Hello, it has been a while since we have written on the blog. This is for a number of reasons:
1. Lost the password
2. Can’t remember how (not me)
3. Don’t like the blog (design etc – well I have changed it now)
4. Other reasons not specified here.
So the blog, the blog, the blog – blog derives from the word Weblog – a log on the web. Log – a record of things done?
I used to know a log intimately – it was blue, the cover was made out of that fake leather that always looked quite good so it dishonesty was never a major problem – maybe it was real leather? This particular log was a ships log – it was used, and still is used (obviously not the same log as all those years ago because that one is full now), it was used to log things relevant to ships – such as length of voyage, tide height, tide times, tide in general, course, heading – things that are very important when you are travelling by ship. You only wrote in pencil in the log (book), incase you made a mistake you could use a rubber to amend.
This here log – which is actually called a blog – even though it is basically a log – is similar – its added benefit (?) is that there is more scope – you can put pictures in or video.
Just worked out the way to cross through words.
The thing is that is it is difficult to do this because i am sitting at a reception desk in an area of North London called Colindale – its on the Northern Line -I am the receptionist here and i have fairly regular interruptions. Actually in truth, they are not that regular, because if by interruption i mean the work i am here to do, and i do mean that, then its not so much that there are not – PHONE IS RINGING NOW – what if i ignore it? (picked it up but no one there – rare) – so, interruptions are not that frequent but only because the work load here is relatively light – or more like, its spread out so it is thin, like it stretches out almost perfectly through the hours that I spend here – behind this desk.
The screen is made by Dell, its probably not actually made by Dell but it says Dell on it so it clearly has something to do with Dell – the keyboard is also made of by Dell and its a really great keyboard – what I call ‘functional design’ – looks like this:
(about to insert my first picture)
It looks exactly like this, perfect. I’ll tell you a couple of good things about it:
1. Keys are certainly good to press – midway between a click and an soft push.
2. Both the return and the enter buttons are really great to press – especially the Enter button due to the fact that there is no protruding casing on the keyboard, so yiou an nestle your unused fingers around the edger of the keys.
3. The choice to have virtually no protruding casing on the keyboard – this is vital – perhaps underpins all other elements (already slightly mentioned in point 2.). Importantly, this creates more space on the desk and you always need more space on your desk – even if you have a large desk. For example, my dad has a large desk but still insists on using a self built (out of plywood) screen stand/keyboard hider – to maximise the space on his desk and not let the keyboard interfere when it does not needs to. You see the thing about the keyboard which i have found eternally annoying that that it has to be directly in-front of you – obviously – but this causes problems with regards to that (important) space directly in-front of you – it becomes taken over. So either get a wireless keyboard – my domestic solution because you can stow it elsewhere when needed – or get one of these keyboards without excessive outer casing.
The main trend in keyboard design over the last 20 or so years has been a diminution of (what I call) ‘outer casing’:
(In some ways though, I do like old keyboards).
WATCH THE OFFICE, WATCH YOUR OFFICE.
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