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Friday was the first time I used the new keyboard with the work computer, and i rapidly discovered all the stuff i do at work that i had made awkward with that pass at the keyboard layout. and then i made notes and lived with it so that i did work and didn't spend the work day tuning the keyboard. one of the things i had enabled was getting shift results with a long press. and that's how i learned that i tend to rest longer on some keys than others. it made for some rough work with chatting if i didn't want to look like i was MAking aRt. (plus i put delete under my left thumb, which is going to be great, but for now when i go fast i still hit ' instead)

tonight during down time in my D&D game, i tuned, flashed firmware, tuned again. common macros under my thumbs, complete pointer control on layer 2. the dream is to ditch the mouse entirely.

this is the layout as of this evening, we'll see how it survives typing practice tomorrow.

is something an impulse buy if you've wanted it for more than a year?

someone on the PuPPy Slack was upgrading, so I am now the proud owner of a second-hand ergodox keyboard. I had been looking at building one but what with supply chain shit the components are sold out or priced sky high; this one is designed with pop-out key switches so if I decide I want a different feel later I can do that.

meanwhile I will be learning to type again; the former owner said two weeks to get used to normal touch typing with ortholinear keys and two months to really nail your perfect placement and master layer switching.

not sure why I feel like this is the time for doing new things with hands but there you go. It's not like I'm going to take up COLEMAK...