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that's where the tea mug goes. between the left and right halves.

tomorrow the tenting kit arrives in a second box. this is the first time in years i've typed on a flat keyboard without wrist rests. those need to get here pronto.

i was afraid that my typing was going to be too idiosyncratic and i would discover that i've been doing something with the "wrong" hand for decades. nah.

the 9 inch cable is just long enough. if i had more chest i would definitely have wanted to go wider. as it is i already feel taller.

even without the tenkey, it takes up at least as much desk real-estate from outer edge to outer edge, except that i have a mug and could probably have a small notebook in the open middle space. i dig it.

it has a bunch of macro keys that i've never bothered with on other keyboards (mostly because they didn't want to work on Mac or were too far a reach or inconsistent on Windows). beginning and end of line keys will be my friends. we'll see if i having cut/copy/paste/undo keys is worthwhile when the muscle memory is so strong.

Date: 2020-08-29 09:39 pm (UTC)
buhrger: (Default)
From: [personal profile] buhrger
what's a "tenting kit" in this context?

Date: 2020-08-30 12:07 am (UTC)
buhrger: (Default)
From: [personal profile] buhrger
that makes much more sense! i was trying to figure out how we got from ergonomic office furniture to camping gear :-)

Date: 2020-08-29 09:40 pm (UTC)
eiffel_71: The Big Match opening title (Default)
From: [personal profile] eiffel_71
Hope all goes well!

Date: 2020-08-29 11:02 pm (UTC)
ethnomuse: (Default)
From: [personal profile] ethnomuse
I hope you'll like it. My keyboard is connected by a ball & socket - like joint in the middle at the top, so there's not enough room for tea & it's only split 2 inches at the widest point. But it does mean the tenting aspect needs no extra gadgets.

Date: 2020-08-29 11:30 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ethnomuse
I think I chose mine cause it was possible to be at least semi-portable with it - not that I ever took it to a library or coffee shop, but I had thoughts of being able to take it traveling more easily.

Cari

Date: 2020-09-01 09:48 pm (UTC)
jesse_the_k: Cartoon of original Mac with screen displaying the "happy Mac" smile indicating successful boot (old Mac)
From: [personal profile] jesse_the_k

Wait -- a good computer peripheral design that was permitted to last?

(In the last decade, hardware folks seem to have become infected by the "just one more feature" nonsense that makes software so frustrating.)

You know about BetterTouchTool and Karabiner, right?

Date: 2020-08-31 08:58 pm (UTC)
sistawendy: a cartoon of me saying "Praise Bob!" (prabob)
From: [personal profile] sistawendy
Split keyboards FTW! I've been using one for a long time.

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