How Are You? or New Things I Love

April 16, 2008 — Hans

Have I ever mentioned that I read the webcomic xkcd?

I admit this isn’t the best strip, but it shows what I love about xkcd: that’s me! I usually try to avoid just answering “I’m fine thanks”, because that’s just plain boring. And most of the times isn’t really a honest answer at all.

Other than that, there are so many comics there which I can identify myself with. Almost all of them. (OK, maybe not all; can’t recall being strapped like that).

Guess I’m a geek after all.

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Everything sucks and I hate myself

April 16, 2008 — Hans

I think I’ve figured out why I never have the motivation to blog.

  • Obviously, like everyone else, I feel I have more important things to do.
  • Nobody reads it anyway. Not really unexpected, as this blog isn’t really meant to be read by anyone else than myself. Except for some post, such as the Compiz ‘guide’ – without doubt the most popular post I’ve posted. Guess I’ll update the links someday.
  • I don’t have anything to whine about.

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Broken umbrella

April 13, 2008 — Hans

Tip of the day: don’t try to rolling hop a curb with an umbrella in your hand. At least not without practice.

On a side note, I’m quite comfortable on my new keyboard now. Typing about 30 wpm, ~57 % of my original qwerty speed. After a month. Not too bad. And my hands feel good doing it, no more awkward twists.

I said I was going to remap some keys, here’s the result; I’m pleased to introduce chvorak 0.9:

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Note that I’ve omitted the backspace, enter and space key in the middle. You can’t see the function keys either (for example the numpad).

I’m really happy with the layout so far. The only thing I don’t really like is the placement of the apostrophe. It’s quite dangerous being between Esc and Tab, but in my opinion much better than the Svorak placement.

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