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dr_tectonicNothing much to report in my life. Things are fine, kinda boring. Mostly catching up from working way too much the last week or so.
Board games at Tom's tonight. We played Fearsome Floors, and it takes a LOT longer with six people who are actually thinking about strategy. (Last time, it was very late and we all played kind of haphazardly.)
My workshop at the beginning of the week went well. It was kind of a pain to have to catch the bus early enough to show up at 8:30, but the S bus goes right by the hotel it was at, at least.
Work is back to busy, but not stressful. I'm getting good at saying "yes, I can do that, but not until next week" to keep things from getting overwhelming. Hooray for having work that's mostly without built-in deadlines.
My coworkers are totally amazed by my super-ergonomic Kinesis keyboard.
Board games at Tom's tonight. We played Fearsome Floors, and it takes a LOT longer with six people who are actually thinking about strategy. (Last time, it was very late and we all played kind of haphazardly.)
My workshop at the beginning of the week went well. It was kind of a pain to have to catch the bus early enough to show up at 8:30, but the S bus goes right by the hotel it was at, at least.
Work is back to busy, but not stressful. I'm getting good at saying "yes, I can do that, but not until next week" to keep things from getting overwhelming. Hooray for having work that's mostly without built-in deadlines.
My coworkers are totally amazed by my super-ergonomic Kinesis keyboard.
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Date: 2006-07-14 06:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-14 06:38 am (UTC)My coworkers at Novell had apparently never seen a kinesis either before I brought mine in, which surprises me since they're all professional programmers.
As much as I like my Kinesis, I do wish the company would develop additional models. Leper has suggested the "coders kinesis" with the left and right thumbs having an additional row of braces: (, {, [, <, >, ], }, ). It would certainly make my coding more efficient.
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Date: 2006-07-14 06:26 pm (UTC)Actually, I wonder how it would do to just have an extra modifier key that turned all the letter keys into symbol keys, and got rid of all the awkwardly-placed non-letter keys.
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Date: 2006-07-14 12:52 pm (UTC)Out of curiosity, did you take the bus because (1) one of the boyz needed the car, (2) the car's in the shop, (3) it was more convenient to bus to this site, or (4) a desire to support public transit? I sometimes tkae the bus myself to prove, "See! You don't need a car in this case!"
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Date: 2006-07-14 06:29 pm (UTC)I don't really mind taking the bus, but I do mind that it takes 4 times as long as driving does, much of which is due to the fact that after I get off the bus, I have to wait 25 minutes for the half-hourly shuttle from work...
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Date: 2006-07-15 09:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-14 08:21 pm (UTC)[I presume you mean you take the bus not in W'loo?]
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Date: 2006-07-15 02:03 am (UTC)Actually, it's a 20 minute walk (at least at my speed)--although I don't take the bus to school.
I typically now take Greyhound to TO, instead of driving--I've been pretty happy with it. Also, heading to Farmer's Market is a bit of a haul to walk both ways--I have done the walk one way/bus back route.
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Date: 2006-07-14 02:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-14 06:32 pm (UTC)http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/contoured.htm
In grad school I had a keyboard tray, but now I just put it in my lap, which lets me type in a super-neutral position.
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Date: 2006-07-25 09:01 pm (UTC)Oh, and i can't tell from the photos, is 10-key number entry built-in?
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Date: 2006-07-25 09:16 pm (UTC)It has a "keypad" button that changes a bunch of the right-hand keys into a 10-key numberpad:
I can even instantly convert mine instantly to Dvorak, though I've never used it...
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Date: 2006-07-25 09:26 pm (UTC)Er, wait. No 0?
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Date: 2006-07-25 09:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-14 04:25 pm (UTC)Anyway, I'm getting nervous because my income is kinda based on using my hands, and about 6 months ago my ergonomic keyboard just kinda gave up the ghost (it was not that new, so I wasn't shocked). Perhaps age 30+, non-ergo keyboard, plus constant typing = badness. There's only one piece of that equation I can really change effectively.
Anyway, long story short (too late!) I probably should buy an ergonomic keyboard. Do you know a good place to shop for them where I can sit down and test run a few different types?
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Date: 2006-07-14 04:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-14 04:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-14 05:23 pm (UTC)I had the benefit of MIT's ATIC (Adaptive Technologies for... something) lab when I was investigating alternate keyboards. They let me try out a variety of options ranging from "natural" keyboards to DataHands for as long as I wanted to sit there. Perhaps a university near you has a similar facility?
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Date: 2006-07-14 06:38 pm (UTC)Ergo stuff
Date: 2006-07-14 06:27 pm (UTC)http://www.uchsc.edu/atp/library/fastfacts/ergonkey1.htm
The home page for the Physical medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics ( the first of it's kind in Colorado)
http://www.uchsc.edu/pmr/clinical_services/services_uch.htm
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Date: 2006-07-14 06:37 pm (UTC)Don't forget the mouse! Mice are evil. I'm much happier using a trackball.
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Date: 2006-07-14 10:41 pm (UTC)--G
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Date: 2006-07-15 01:32 am (UTC)Why you hatin' on the trackball?