Here's a head scratcher for those of you who are a tad more innovative than
me...

I am currently freelancing for a company who have provided me with a
dedicated, highly locked-down laptop which hooks up securely to the
company's systems and provides internal email. However, I do my actual
work on my own PC, with full-size keyboard, dual monitors etc, and just
keep the laptop running at the side of the desk mainly in order to monitor
email.

However. Due to security concerns the laptop is deliberately set up to
lock out if it's not used for 15 minutes, at which point I have to tap in
one of those oh-so-secure extra-convuluted username/password combos to
bring it back to life. I try and remember to tap the spacebar every so
often to prevent this but naturally I keep forgetting, so I end up having
to resurrect it probably a dozen times a day. Drives me f*****g nuts!

So, I'm trying to think of an easy way of setting up something that would
automatically and mechanically tap the spacebar for me every 10-15 minutes.
Maybe something already round the house that I could repurpose? or build
with Lego?

The floor is open!

--
David