Ooh! At least you'll become expert at *typing of the Dead* ( <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Typing_of_the_Dead">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Typing_of_the_Dead</a> ) Available only on winders, alas. <br>
<br><br>-- CHS<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Jeff Lightner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jlightner@water.com">jlightner@water.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Back in the dawn of time (a/k/a my high school years) I ended up with a<br>
free period so chose typing just for the hell of it. (Back then they<br>
were actual typewriters. The only keyboards for computers were on<br>
keypunch machines and I didn't see one of those until college.) I was<br>
horrible at it and only did about 30 WPM by the end of the semester.<br>
<br>
However, once I started working on PCs (actual IBM PCs mind you as well<br>
as an Adam at home) the typing put me ahead of many others and these<br>
days I type rather rapidly. Amazing what 20+ years of practice does for<br>
one.<br>
<br>
What I've noticed though is more and more I do weird things like add "d"<br>
to the end of words that end in "e" (as if they were all past tensed<br>
er... tense) and also have a tendency to type the first word that fits<br>
the sound such as "their" when I mean "there" or "to" when I mean "two".<br>
What aggravates me is the grammar checkers will let that kind of stuff<br>
through with no complaint but then try to force me to change sentences<br>
with perfectly good syntax.<br>
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From: <a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a>] On Behalf Of<br>
Richard Bronosky<br>
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 8:28 AM<br>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!<br>
Subject: [ale] Today I put the keys back in order<br>
<br>
After typing incorrectly for 25 years I finally got serious about<br>
touch typing. I took my favorite orthopedic keyboard (from datadesk)<br>
and sanded the ink off of the keys. It was the most miserable 2 weeks<br>
of my career, but I learned very quickly. In the following years I<br>
noticed that my performance on company issued laptops was terrible. I<br>
switch to a regular keyboard (which I also sanded) at my desk and<br>
found that I still had my speed. (I also found that I wasn't nearly as<br>
uncomfortable since learning to type correctly, so I've kept it.) The<br>
problem was the temptation to look at the keys on the laptop. I<br>
couldn't fight it. I couldn't sand them. I tried stickers, then<br>
white-out, but they failed. The solution was to pull the keys off,<br>
scramble them and pop then back on. You just have to make sure you<br>
transpose the F and J keys because of the nubs. I did that for a year<br>
and think I'm ready to try the temptress again. I'd suggest this<br>
exercise to anytone you know who REALLY wants to be an elite hacker.<br>
<br>
--<br>
Sent from my mobile device<br>
<br>
.!# RichardBronosky #!.<br>
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