I have been using an excellent online typing tutor over at Hi Games to motivate myself and to help push myself just that little bit extra when it comes to practicing.
You can set the default keyboard layout to whatever you like. Currently, I have it set it Colemak. Continue reading »
DOS/Alureon.A
This is one nasty little critter. Just quickly, the bottom line is, don’t stuff around. Nuke It! Kill It! ASAP! If you are still running a Microsoft based machine, save yourself the time and Wipe Your Boot Sector and Start Again!
The DOS version, not the WIN32 version that runs within WindowZz, was unfixable. Nothing worked against it; no anti-virus, no online scan, no anti-malware or anti-spyware worked. Using administrator mode was ineffective. Manual cleaning didn’t work, and neither did File Unlocker against the permission locks protecting Dos Alureon.A.
DOS Alureon.A is an advanced virus / root kit that hides in the boot sector of windows installed hard drives, making it very difficult to find or even access. But, to make things worse, if you do find it, usually, DOS Alureon.A appears as a LOCKED file, so it is almost impossible to Continue reading »
Earlier, some possible motivations for switching to a new keyboard layout were reviewed. If, after considering the pro’s and con’s, you decide to make the switch and give Colemak a try, this is how you should go about it.
Firstly, change the keyboard layout to Colemak. Native Colemak keyboards are few and far between. Native support in windows is also missing so installation of a program to remap your keys is required. Colemak by default remaps Backspace to the CapsLock key. Some versions of the remapping tool omit this so it is recommended to use the version that does.
If your running any Linux distribution, then you have native support already and don’t need to download anything, just change the keyboard layout in Continue reading »
Learning the Colemak Keyboard Layout shouldn’t be taken lightly. Learning a new keyboard layout will effectively rewire the neural network in your brain associated with typing, overwriting the existing Qwerty layout. It will take weeks of hard work to get back up to speed so that you are touch typing with the Colemak Keyboard Layout.
It is best to use the Cold Turkey approach when learning and dispense with Qwerty entirely whilst you are learning Colemak ore you may find yourself regressing back go Qwerty when you find you occasionally need to “Just quickly type something out”.
If you have decided to try Colemak, the first thing you should come to terms with is Continue reading »
Colemak Keyboard Layout
Why would you go to all the trouble of learning a new keyboard layout if you are already proficient with another? It depends on your motives.
If you believe what you read on the net, and some of it should be taken with a grain of salt, then Qwerty was originally designed with the sole purpose of slowing down the typist so that typewriters would jam less and not need to be repaired as often. This does make sense and is very plausible considering the classic typewriter had arms that would jam or cross when the typist would type too fast thus slowing them down.
A response to this issue was the Dvorak layout. Dvorak is fast but one of its deficiencies is that the layout overly stresses certain weaker fingers. Colemak was designed to be easy to learn, balance typing between hands, and maintain recognised computer keyboard shortcuts such as Ctrl X, C and V to keep undo, cut and paste valid across layouts.
Basically Colemak is a VERY efficient keyboard layout compared to QWERTY and DVORAK. It has a good effort to output ratio whilst distributing the load evenly across the strongest fingers. The reason for this is Continue reading »
Colemak Keyboard Layout
“Why the hell are you learning a new keyboard layout?” you ask?
“Can’t you type on a normal QWERTY keyboard!?”
Well, I am a compulsive geek to put it bluntly. I like inflicting unnecessary pain and suffering on myself don’t I.
But, more to the point, I like trying out new Nerdbox stuff. I’ve been typing QWERTY for close to 20 years now, touch typing a respectable 80 – 90 words per minute and have essentially hit a ceiling. Now 80 – 90 words per minute is actually quite a good speed and nothing to be ashamed of.
Thing is … Continue reading »
The NerdBox Pro upgrade all discerning geeks dream of is a Mechanical Switch keyboard.A lot of Nerdbox pro’s (computer geek for the lay person), spend a considerable amount of money on their computer, but mostly on ram, cpu, monitor and hard drives etc. Not many people would consider their keyboard a primary purchase decision. That is until for some reason a geek gets a bee in his bonnet about the sticking keys, the typing speed and the feel of the keyboard they are currently using.
The fact is so few people pay attention to their keyboard is rather silly. The 3 main things you do with a computer are, first and foremost, typing, then comes looking at it via a monitor, and lastly, listening to it in the case of music and multimedia etc. So, the first thing you should consider when using a computer is the keyboard. It is the aspect of a computer used most often and it is the aspect of computing that will impact on the user experience most directly. Continue reading »
I read a quote recently. It interested me.
We think that we are human beings having a spiritual experience here in earth; but
What if we are Spiritual Beings have a Human Experience here on earth?
in her book You are Clairvoyant.
Interesting huh, and, really, how do we know otherwise?
Have fun
Peter
Who you are is God’s gift to you; who you become is your gift back to God.
I’m not specifically religious, but think about it. Everyone is busy trying to become what they aren’t, trying to improve on what they were given when they were born in the belief that it will make them more acceptable to those they deem as perfect or more desirable
I heard a quote recently, by Albert Einstein.