TouchStream LP: Day 4

Today saw a lot of coding and data entry on my big project. All done on the LP, all done reasonably quickly too. When forced to use a normal keyboard while helping some users/customers, I didn’t miss the convenience of the two-in-one keyboard and mouse, but it’s perhaps too early in my changeover to have become dependent.

Typing feels a lot more natural now, but still fairly error prone. I’m managing to type roughly one in three words correctly first time.

Submitted by marek on Sun, 08/22/2004 - 23:00

TouchStream LP: Day 3

The third day with the new keyboard technology has been very encouraging! I’ve regained some typing speed and much accuracy, so will continue with the typing exercises and drills to improve my proficiency.

Submitted by marek on Sat, 08/21/2004 - 23:00

TouchStream LP: Day 2

It’s day two with the zero-force keyboard, and my proficiency has definitely improved. This is mostly thanks to getting some practice in with two typing tutors in Debian: gtyping and typespeed.

I’ve realised how my typing style (which used to be pure touch-typing) has evolved: given how much programming will tend towards punctuation, coupled with the fact that I used emacs (notorious for its use if the Control modifier), my typing has similarly tended to keep the little fingers for shifting; the middle threefingers taking on the brunt of the letters.

Submitted by marek on Fri, 08/20/2004 - 23:00

TouchStream LP: First Impressions

So a TouchStream arrived for me and I picked it up this morning, ordered from FingerWorks’ UK distributor, the Back Shop. I don’t suffer from any RSI, but have become concerned at the quality of the keyboard I use at work. Similarly my workstations at home, particularly the laptop, could certainly benefit from something more ergonomic in the keyboard department.

Submitted by marek on Thu, 08/19/2004 - 23:00

Sunset at Caemes Bay

Submitted by marek on Wed, 08/04/2004 - 23:00

Edinburgh Zoo

Submitted by marek on Sun, 04/11/2004 - 23:00

Edinburgh Castle

Submitted by marek on Sat, 04/10/2004 - 12:00

Wolfsheim at Invitation Festival 2004

Submitted by marek on Sun, 03/07/2004 - 17:00

Bye-bye, Uptime

[root@romeo misalski]# uptime
12:07pm up 378 days, 3:55, 1 user, load average: 0.10, 0.13, 0.09
[root@romeo misalski]# shutdown -h now

Broadcast message from root (pts/1) Fri Feb 13 12:07:30 2004...

The system is going down for system halt NOW !!
[root@romeo misalski]#

[root@cymbeline misalski]# shutdown -h now

Broadcast message from root (pts/1) Fri Feb 13 17:08:06 2004...

Submitted by marek on Fri, 02/13/2004 - 17:10

Morzine

Submitted by marek on Tue, 01/27/2004 - 00:00

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