Key Flavors…
Yes, like most of you people reading this right now, most likely you’re expecting another entry that is subjective to nosebleeds. Fear not, because after the first blog post here in my teki-teki section, my friends already gave you a favor and stopped me before the cannibals do. In return, I then promised them that I would write in a friendlier manner; not like a scholarly nerd who is doing an experimental thesis to compliment his new theory in Particle Acceleration…
Don’t ask me about the last one, I sure hell don’t know that as well…
Anyway, as a person who like to dis-assemble and re-assemble PC’s as a pastime, surely I have my own share of adventures with it; so maybe that’s what I will be focusing on right now. No more blood loss… lol…
Talk to the Hand…
A few days ago, my hands were literally aching after a days of typing non-stop evaluations and articles and playing ridiculous games like NBA 2k9 and Devil May Cry 4 (I usually do this during breaks to preserve my sanity when writing something) and the only culprit I could think of is my clunky CDRKing keyboard.
Don’t get me wrong, but low quality keyboards usually give out that “Bang for the Buck” impression that people like me; brand-blind and all, really love. It’s just that I hate having the ever painful “Carpal Tunnel Syndrome” especially since my work mostly revolves around computers; for the love of God…
The Keyboard is one of the contraptions that normal, technologically savvy people use every day. I know time will come that we can just order our computer around verbally (seriously, my computer accepts voice commands) but since you can’t just yell around in your house while happily chatting with people, or let’s say blurt out your top-secret computer password while you’re in the same room as your equally perverted brother, I’d go manual anytime.
Brief history…
Contrary to popular belief, there are a few keyboard layout designs out in the market. The first one to break out though, was the “QWERTY” keyboard by a man named Christopher Sholes back in 1967. It was originally designed for the first set of Remington typewriters released around the same year.
The aim for such a design is to let the hands alternate while typing English words. A lot of people disagree with this thought because it has already been proven that it was a bit biased with the left hand; although a hundred years later, it became more convenient for right handed people because of the conception of computers and the invention of the mouse.
There are also other keyboard layouts which have been developed over the years in the quest to fix the flaws of the original QWERTY design.
In the quest to take away subjected left-hand stress of the QWERTY layout, the Dvorak was born. But it failed as a typewriter norm due to the fact that even though it was a little unfriendly to the hands, it was friendlier to the machine. Dvorak typewriters were a bit prone to machine jam, so it was not followed as avidly as the latter.
The AZERTY on the other hand, was developed in contrast to the English-biased form of the QWERTY. Countries such as Belgium and France started using this design during the 1980’s and they still do today; as it is friendlier to use with their own language.
A Hunting We Will Go!
Seriously, if you don’t know Carpal Tunnel Syndrome yet, you should try to Google it; it really is the nightmare of chatters these days. As for me, I’m hunting for a good keyboard that does that is light on my hands. I trip to the local PC store in Greenbelt showed me a lot of choices; flashy backlit keys, integrated USB hubs from different names like Genius, Logitech and A4tech; all for the sake of being unique while retaining its functionality. I just picked up a simple Logitech that has keys that are light to the touch; at least now I can relieve myself from stress.
Yeah, I know you guys can’t make out what I’m trying to say on this entry but the hell with it. I want to make an entry about keyboards because they are so neglected these days; until your hands start to ache like mine. I’m still warming up on writing again because of a year-long slump; just help me out by minding the cheeky subjects okay?
Kamsahameda~
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