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

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