(Hey, that's their title, not mine.) Technology Review posts an article on Kent Norman,a U of Maryland cognitive psychologist who studies people who destroy their own computers (usually in rage). As one subject explains,
"I was on deadline, it was 3 in the morning, the job was due to my client at 9AM and I was freaking out about how I'd ever get it finished in time," says Manhattan graphic designer Jim Heedles "Of course my laptop picked that moment to start acting up. I just snapped.
"I started slapping it around, and the next thing I knew it was on the floor and I was yelling and kicking and stomping on it. I cracked the case, but the innards survived, thankfully. I felt a lot better afterwards, and I even made my deadline."
C'mon. You know you've come close. Norman also has a website with instructions for destroying your computer (including pictures and video) for those who'd like to properly, say, make barbecued [computer] mouse burgers. Sort of the information age equivalent of smashing your guitar.
[via Boing Boing]
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