key matters

I keep feeling like my blog should be about something. A theme.
Most of the good ones seem to be just that. A sort of monologue forum. But I just can’t decide on one theme. Just want to write what I think.

Just so you know, I recently finished my first two web projects:
www.danielheggarty.com
www.tsunamistl.com

I know, they are simple and not that impressive, but they are new, they are hand programmed, and are a start.
It feels really good actually, seeing result of your work , right there…almost instant gratification. And be sure, there are more and better things to come.

What else?

I am going to Belize soon. In a little under a month. Going alone and looking forward to all the adventures.

Also, did you know that the keyboard you are working on now, pretty much sucks, and was pretty much created in 1873 to slow your typing down? And there is a better version of it called Dvorak that allows for better more efficient, easier typing technique? That’s right, the QWERTY (look at your Q and love right) keyboard was designed this way so that while typing on an typewriter you would not go too fast and keys would not stick together. And though the Dvorak was introduced in 1932, people did not switch their habits...who wants to relearn right?

Dvorak is an alternative to Qwerty. It is a keyboard layout designed to minimize movement, and make typing as easy and painless as possible. The idea behind it is to have the most commonly typed keys under the fingers, and make it as easy as possible to type common words and combinations of letters. To give an impressions of just how big a difference this makes, consider that the average Dvorak typist's fingers will travel about one mile in a day of typing. A Qwerty typist's will travel anything from 16 to 20 miles. Try to consider, for a moment, the effect that must have on your fingers.

You can actually chance your PC to Dvorak and can order a Dvorak keyboard layout on your computer, but no one really does it.

Anyway, this was new information to me, so I thought I’d let you know.

Well, anyway, now that you know your keyboard is inefficient, I can go to sleep happy☺