Comments on: Ergonazis http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/09/07/ergonazis/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:43:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: jonny goldstein http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-128429 jonny goldstein Sat, 09 Sep 2006 16:37:18 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-128429 it's good that workplace isoncerned about the health of its employees. Repetitive strees injuries are a nightmare. The thing is everyone is different and a one size fits all solution like your office is implementing is lame. At least they have the follow up people, so you can tell them that they screwed up. it’s good that workplace isoncerned about the health of its employees. Repetitive strees injuries are a nightmare. The thing is everyone is different and a one size fits all solution like your office is implementing is lame. At least they have the follow up people, so you can tell them that they screwed up.

]]> By: Cy Quick http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-128346 Cy Quick Sat, 09 Sep 2006 15:30:58 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-128346 The worst TV zapper is the one provided by ntl cable. It fits beautifully into the clasp of the hand. You almost forget it is there. But once you try to press a button using only one hand it is as slippery as wet soap in the bath. Useless! Yet some person was paid great wads of money for designing the thing. Such people are arty, so practical function is not given any value. Style and peer credence is all. Win awards is number one. Win praise from customers? Forget it. They are peasants of no consequence. They must speak when they are spoken to, and be seen not heard. The best zapper is a lovely flat oblong thing for the model L63AB AV Source Selector for use by semi-professionals by CE that I bought from Maplin. (I have five TVs for simul-viewing of the five platforms in UK.) cyquick.wordpress.com The worst TV zapper is the one provided by ntl cable. It fits beautifully into the clasp of the hand. You almost forget it is there. But once you try to press a button using only one hand it is as slippery as wet soap in the bath. Useless!

Yet some person was paid great wads of money for designing the thing. Such people are arty, so practical function is not given any value. Style and peer credence is all. Win awards is number one.

Win praise from customers? Forget it. They are peasants of no consequence. They must speak when they are spoken to, and be seen not heard.

The best zapper is a lovely flat oblong thing for the model L63AB AV Source Selector for use by semi-professionals by CE that I bought from Maplin. (I have five TVs for simul-viewing of the five platforms in UK.)

cyquick.wordpress.com

]]> By: Staten Island guy http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-127234 Staten Island guy Fri, 08 Sep 2006 16:14:25 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-127234 Sorry: "ego" s/b "ergo." (trying to decide if that was just a typo or something Freudian going on in my skull.) Sorry: “ego” s/b “ergo.”

(trying to decide if that was just a typo or something Freudian going on in my skull.)

]]> By: Staten Island guy http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-127232 Staten Island guy Fri, 08 Sep 2006 16:12:43 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-127232 I agree with Tinu about the ego chairs, except for when they're tricked out like Jeff described. Then they look and act like something better than Scotty installed for Kirk. I agree with Tinu about the ego chairs, except for when they’re tricked out like Jeff described. Then they look and act like something better than Scotty installed for Kirk.

]]> By: Dan not from Madison http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-127161 Dan not from Madison Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:24:04 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-127161 Another real grief when you are tall: the desks themselves, which are too short to let you adjust the chair so the seat is a comfortable height, plus automatic kneecapping from any support structures underneath. Another real grief when you are tall: the desks themselves, which are too short to let you adjust the chair so the seat is a comfortable height, plus automatic kneecapping from any support structures underneath.

]]> By: K-Rick http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-127156 K-Rick Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:17:59 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-127156 OTOH I've been using an ergo keyboard for about 5 years now (at least at work) and love it. Once you find the right position for it (not in a tray!) you might just find you type much faster and more accurately and you can type for much longer w/o getting sore hands or wrists. I wish I could get this keyboard for home (CIRQUE Wave kb, no longer made). OTOH I’ve been using an ergo keyboard for about 5 years now (at least at work) and love it. Once you find the right position for it (not in a tray!) you might just find you type much faster and more accurately and you can type for much longer w/o getting sore hands or wrists. I wish I could get this keyboard for home (CIRQUE Wave kb, no longer made).

]]> By: Tinu http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-127109 Tinu Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:49:17 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-127109 I agree with you EXCEPT for ergonomic chairs. They rock. But what really tickled me was that your Geek Squad ad had a guy trying to hook something up under the desk. So I had to click it. Next time you're there, look at the job titles they have for people they want to hire.... worth a chuckle. I agree with you EXCEPT for ergonomic chairs. They rock. But what really tickled me was that your Geek Squad ad had a guy trying to hook something up under the desk. So I had to click it. Next time you’re there, look at the job titles they have for people they want to hire…. worth a chuckle.

]]> By: Staten Island guy http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-127100 Staten Island guy Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:28:12 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-127100 Those keyboard trays are something I also loathe. I don't understand why some chucklehead believes lowering the keyboard and mouse from the rest of the desktop is a good thing. The main excuse I hear is that it frees up space, but for what purpose? So there is more area to clutter up with junk that should be properly stored or filed in a more appropriate place. Those keyboard trays are something I also loathe. I don’t understand why some chucklehead believes lowering the keyboard and mouse from the rest of the desktop is a good thing. The main excuse I hear is that it frees up space, but for what purpose? So there is more area to clutter up with junk that should be properly stored or filed in a more appropriate place.

