Mar
10th
2015
No 7DSJ for Three Weeks · 10:44pm Mar 10th, 2015
Sorry about this, folks, but this was unexpected: got a case of carpal coming on, and as the AAG readers know from my sprained wrist injuries, it puts me out of commission for several weeks. So in order to make sure I'm not out of commission for that long, I'm going to take a few weeks off and write. very. slowly.
We'll have some stuff going on then, and maybe Flynt will release his 7DSJ sidestory in the meanwhile.
So Sunset and co will be back on April 1st (no, not a joke, it'll be released that day.)
Ooh, hope that carpal gets better, Shin.
Take as much time as you need. Don't get me wrong, I love your fic & can't wait for the next installment, but RL and YOUR HEALTH are far more important; I think we're all willing to wait...
...or else you'll make Fluttershy cry...
hope your carpel gets better my friend
Short term gain for long term pain is a poor trade off. There's no need to apologize for taking a little shin time, regardless of the reason. And your health is a damn good reason. ;)
this what comes from five nights its Celestia punishing you for your sins and stuff
but get better
Ouch man, I hope you feel better. I don't know a whole lot about hand injuries, but in my experience, ice cream and optional painkillers helps.
But yeah, ice cream, maybe some soup, maybe some hot cocoa, and hopefully you'll be feeling better. Probably. I don't know. If all else fails, just yell "MEDIC" at the top of your voice, and someone will come by with a giant healing weapon and heal you.
Get well soon!
A much as I would love to see a new chapter soon, I would Rather you take the time to recover, something that is infinitely more important then a new chapter
That said, you rest up and take all the time you need to heal up 
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My wife's a former Army medic. She's the one that told me to take time out.
I hear carpal's deadly in old folks. Be careful, wouldn't want you dying on us!
Well, that definitely sucks.
Considering that you now may have both the motivation and time, I wish to explain you how I was taught to type:
1) Sitting on your writing desk, with the keyboard slightly below the level of your elbows, Hold your hands straight to your arm and palms down. Bring your hand together so your thumbs are touching each other, and your pointy fingers are also touching each other. Your arms should be at something like 70˚ from each other.
2) Lower your hands on the keyboard so your thumbs are on the spacebar. With normal hand size, your pointy fingers should be on G and H.
3) Separate your hands as far as you can comfortably press the spacebar with either thumb. (For me, that's with my thumbs below the C and the comma.) Now splay your fingers until both your thumbs and pointy fingers are touching again.
The space between your wrists should be at this point large enough to put a hot dog on. If you want some extra motivation, put on a white shirt and lay on the space a hot dog with extra mustard. If you keep getting stained, splint your wrists and keep at it.
4) Close your thumbs (without closing the rest of your fingers), bend your fingers to a half-closed position and start typing. From this position, most of the movement to reach the different keys can be accomplished by arm movement or by stretching your fingers, although lazy people do move around their wrists to a degree. And also, people coming from the carpal technique do feel less productive due to the position favouring typing with only six fingers, rather than eight. This forgets that this technique favours computer keyboards rather than typewriter keyboards, so the function keys can be better accessed, and the auxiliary keys are always covered by the little fingers.
I was taught this technique in middle school, back with 386-processor computers. My teacher was very critical to standard secretarial technique, precisely blaming carpal tunnel syndrome.
And what about typing speed? With enough practice you can recuperate up to 90-95% of your top carpal-technique speed.
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Well, I use ergoboards with an ergochair, so posture and keyboards are fine. If anything, the RMI's probably caused by the mouse.
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Have you tried the Apple Magic Trackpad?
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I keep a Logitech Pro trackball for emergencies just like this; as soon as I dig it out, it's going into place.
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I would upgrade it from "Emergency" to "normal".
Having to get used to new tricks can be annoying, but it is much better than the alternative.
well, I hope you get better shinzakura.
Your health before the chapters of course... but darn, I was looking forward to new 7DSJ.
Seriously though, take care man.