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Offline bnitch

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Hello all
« on: Thu, 27 September 2012, 11:18:25 »
I have been using the site for a little while and have gotten a lot of info so far. I'm 63yrs old and retired so I feel after using a computer for many yrs, starting with MS 3.1 and working in the digital printing industry with a machine run on Unix. Maybe its time I learned how to type. I bought a CM rapid refurb off their web site and find I like the mechanical keyboards very much. The blues Cherry mx's don't seem to make that much noise to me.
I am also going to try and learn touch typing using Colemak as I have no feeling in my left little finger, I hope it cuts down on my use of it .
I will say this about the site, there is too much asking which keyboard should I buy and which switch is best and not enough real substance on using them. And thats all I have to say about that.
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Re: Hello all
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 27 September 2012, 11:20:18 »
tp thread is tp thread
Sometimes it's like he accidentally makes a thread instead of a google search.

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Re: Hello all
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 27 September 2012, 11:20:48 »
Welcome to GeekHack sir!!

Nice first keyboard. I too work for a Digital Print company :)
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Re: Hello all
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 27 September 2012, 17:07:51 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

Real touch typing encourages the use of the pinkies.  Although I can touch type )if I have to), I have worked out a weird compromise using my first three fingers on each hand.
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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Re: Hello all
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 27 September 2012, 23:30:50 »
I 100% agree with your last statement.

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Re: Hello all
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 28 September 2012, 03:59:48 »
Welcome to GeekHack.

Not a lot of people reviewing boards, but we got some crazy people having diy projects and whatnot = D. Please enjoy your stay sir.
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