Re: I have a dream...

[Andrew J Cosgriff <ajc@bing.wattle.id.au>]

Wes Hardaker <wjhardaker@ucdavis.edu> wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 25 Jun 1998 05:06:06 +0200, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.u
>io.no> said:
>
>Lars> I want to lie on the couch while programming.
>
>Lars> This may seem like something that would be easy to achieve, but it
>Lars> isn't, really.  Machines nowadays make so much noise that having them
>Lars> nearby is painful.  I've solved this up 'till now by putting the
>Lars> machines into this nice closet here, but there's no way to stretch a
>Lars> ten meter monitor and keyboard cords over to the sofa way over
>Lars> there.
>
>Uhh...
>
>Cheaper solution:  move the sofa...
>
>Actually, someone else said it:  remote keyboards and mice have come a 
>long way.  And you can get monitor cables as long as 50 feet or so.
>I've actually helped setup a Gateway machine at a school.  They had a
>wireless keyboard and mouse, as well as a 31" monitor (with a 50'
>cord).  Way cool.  I could actually go *really* far away and keep
>typing, so far I had go into a different room that prevented me from
>even seeing the screen...  About 50 feet or so.

http://www.handykey.com/

I've been looking at these for ages now, and one of my cow orkers just
got one on friday (cost him an extra $100 in customs though...)


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