Follow-up Review of the BM40 Ortholinear Keyboard
So I’ve had my BM40 for over a year now. My initial impressions after getting the keyboard were: that it was a relatively cheap, easy to assemble fancy keyboard, that was nicer to use compared to a typical keyboard for cases where you could use the computer with both hands on the keyboard, that it took a bit of time [...]
Dreamy Eyes is Very Sweet
I watched “Dreamy Eyes” on Netflix.
I recommend it. It’s (at times) intensely romantically sweet. Although it doesn’t have a happy ending.
(Well, without a happy ending I suppose “angsty” is more apt than “sweet”). It’s a drama set in Vietnam during the 1960s - 1970s. The main character has an unrequited love for his childhood friend. In [...]
Thoughts on Netflix's Bridgerton S1
I just finished watching Netflix’s “Bridgerton” series. I’d enjoyed reading the book series some time ago. The third book in the Bridgeron series was the first book I ever stayed up the whole night to read. The Bridgerton series is a famous and well-loved series of romance novels by Julia Quinn, featuring the Bridgerton family. The author has a charming [...]
Early Impressions of BM40RGB Ortholinear Keyboard
I finally received my BM40RGB keyboard that I’d ordered from KPRepublic on AliExpress. Quick Summary it’s a relatively cheap, easy to assemble fancy keyboard, it’s nicer to use compared to a typical keyboard for usecases where you could use the computer with both hands on the keyboard, it took a bit of time to get used to. (The alphabetical keys [...]
Repairing my Razer Keyboard
I recently repaired my mechanical keyboard. It’s a Razer BlackWidow Ultimate, 2016 Edition that I’d bought on sale a couple of years ago.
The result was an imperfect success. The successful part: my keyboard now works and can be reliably used for typing and gaming. (Before, many of the keys didn’t activate when pressed; or only activated some of [...]
Replaying Halo CE
Halo recently re-released to Steam as part of the Halo Master Chief Collection. And I finally got around to re-playing it. I’d played the game on PC some time after it was released.
But I couldn’t remember the game as a whole. I did remember bits and pieces. I remember the first time I got to drive the Warthog [...]
My Experience with the Dvorak Keyboard Layout
One customization that some computer power users make is to use a different keyboard layout. Back when I was a student at University I took the time to learn to use Dvorak layout.
I can’t remember why I stopped using it, but I had reverted to using QWERTY layout since then. Recently I started doing my main development work [...]
Re-reading High Fidelity
I recently re-read Nick Hornby’s “High Fidelity”. I love this story.
It’s about a guy who’s a total music geek, and bit of a loser; and it’s a coming-of-age story as he ruminates over his romantic life. One of the reasons I find the story fascinating is it’s narrated with the narrator’s stream-of-conscious.
I love stream-of-conscious narratives. (Or [...]
Long Tail of Org-Mode Features are Compelling
One of the things I don’t like so much about proselytising of Emacs’ org-mode is mentioning the vast swarth of features org-mode has.
Partly I think it’s ‘intimidating’ to see a bit list of features and be told “you have to learn this, it’s great”. (See the org mode manual table of contents for an overview).
Partly because [...]
Doom Eternal
Hype I watched several interviews the Doom Eternal’s game director Hugo Martin on YouTube. That he played with a controller on Nightmare difficulty is impressive. That’s legit. (Pax East 2020, from 5:20 onwards). The Noclip podcast with him is also excellent.
I was surprised to see Hugo Martin say things like: - After Doom 2016, they added features to [...]