June 27, 2008

Repetitive Strain Injury

I never feared RSI until I found myself in a cubicle eight hours a day. Fortunately, an open source hero arose to conquer the effects of such a danger. It's name: Workrave. This handy little app reminds me to take breaks throughout the day. As usual the default settings just won't do. I set my mini breaks to be every 10 min with a 15 second duration. For the rest breaks, every hour and lasting 5 minutes. Daily limit: 7 hours. And of course, disable the sounds! So far its worked well for me. I didn't want to wait until RSI set in to do something about it. Afterall, prevention is easier than repair, right?

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