"Hands on" Development

As a person running web sites, I get press releases on a regular basis. Being that the sites I oversee are focused primarily, on developers, it is no surprise that most of the release focus on developers and development. Of course, every now and then I get a press release that leaves me wondering a bit.

This week I received a release for a "hands on" development product. Of course, that sounds like something you might find interesting, so it should be no surprise that I opened it to take a look.

There are a number of different products for hands on development, but of course, this product was for hands--and developing them. No code, not specifically for programmers, but aimed at anyone with a hand and fingers!

The "hands on" development product is Xtensor, a tool that exercises your hands to help your finger extensor muscles and tendons. While this won't help you write the best C++ or Java program, it will help your hands if you do a lot of typing. I've included a picture because the $39.95 device actually looks pretty cool.

While this isn't the goofiest press release I've received, I have to admit, it rates pretty close!

http://blog.codeguru.com/blog/The_Xt...lm_View_02.jpg



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Looks like Spidermans web shooter :D

Or some bizarre "marital aid."

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I've included a picture because the $39.95 device actually looks pretty cool.

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It looks more like a torture device !!

Yeah, because EVERYBODY needs finger extensor strengthening. Would you seriously pay $40 to strengthen your ability to drop something? Grip stengthening makes plenty of sense, and there are loads of cheap means of doing that, but your finger extensor muscles are probably about as strong as you have any use for.

EDIT: Wait, I forgot about competitive nose picking! That would tax those muscles.