Another book that i used for typing practice over at TypeLit.
It’s rather an enjoyable way to read a book, while at the same time being incredibly useful in improving ones typing.
As to the typing experience, it’s a quagmire of punctuation and capitalisation due to most of the book being in dialogue, which are obviously very useful skills to practice. So i present it to you, totally recommended, as both a great read and also great typing practice: what’s not to like?
This is a book that i used for typing practice over at TypeLit.
It’s rather an enjoyable way to read a book, while at the same time being incredibly useful in improving ones typing.
This book is quite a good find. The mysterious Arsene Lupin is the ultimate rascal as he goes about relieving the rich and famous of France of their valuables: a joy to read about.
As to the typing experience, it’s a rather difficult book to type as it is full of French words and names, but a fun challenge and great typing practice. So i present it to you totally recommended, both as a great read and also great typing practice: what’s not to like?
Some more pcb porn. This time it’s for my new macropad that i’ve just started building.
Because i wanted the whole thing as low profile as i can get it, i had to make separate pcb’s for the switches and the rotary encoders, as i wanted the rotary encoders to sit down inside the board as low as possible . . .
They’re both double sided so i can build the macropads left or right handed by simply turning the boards over. You have to order a minimum of five boards so i’m going to have 4 sets left over so it seemed silly to make them all one sided.
The build pics will be coming whenever i get it finished.
Bye for now.
This is a book that i used for typing practice over at TypeLit.
It’s rather an enjoyable way to read a book, while at the same time being incredibly useful in improving ones typing.
Quite a good read, but so dystopian, and the ending wasn’t what i was hoping for. It does remind me of just how lucky i am to live in a country where we have the freedoms that we do, and how important it is to ensure those freedoms aren’t eroded by anyone. It is up to all of us to ensure that those freedoms are exercised sensibly, with consideration of other sentient beings and, ultimately, that the boundaries of those freedoms are continuously tested and where possible, extended.
So well worth a read or a type for everyone.
Not the easiest of books to type as it has sooooo many capitalised words, uncommon words, and also words that just don’t exist outside of this book: which while adding up to great typing practice, can be really frustrating at times.
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This is a book that i used for typing practice over at TypeLit.
It’s rather an enjoyable way to read a book, while at the same time being incredibly useful in improving ones typing.
And this book is a really good book to read as well as type. One of the absolute classics, but, sadly, one that most people have never read.
Well worth a read or a type for everyone.
Anyways, i typed this shortly after i built my 5t4n5-48 Rev 1, which was quite some time ago now, but it’s never too late to get things posted.
And here’s how i managed back then . . .
I’ll get around to adding some more as i complete them, but for now, this is a good measure of where i was at back in April.
I just decided that i’d start posting my pcb designs whenever i make something.
A while ago i published the build pics for my new keyboard, Click here . . ., but didn’t post the pcb design screen grab. So here it is . . .
The two switch boards are fully reversible as it saves on manufacturing costs only having one pcb to make for both sides instead of two different ones for each side.
That’s what sits behind this . . .
I think the pcb screenshots look really nice and will be posting more soon.
Bye for now.
Need a safe place for your headphones but there’s no room on your desk?
Simple, make a hanger to go under your desk.
First you need to get the acrylic cut in 3mm thickness, which is plenty to support a pair of headphones, while being very easy to bend into shape. Download the .dxf file.
I use a really nice laser cutting company Lasercutz, if you’re in the UK. They’re super good. If you’re not in the UK then just find a laser cutting company that accepts .dxf files and you should be good to go.
Then, once you have the nice flat piece of acrylic in the colour you wanted it to match the decor under your desk you may wish to countersink the screw holes before you bend it. Then you’ll need to grab a hot air gun (the kind you use for paint stripping). If you haven’t got one, text all your friends and you should find at least one person who has one for you to borrow.
Then go to Youtube and have a good learning session before you start.
Do set your hot air gun on low to start and take your time bending it into it’s final shape . . .
Then screw it where ever you want it . . .
And in case you were wondering, they’re Sennheiser 280 HD Pro headphones with Wicked Cushions ear pads (which are super good and make these headphones sound even better than stock – IMHO).
17 days into my new keyboard and i’ve already surpassed my previous speed of 49.82 WPM . . .
Which is a pretty good speed increase, especially considering that i couldn’t type for the first 7 days of that due to me slicing the end of my thumb half off with a Stanley knife. It had a big chunky dressing covering it up making it impossible to hit any of the thumb buttons on the left side. Then once i got the dressing and Steri-Strips off, after the first week, the thumb took a few days longer before it felt under reasonable control again.
The other thing to consider in the speed difference between using
Ergo, my jump from just under 50 wpm to 53 wpm, while quite a good achievement, clearly demonstrates that this new 5t4n5-48 Rev 1 keyboard is way faster than the original 5t4n5-48, because, while my typing is slowly improving over time, it’s not improving at the rate that this shows.
The accuracy in the
So next time you see someone on
Anyway, i’ll update next when i improve a bit more.
Bye for now!!!