helps, Who’d’ve Thought?

I’m one of those people who installs the game/application and starts using it right away. Only if I absolutely cannot figure out what I’m doing will I consider reading the instructions. Yeah, I know, not real smart. But anyway… Since I started this blog, I’ve been trying to become more conscious of ergonomics, not just…

Nerve Gliding/Sliding for Help with RSI/Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

I’m working my way through Dr. Scott Fried’s Carpal Tunnel Helpbook (I’ll post a review when I’m done). I’m reading the chapter on nerve sliding (also called nerve gliding). These are simple stretching exercises that can help prevent nerve scarring (can result when the nerve isn’t able to slide through the surrounding tissues as it…