csquared.org

This is another decent VIM quick reference cheat-sheet.

My keyboard tray died last night. It was one of those underdesk sliding, articulating thingies that was built entirely out of steel.

Entirely out of steel, excepting, of course, where the tray mechanism attaches to the rail mechanism. This was made out of fine, Corinthian plastic. One would think that this would be an ideal failure point and reinforce it accordingly, but one would be wrong. I think the term is "planned obsolence". Bastards.

Kensington has one that looks pretty sweet: Underdesk Adjustable Keyboard Platform

When I first put the site up, I asked my daughter if she wanted her own site.

She was enthusiastic... "Yeah, I want a site with games... That don't expire, and ummm..."

I blocked her out just after "don't", as I am wont to do.

Teri, my technophobe spousal unit, should have her own blog.

She says that her days as a stay-at-home mom aren't full of interesting/amusing stuff enough to warrant such a thing.

I disagree.

She generally has something funny to relate -- usually something that one of my idiot spawn has done.

Finally found a decent Wiki...

Ok, still looking for the bloody keyboard glyphs, and came across this site.

8 Ways to Sunday » Page 23 (Finally, a Meme that Doesn’t Suck)

So, I reached for the closest book at hand, and came up with:

This screen stores a running list of your actions and accomplishments as well as other events happening in the world, including which nations are currently at war.

Sid Meyer's Pirates!^tm manual

During a search for "keyboard glyphs", I somehow arrived at this site where historically inaccurate vikings are used to pimp the Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor.

Needless to say, I downloaded it.

My typing speed is one of my vanities, so I wanted to take a look at how fast/slow I really am.

Also, it supports the DVORAK layout, something I've been messing about with for a couple of years when I want to really hose up my muscle memory.

Cryptarithms (a.k.a. Alphametics) are a geeky way to pass the time.

Google used at least one of 'em on their employment examination.

You'll need a jeweler's loupe to read the PDF version, but this is a decent vi reference.

Includes HTML, plaintext, and PDF versions.

Tugzip is a HELLA-FAST compress/uncompress tool. Think WinZip or UltimateZip in terms of speed and ZipGenius in terms of price.

Definately worth the 3.7mb download.