http://shotofjaq.org/2010/04/the-costs-of-caffeine/ In the Open Source and geek culture there has always a celebration about taking oodles of caffeine and hacking into the early hours, boasting to your comrades that you drank more coke, hacked longer and are more hardware. Jono Bacon and Stuart ‘Aq’ Langridge explore whether our fascination with caffeine is such a good idea and whether there is an undercurrent of caffeine affecting our moods and the health of our bodies and our communities.
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Out With The Old
Between the Shot Of Jaq listenership there is probably thousands of old tired computers sitting in our houses gathering dust. Jono Bacon and Stuart ‘Aq’ Langridge explore what we can use these aging dinosaurs for and what challenges we face in revitalizing them.
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Shot of Jaq: Life Online Part 1: The Balance
With many of us spending increasing amounts of time plugged into our laptops and servers, in this first of a two-shot series, Jono Bacon and Stuart ‘Aq’ Langridge explore how we balance our online and offline lives, the heath implications, and the challenges that face us with mobile devices and how to get away.
http://shotofjaq.org/2010/01/life-online-part-1-the-balance/
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The Reality Of RSI
RSI is a growing problem in the tech community. Jono Bacon and Stuart ‘Aq’ Langridge talk about whether it’s given the importance that it deserves and how to alleviate the problems so you can be a happy hacker.