Some of us become unaware of the passing of time on the internet. Surfing to the travel sites we've bookmarked, entering trip data into multiple booking engines, taking notes, comparing prices, searching google for better deals, reading hotel reviews, posting questions on forums... it's a time consuming process. Before you know it, hours have passed. Everyone else in the house has long since gone to bed. And you'll have to watch your favorite shows later on TiVo, alone.If this describes you ... and you've been suffering from headaches, backaches, shoulder aches, and wrist pain ... your physical pain probably is the result of RSI (repetitive stress injury) due to the hours you spend in front of your computer. Travel research on the internet can be a pain in the neck. Literally.
There's a simple solution (besides getting a life), a small software program called Imaginaire. Install the program, and it pops up every 45 minutes and prompts you to do specific stretching exercises for about a minute. It's rather ingenious. An animated cartoon figure actually demonstrates the recommended exercises (and text describes the exercises in written form). Each 45 minutes, you're prompted to do a different set of "desktop stretches."Imaginaire works! I recently installed a 30-day free trial, and my headaches, shoulder aches, back aches, and wrist pain seem to be a thing of the past.
You can download a free trial version at this site. Try it for 30 days. If it helps you, the program costs just $25, a genuine bargain! Imaginaire works on PC's (or on Intel Macs running Parallels, BootCamp, etc., which is how I use it).
copyright (c) 2007 by David J. Ourisman. All rights reserved. If you have comments on this column, or questions about booking travel, email me or visit my website.
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