LCD Monitor and Bad Ergonomics

I bought a 17″ LCD Monitor (a Samsung SyncMaster 740N) from Kingsford yesterday for $325. Came home, set it up and started happily using it. Went to sleep, woke up with a stiff neck. I did not make the connection to the LCD monitor immediately, attributed it to my sleeping position. After brunch, I got back to work and sat down in front of the lapper and realize that I had to strain my neck to look at the LCD on the left. Then the light bulb went off, I should’ve put it on the right of my lapper!

Look at how far the mouse is from the LCD - which means I have to keep my right hand holding the mouse while turning my head to the left to face the LCD monitor.

Bad LCD placement

A little lesson learnt, this is much better…

Correct LCD placement

Also caught a nice rainbow over Kingsford yesterday for your viewing pleasure.

Rainbow over Kingsford

Warm orange glow over the skyline at dusk..
Kingsford at Dusk

This camera doesn’t do them justice of course.


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