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Comment on How to buy a coffee grinder by ewr2san

ewr2san — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:11:54 +0000

I got the Saeco Titan 12/11, and have to say, it’s poorly made and complete crap..
Like yours, The burr was poorly made, and very low quality. Tried a friends Bodum Bistro made a much better grind for me.. Especially since im using French Press most of the time.

Comment on Apple Keyboard (Aluminum) keycap removal by Peter

Peter — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:17:09 +0000

Pretty much the worst write up on how to do this. This guy is an idiot.

Comment on Mox by Joen

Joen — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:03:46 +0000

She’ll break many a boys heart. What a gorgeous kid.

Comment on Apple Keyboard (Aluminum) keycap removal by Mick

Mick — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:03:37 +0000

Awesome! The only thing to add is that if you need to take the smaller keys off the top row of the keyboard to clean them as I did, you will need to pry them up from the left side of the key instead of the top. Other wise, it’s the same procedure for them as well.

Comment on Apple Keyboard (Aluminum) keycap removal by Dave Land

Dave Land — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:06:33 +0000

Folks,

Bought a used aluminum keyboard. Worked flawlessly for weeks. Then, slowly but
inevitably, it started getting balky…

It’s a strange assortment of keys whose scissors are on “sideways”:

- The skinny little function keys across the top, which are tricky to remove. At least one of the scissor “axles” (on the top and bottom center, for these keys) will likely break. At least that was the case for me. It’s possible a previous owner of the keyboard broke ‘em, though .

- At least “F” and “J” (possibly others: I only removed the sticky keys) are rotated so that the “top” of the mechanism is to the right.

- Left shift has *two* scissors and a metal stabilizer bar running across the *bottom* of the key.

- Left control also has a stabilizer bar, but it runs across the *top* of the key.

Happy typing,

Dave

Comment on Recently at home by Stephane Daury (@stephdau)

Stephane Daury (@stephdau) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:58:33 +0000

Abiding a-plenty!

Comment on Emacs on Mac OS X by Glen

Glen — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:05:10 +0000

One thing I’ve found with emacs on OS/X is that the screen doesn’t seem to keep up with the keyboard. For example if I hold the down the movement keys the screen will often not update until I release the key. I wish I knew how to fix this one. It drives me nuts.

Comment on I miss school by J

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:00:49 +0000

It’s weird that when I stopped going to school for a year due to a health problem, I terribly missed school. After that, I excelled in school. Now I’m feeling very lazy to study again. I think I need to stop again (but I can’t anyway. boohoo).

Comment on How to Read Tech News by Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:12:38 +0000

Your cognitive wistfulness is inspiring and relevant. It’s against my nature, however, to not subconsciously become excited about rounded corners. Me

Comment on Apple Keyboard (Aluminum) keycap removal by Luke

Luke — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:33:01 +0000

Most keyboards (in the UK at least) have the fixtures for the F and J keys at 90 degrees, presumably to prevent you rearranging the layout. Apple didn’t do this; I bought a UK layout aluminium wired keyboard in late 2008 and rearranged the keys to Dvorak without a problem. I bought another of the same in early 2011 with the intent of changing it to Dvorak, however Apple has now spitefully revised the keyboard to include aforementioned special fixtures for F and J.
If you are thinking of trying the Dvorak layout be sure to remove the F key first to check if this is the case for you. You can still go ahead but keep in mind the F, U, J and H keys will sit at a very annoying 90-degree angle. Apple’s reputation used to be all about thinking and being different, but this is a sad display of conformity. Thanks a lot Apple.