]]> By: tony http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-127034 tony Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:08:31 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-127034 As someone with Carpal, lemme tell you it's no fun and it hits you suddenly. I know it might suck today and tomorrow and maybe sometime next week, but once you adjust to it it'll let us enjoy your great writing for a long long time. the only problem is, once youve become adjusted to it, its hard typing anywhere else, like say a hot girl's dorm room. As someone with Carpal, lemme tell you it’s no fun and it hits you suddenly. I know it might suck today and tomorrow and maybe sometime next week, but once you adjust to it it’ll let us enjoy your great writing for a long long time.

the only problem is, once youve become adjusted to it, its hard typing anywhere else, like say a hot girl’s dorm room.

]]> By: Jim Karna http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-127028 Jim Karna Fri, 08 Sep 2006 09:38:43 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-127028 The right don't need to demand changes Ravo, they stay in with Murdoch and he does the rest for them. I take it that your "it's said comment" means that you haven't seen the film in any form? The right don’t need to demand changes Ravo, they stay in with Murdoch and he does the rest for them.

I take it that your “it’s said comment” means that you haven’t seen the film in any form?

]]> By: Ravo http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-126852 Ravo Fri, 08 Sep 2006 04:12:28 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-126852 We may not ever get to see the original. Though it was stringently sourced, I hear it's now being edited to appease the left. Did the right demand Michael Moore's 9/11 film be edited and censored? Leftists who would scream about censorship when there's pornography to protect, or if parents didn't want their children seeing Moore's 9/11 film at school, certainly seem to be clamoring for censorship now. It's said this new film is not too kind to Bush either, but haven't heard about Bush demanding changes on either this film or Moores. I guess Bush figures history will be a better judge than the spin of media. Perhaps Clinton's big fear is that just the opposite is true for him. We may not ever get to see the original. Though it was stringently sourced, I hear it’s now being edited to appease the left.

Did the right demand Michael Moore’s 9/11 film be edited and censored?

Leftists who would scream about censorship when there’s pornography to protect, or if parents didn’t want their children seeing Moore’s 9/11 film at school, certainly seem to be clamoring for censorship now.

It’s said this new film is not too kind to Bush either, but haven’t heard about Bush demanding changes on either this film or Moores.

I guess Bush figures history will be a better judge than the spin of media.

Perhaps Clinton’s big fear is that just the opposite is true for him.

]]> By: Jeff Jarvis http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-126719 Jeff Jarvis Fri, 08 Sep 2006 00:19:18 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-126719 Uh, Jeffrey, I haven't seen it yet. It helps to know what one is writing about, doesn't it? As a critic, I did not write about things I did not watch. I guess you have different standards.You can guess and want me to. Uh, Jeffrey, I haven’t seen it yet. It helps to know what one is writing about, doesn’t it? As a critic, I did not write about things I did not watch. I guess you have different standards.You can guess and want me to.

]]> By: kat http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-126646 kat Thu, 07 Sep 2006 21:57:44 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-126646 Jeffrey,the leftist nanny, is afraid that ABC may show poor Willie in an unflattering light. Don't worry, they are hard on Bush, too. There is enough blame to go around and only a complete leftist loon would believe that Clinton, and "Stuff the incriminating evidence in your pants" Berger, were blameless. What do you want Jeff to do--help you whine? Jeffrey,the leftist nanny, is afraid that ABC may show poor Willie in an unflattering light. Don’t worry, they are hard on Bush, too. There is enough blame to go around and only a complete leftist loon would believe that Clinton, and “Stuff the incriminating evidence in your pants” Berger, were blameless. What do you want Jeff to do–help you whine?

]]> By: Jeffrey http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-126616 Jeffrey Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:40:21 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-126616 ABC set to air lies politicizing 9/11 and no word yet by the blogdaddy. (No surprise! None at all.) One does have to wonder what the blogdaddy's reactions would have been if ABC was getting ready to air a 9/11 mockumentary which the right-wing blogheads had found to be making things up. ABC set to air lies politicizing 9/11 and no word yet by the blogdaddy. (No surprise! None at all.)

One does have to wonder what the blogdaddy’s reactions would have been if ABC was getting ready to air a 9/11 mockumentary which the right-wing blogheads had found to be making things up.

]]> By: Michael Kelly http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-126515 Michael Kelly Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:20:18 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/09/07/ergonazis/#comment-126515 I actually have a different perspective. When I arrived for my first day on my most recent job, I was given a 20 year old, completely non-adjustable chair. Within two weeks, my neck was killing me. I actually missed a day of work. After some lengthy discussion, I managed to get them to buy me a Steelcase LEAP chair (in my opinion, the best out there). Neck and back have been fine ever since. (You'd like the pan and seatback adjustment for your height). I bought an extra one, on my own dime, for use at home. My quibble is not with having chairs that help you work. It's just that most of the stuff out there is garbage. Given the choice between a $600 chair that works and a $500 chair that doesn't, purchasing seems to choose the $500 chair every time. I guess they're willing to pay $500 to be able to fight lawsuits but not the extra $100 to get a chair that works. I actually have a different perspective. When I arrived for my first day on my most recent job, I was given a 20 year old, completely non-adjustable chair. Within two weeks, my neck was killing me. I actually missed a day of work. After some lengthy discussion, I managed to get them to buy me a Steelcase LEAP chair (in my opinion, the best out there). Neck and back have been fine ever since. (You’d like the pan and seatback adjustment for your height). I bought an extra one, on my own dime, for use at home.

My quibble is not with having chairs that help you work. It’s just that most of the stuff out there is garbage. Given the choice between a $600 chair that works and a $500 chair that doesn’t, purchasing seems to choose the $500 chair every time. I guess they’re willing to pay $500 to be able to fight lawsuits but not the extra $100 to get a chair that works.

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