Tips for eating at your computer
Douglas Coupland’s 1995 novel Microserfs (which was really good in 1995 but probably hasn’t aged well) is about a group of programmers who start out working in Redmond for Microsoft and eventually quit to form their own company in Silicon Valley. In the early part of the book one of the characters, Michael, locks himself in his office to code while trying to meet an extreme deadline and decides to survive only on flat foods, food that can be slid under his door. He eats a lot of pre-packaged sliced processed cheese food (Kraft Singles) and Fruit Roll-Ups.
Frankly, I was a little surprised that Michael’s 2D diet didn’t get a mention in Lifehacker’s “The Best Foods (and Strategies) for Eating at Your Computer.” The post rounds up advice from Lifehacker’s readers on what constitutes “keyboard friendly food” and how to eat at your computer without making a mess. The best advice is probably to step away from the computer, but who does that?
