For me, the annoyance factor of that pay structure would probably be more unhealthy than the exercise issue.

I don’t know about bloggers but ‘unhealthy obsessive nerds’ is redundant. I say that proudly as a nerd.

Nerds think the best way to exercise is to start slow and then taper off. Nerds think when they get the urge to exercise they should lay down until it passes. Nerds write a paragraph like this which need a really good joke at the end when they don’t have one.

Seriously though I think DDR is great – it gets some video gamers to actually exercise while playing. Me I like to watch it. Because of my bad knee. Yeah, that’s the reason.

Also I was depressed to find out how little electrical energy can be produced by an exercising human. It is pretty pathetic. Some Japanese scientist wanted a way to harness that energy and all he could invent was clothing that when moved would create enough energy to charge a teeny tiny battery. Supposedly the military might still be interested but lets face it, we aren’t gonna be running any streetlights off human power.

It’s important to use a recumbent bike because for me being upright or leaning forward is not good. It causes excessive jostling, swaying or general unsupported movement, all of which I deem bad. I need a steady mouse-hand! It’s also tough to figure out where the monitor should go and your mouse should sit if your head is six feet above the ground on a normal exercise bike.

It’s nice to be able to feel somewhat productive or at least to get through my reading while exercising. Let’s face it: I’m gonna surf the blogs, so I might as well admit it and double-up on the time.

If it wasn’t blogging, they’d be compelled to stay indoors and out of the sunlight for other reasons entirely.

Sunlight is *dangerous*. What other reason do you need?

That said, these guys clearly need to do more DDR.

You should do a survey.
Why did you read your first Scalzi book?
a) saw it on a library/bookstore shelf
b) recommended by a friend
c) on-line review by someone other than Scalzi
d) self-pimping on Whatever
e) other