Thursday, August 14, 2008

Harper Lee, Laptop Warmth, Erythema Ab Igne

Just got my MacBook battery replaced - it died, they took it, they replaced it- no cost. Why? Because it's less than 6 months since they last replaced it. Great idea - i think i'll take my MacBook down to the MRI department and rub it on the magnet every 11.99 months.
I remember reading an interview with the reclusive Harper Lee (author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird') where she expressed a view that paperbacks will neve die because "who has ever heard of anyone curling up in bed with a laptop?". Obviously she has never owned a laptop - the heat generated by my MacBook battery is incredible ! There is a well described phenomenon in dermatology known as "erythema ab igne" - reticulate (netlike) erythema (redness) after prolonged exposure to infra-red radiant heat. It's often recognised on little old ladies' shins but is quite common nowdays on the anterior thighs from prolonged exposure to laptop heat.
http://content.nejm.org/content/vol356/issue9/images/small/11f1.gifThe image “http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/2004/03_04/puzzles2.gif” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:40 AM

    i've often wondered why it is that mac laptops are that much hotter than pc's. With a powerbook, it might be related to the metal housing?

    But the almost run hot enough to use as a panini grill! :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. Yes you're correct- Apple has been secretly researching "thigh paninification" techniques for decades. It's all part of the military-industrial-panini complex.

    SHLOG

    ReplyDelete

Whaddaya think?