Yet another Brilliant Technical Discovery

[blinker]

The on/off switch of the surge protector into which your computer is plugged is not a good place to rest your feet while you code.

Who knew?

Comments

[srl.livejournal.com]

Been there, done that. I've discovered since then that using a laptop as one's primary machine makes this much less of a risk.

[danger-chick.livejournal.com]

My building got hit by lightening last summer and the power went out immediately. I was right in the middle of doing something complicated and didn't remember when the last time I saved was. After running around for a moment, I remembered that the power failure was only affecting my external monitor and not my laptop.