Went to the department yesterday to attend an obligatory introduction about safety. I'm part of Engineering so they talked about stuff like chemicals and explosions while I was constantly thinking "I'm a software person, leave me alone". However, he also talked about computers, ergonomics and RSI. After the talk, I mentioned that I had some problems with typing in the past (fortunately I haven't had any problems at all in the last few months), and complained that I didn't even get my own PC and had to use my laptop. I don't really have a problem with using my laptop anyway, having used laptops as my primary machines for about 3 years now. However, the problem with laptops is that the screen is quite low so your posture is usually not ideal. He mentioned that the department can get me an external keyboard, which I found really cool, especially since I wanted to try this for a while anyway. The biggest reason stopping me from getting an USB keyboard is that I really like small keyboards and touchpads. I don't want to use a mouse since that would only slow me down. However, a quick look on the web showed me that there are USB keywords with touchpads. Can anyone recommend a good one? (Ideally, it should be small, something like a Happy Hacking Keyboard Lite 2, but with integrated touchpad.) After the talk, I went to my work place where I still don't have Internet. I met another PhD student who started in October and he's still waiting for an IP address, too! However, he said that the migration has been planned for January for a while, so I hope they'll free up some IP addresses soon.
Jordi found the solution for a font problem I had, thanks. He thinks that I think that he sucks, but we all know that this is not true at all, right. ;-) What would we do without our Jordi, the vice-DPL! (I hope you'll remember these kind words during the next elections, Jordi ;-) Daniel Silverstone is coming in a few minutes to go shopping again.