I’ve got an iCurve on my desk, which makes my PowerBook be at the right height for ideal ergonomic usage. Well OK, actually its a little more complicated than that, since I have my desk cranked down so my hands are perpendicular. So I actually have the iCurve BOX on top of my desk and then the iCurve on top of that and finally the PowerBook on top of the iCurve. It doesn’t look as bad as it sounds because the iCurve packaging is quite sleek. I think it gives the appearance that my PowerBook is floating in the air.

Anyways, recently my PowerBook started sliding a bit when I placed it on top of the iCurve. And then a bit more. This is pretty disconcerting since I don’t want my PowerBook to take a nasty fall.

It looks like I’m not the only one who has this problem, as Tom Bridge writes:

But lately, the little grip pads on the arms have lost their grippyness, and so, once an hour, I have to slide my laptop back up the arms so it won’t tip over on my desk.

What’s the solution? I just wiped the grip pads with a dry paper towel. They had accumulated some dirt and oil over the past year and a half. Now my PowerBook is safe and secure again on my iCurve. :)