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I hate exercise. It bores me. Exercise constitutes time which I am not consuming media or playing games. I am unmoved by the wind in my hair, the thrill of conquering a hill, or the sun on my face. Exercise is something to be gotten through.

To that end I have an exercise bike at home that I move in front of my iMac, where I watch crack TV (24, Alias) when I’m really out of shape. When I’m simply out of shape (== healthy for me), I watch “improving” things, like eBay-acquired lectures from The Teaching Company. Yesterday, my iMac was unable to read the Genius of MIchelangelo DVD and I had to use my Macbook Pro. The odd configuration and contortions needed to make this work struck me as falling neatly in my imadork category.

The picture above is my view of the lecture while I’m finding the balance between doing cardio and having a heart attack. The iMac is pushed back to make way for the Macbook. It is also powered down so that it doesn’t respond to my Apple remote. I have an extension for my earphones, and a velcro fastener so that the weight of the extension cord doesn’t pull the earbuds against my ear, and fastened at the top so I never lean on it. There is also a keyboard cover to protect against sweat and spills.

Behind the bike is an Austin air cleaner to deal with the gym room muskiness (or, as some have described it, homeless reek).

I haz UX design skillz.