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Old 10-12-2008, 08:54 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by Hatgirl View Post
No, "just" a tension headache. Ack, hope you feel better soon!
Well, that was a couple of days ago, so it's all gone now (otherwise I'd either have offed myself, or be looking for somewhere to hide the bodies ).

I just wondered if it was migraine, because you mention your "bangs". It would not surprise me in the least if that was a trigger for a migraine. For instance, if I wear my camera around my neck for a day, about three-out-of-four times I do so I end up with a migraine - unusual, but true (I know of one other photographer who gets the same). When I had hair (I didn't lose it - it just gets clipped down to nothing now ), a long time in the wind was wearying, with the constant "tugging" at the scalp, and though such days didn't happen often, some connection with migraine days may indicate a trigger for me.

The impact on you of the page-refresh of e-ink, unusual as it is (in that, as people indicate, you don't tend to see such a physical response, though some people certainly don't like the page-refresh), made me wonder at migraine as well, as some visual stimuli can be triggers too.

One of the things about the page-refresh...I generally don't really "see" it (I won't talk for others here - just myself). Using an e-ink reader, as I get around the last line(s), I'm already pressing the page turn at about the time where I know it'll refresh just as I finish the page. Thus, because the refresh actually only takes about a second, I'm usually wandering my eye back to the top, much like when I turn the page of a pbook, without really "looking" at the refresh. If I concentrated on that refresh - by finishing the page, readying my eye position, and then pressing the page turn, thus making me wait and watch for the refresh - I suspect it would annoy.

I guess what I'm saying is, if you get the chance to borrow a reader, give it a go at relaxed reading, as you might find that you don't "see" the refresh when you're used to anticipating it.

Otherwise, there are alternatives, as you've probably found.

Cheers,
Marc
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