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Old Mar 18, 2020 | 2:51 pm
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Dread Pirate Jeff
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Originally Posted by RoxyMountain
Great advice. Totally agree on the getting up. I usually work early, work out a couple of hours, then jump back on

BTW, that username. Classic. Named after the Princess bride or Ulbricht?
Hah, thanks. I stole it from the Pricess Bride, long before Ulbricht created the Silk Road.

More topical, and now that I'm not using my phone to type that message out (yeesh I just noticed how it munged things like " ...

My desktop machine is a home-built machine, but I use a vintage IBM Model M with a custom USB cable. I am a touch typist (not so much when I'm writing code, but when I'm writing docs and emails I can comfortably sit at around 70-80 WPM) and find that a good mechanical keyboard is far easier than those little cheapo keyboards. I burned through two Unisys Model Ms, those are built using the old IBM plans, but using cheaper materials and don't last. My first real Model M lasted nearly 15 years and that was AFTER it was already over 20 years old. This one I bought was New Old Stock and still in it's original box and should last longer than I do. I've not tried one of the other new mechanical keyboards (using the Cherry MX and similar switches) but they would probably work ok as well. But there's something satisfying about the heft and tactile response of the old IBM Model M.

For a webcam, I agree with the Logitech 9xx cameras... they're fantastic and work with pretty much anything.
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