Rest assured, hard-core computer fans, we’re not going to suggest that you abandon your dual-core screamer and take up knitting.

Were we meant to sit at a computer for hours on end with slouching backs and blood-shot eyes? No, probably not. Maybe sometime in the future humans will have adapted to such a lifestyle — and that is an ugly thought — but until then, it’s either take care of yourself or suffer the consequences. Information Week, way back in 2006, offered up ten ways they thought the keyboard jockey lifestyle could hurt you and added, at least, a corresponding number of ways to keep the hurt from happening. This is timeless advice.