Explore >> Select a destination


You are here

nsaphra.net
| | dusty.phillips.codes
14.7 parsecs away

Travel
| | (contains amazon affiliate links) I have had repetitive stress injury (RSI) flareups on and off for many years. Ive kept them under control mostly through use of a Kinesis Advantage ergonomic keyboard that Ive had for fifteen years. However, several months ago, I was diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome and instructed to avoid typing if at all possible. I make my living programming and writing. My hobbies are programming and writing.
| | henrikwarne.com
17.6 parsecs away

Travel
| | Early in 2005 the muscles in my forearms started to hurt. In the beginning it was only a slight irritation, but over the course of about six months it gradually got worse, until it was so bad I actually thought I would have to switch careers and stop programming altogether. I realized fairly quickly that...
| | haacked.com
19.1 parsecs away

Travel
| | Around eight years ago I wrote a blog post about Repetitive Strain Injury entitled The Real Pain of Software Development [part 1]. I soon learned the lesson that it's a bad idea to have "Part 1" in any blog post unless you've already written part 2. But here I am, eight years later, finally getting around to part 2.
| | embedded.fm
128.1 parsecs away

Travel
| You need to write your first program for an embedded system. Your IT people say that you can have any software you need as long as it is Microsoft Office. Do you have everything you need to do your job? No, you're in big trouble. Embedded systems programming uses a set of very specialized tools, and if you've never used them before, you can spend a lot of money and not get what you need. This week on Embedded Wednesdays, we look at the tools used to produce embedded systems firmware. We give an overview of the compilers, debuggers, and IDEs you will be using. After reading this post, and doing some research, you should have the information you need to go to your boss and say "NO, I can't control that cutting laser with an Excel macro. I need this..."