Aliso the Geek

A coder in love with WordPress.

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The TypeMatrix Keyboard: First Impressions

The TypeMatrix Keyboard: First Impressions

In my quest to learn Dvorak and reduce my wrist and hand pain, I ordered a TypeMatrix keyboard (in Dvorak) last week. It arrived today! I’ve only been using it for an hour or so, but I figured a blog post would be a good way to practice on it and give my first impressions.

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The switch to Dvorak

The switch to Dvorak

When I got my first stick shift, we (my family) had to sell my automatic to afford it. My only option for driving, then, was the new stick shift I hadn’t learned yet. I sucked at it at first, but I quickly got a lot better. It’s like learning a foreign language by living in a foreign country. And so begin my adventures in learning Dvorak.

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Why search engines scare the crap out of me

Why search engines scare the crap out of me

One of the things that has blown my mind about my blog is my iPhone UIPickerView post being so popular. I didn’t write a lot of iPhone posts after my trip to the Big Nerd Ranch, so it’s not the general focus of my blog anyway; I’m known more for my WordPress stuff. So how does this post pull traffic from any remotely related Google search for this iPhone code?

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