6: Frivolous Things

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin reveal the many prosaic reasons for not owning an iPhone, then veer off on several non-tech tangents and never fully recover: RSI, travel phobia, a personal history of computer ownership, and more.

Links for this episode:

• Cumulative Trauma Disorder
  
• Repetitive strain injury - Wikipedia
  
• iPhone nano rumors
  
• Apple patent for a magnetic connector with an optical data connection
  
• Repetitive Strain Injury: A Computer User's Guide, by Deborah Quilter
  
• Dr. Pascarelli's Complete Guide to Repetitive Strain Injury: What You Need to Know About RSI and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  
• Macintosh SE/30 - Wikipedia
  
• Macintosh Performa 6400/180 - the Mac whose name John couldn't remember
  

Sponsored by Shopify and King of the Apps.