When I was in high school, our screens were green, orange (often referred to as amber), and white (more of a gray really) on black. Still had those when I started working at a non-profit. It was actually easier on the eyes if you were just typing, as long as the brightness wasn't on high.
I have a vague memory of LKH using a Dvorak keyboard. Once you adjust to it, it's supposed to increase your speed and reduce RSIs. Wikipedia lists record speed on that is 212 wpm, which was by the The Guinness Book of World Records record holder for English language typist, Barbara Blackburn. So if LKH has got the speed she's claiming, someone contact Guinness. ;)
I can understand needing ice during autograph sessions though. The more we're using keyboards, the less we're exercising the muscles needed to hold a pen. My cursive handwriting was never pretty, but it was legible. I'm so far out of practice now that when I have to hand write, I print, with only my signature in cursive. Though it's not "readable", but it's my legal signature now.
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Date: 2014-07-30 06:32 pm (UTC)I have a vague memory of LKH using a Dvorak keyboard. Once you adjust to it, it's supposed to increase your speed and reduce RSIs. Wikipedia lists record speed on that is 212 wpm, which was by the The Guinness Book of World Records record holder for English language typist, Barbara Blackburn. So if LKH has got the speed she's claiming, someone contact Guinness. ;)
I can understand needing ice during autograph sessions though. The more we're using keyboards, the less we're exercising the muscles needed to hold a pen. My cursive handwriting was never pretty, but it was legible. I'm so far out of practice now that when I have to hand write, I print, with only my signature in cursive. Though it's not "readable", but it's my legal signature now.