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From: "sharon marshall" <>
Subject: [ZA] Alice in computerland
Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 18:55:53 +0200


Dear all,

A long time ago I read an article called When Television Ate My Best Friend - it was a very sad tale about a young girl who would not go out to play any more because her parents bought a TV.
I have always tried to channel my addictions away from mindless TV - and the internet - until I started searching for ancestors. I'm sure there is nothing negative about broadening one's horizons, but you know when your feet start swelling because you've been sitting engrossed for 2 hours that you're beyond helping yourself.
Does anyone know if there's a device on email servers or any facility on the internet that can pop up every 20 minutes telling you to stretch and take a break? If there isn't I'm going to patent one, together with an aromatherapy bomb that goes off every time you hit the right key and an ergonomic mouse that can transform into a back massager...
Seriously though, does the first facility exist?

Sharon

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