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I'm a little over a week in with new split dvorak keyboard.
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I figure this is somewhere in the realm of learning a new language, at least as far as your hands' muscle memory goes. If you're looking to wreck your typing for a month, I highly suggest the challenge. :geek:
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Omg.
You remind me of my older son. Always up to a challenge to learn new things.

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Wow! Does learning to juggle count? (Not for wrecking your typing but for learning something new.)

Klutz: Juggling for the Complete Klutz

I have already mastered step 1: The drop.

[youtube]Learning to Juggle With Klutz - The Drop[/youtube]

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drae wrote:Wow! Does learning to juggle count? (Not for wrecking your typing but for learning something new.)

Klutz: Juggling for the Complete Klutz

I have already mastered step 1: The drop.

[youtube]Learning to Juggle With Klutz - The Drop[/youtube]

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apod wrote:I'm a little over a week in with new split dvorak keyboard.
Okaaaayyy - what was(were) your original motivation(s)? Other than challenge...
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slacker wrote:Okaaaayyy - what was(were) your original motivation(s)? Other than challenge...
Improved ergonomics for lots of typing. It was a toss up between dvorak and colemak.
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slacker wrote:
Okaaaayyy - what was(were) your original motivation(s)? Other than challenge...
Ah, Slacker, when I read this I thought you were asking me my original motivation. =)

So, anyway, besides my son learned and I always wanted to...

juggling grows more brain cells

'Course, I am not at all sure what kind of brain cells it chooses to grow. :lol:

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drae wrote:So, anyway, besides my son learned and I always wanted to...

juggling grows more brain cells

'Course, I am not at all sure what kind of brain cells it chooses to grow. :lol:
Wow, very cool article Drae. I'm going to have to put "Learn to juggle" on my bucket list.

When I was a kid, we used to play "footbag" ... it's sort of like juggling, but you just have to keep one ball in the air and you can't use your hands (which I suppose isn't like juggling at all.) It's actually a decent aerobic workout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMr5e5wlgeE
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Very cool, apod. I think that hacky sack? thing has to be harder than juggling. Too much for me.

I decided years ago I wanted to learn banjo. Then, decided I would have to wait for heaven to get that one. Now I am thinking, why not?

My other one is, when I get a piano or keyboard again, to learn to play by ear. I can sight read music okay but playing by ear would be fun and I think a good challenge.

In the meantime, today, I saw a poster begging for residents to join a community chorus. Why not?

LOL See what juggling hath wrought? Thanks for making me laugh.

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