I ordered a classic trackball and I am incredibly pleased. I got the kit and after some soldering and elbow grease I now have it up and running. I really like that it is so easy to print replacement parts and that I can conceivably keep this thing running for years and years Ship of Theseus style.
Gun Violence Deaths: How The U.S. Compares With The Rest Of The World
— Read on text.npr.org/980838151
I think what frustrates me most about the whole “banning assault rifles makes it harder for law-abiding citizens to defend themselves” is that we live in a country – a pretty good one – not a post-apocalyptic hellscape. It should not be expected that in order to not die, I should have an assault rifle handy to defend myself while I pick up a bottle of ketchup. Stop blaming the victims for not being armed and consider how much harder it would be for mass-murderers to do this without assault weapons, or guns altogether. Maybe Ted Cruz can just permanently relocate to Mexico so we can stop having to listen to his ideas?
kevq.uk/my-thoughts-on-richard-stallmans-return-to-the-fsf-board/
That’s genuinely intriguing that making the video was a challenge.
www.osnews.com/story/133160/the-nokia-n900-the-future-that-wasnt/
I still have mine, although it needs a little TLC to get it back to totally working condition.
I feel like I must be the last person to hear about this, but Siri can read whatever is on the screen to you. In practice what I can do is swipe down from the top edge of the screen and have her read a web page or Instapaper article to me. Much more natural sounding than the reader in Instapaper. Unfortunately you can’t start and stop playback with a tap on your earbud though. But it’s a small price to pay when you have an infant that loves to be walked a lot or manual labor to do.
I’ve been using my Ergodox EZ at work this school year and slowly but surely improving my touch typing on it. Tonight I went to take a quick typing test on my laptop and realized that I’m starting to mentally default to the columnar layout and have to slow down on a traditional QWERTY.