Ordered the Avant Prime

150 + 15 shipping. Also, turns out not all ps/2 to USB adapters are created the same. I tried to hook my IBM keyboard up through the one that I had lying around, and it didn’t work at all. Well, the pc recognized it or a sec, but then it went away. Then it kept […]

Dilemma

I’ve narrowed it down to either the MS Ergo 4000 or the Avant Prime as my next candidate. But it’s hard to choose between the two. On the one hand, I’m pretty happy with the MS Natural Elite that I have now, so MS Ergo 4000 seems like a safe bet. It’s also a lot […]

Back on the icekey

As most of the other people who write about it say, the Apple keyboards are really just too mushy. It’s really much easier to do work on the iceKey than it is on the Apple. It seems there really is just a scarcity of good Mac keyboards. The only ones out there that are reviewed […]

Frick Frack Frock

So my company messed up my tax statement, so I had to file an amendment. What a nightmare. Back over to turbotax online… big noticeable option to file an amended return… seems simple enough. Then it starts asking whether ‘this’ return is the same as the one you originally filed. This? It turns out Turbotax […]

Entourage burns my hands

While from a compatibility-with-Exchange point of view, Entourage is pretty good, from a performance perspective.. it’s just plain horrible. It doesn’t even seem to be properly multithreaded. The UI thread will block up frequently as I’m typing a message.. and while I’m doing nothing, it’s constantly eating 40% cpu on my Powerbook, and making it […]

A few more notes.

This review (Japanese) contains four opinions on the new Happy Hacking Keyboard Pro 2, which is a USB 2.0 model. In general, people seem to like the feel, but there was consistent concern over the fact that larger keys such as control and shift did not go down as smoothly when not pressed exactly in […]

One more keyboard…

The Avant Prime by Creative Vision Technology. This one seems to have it all.. ALPS switches, hardware programmable remapping, and N key rollover. The only thing it’s missing is USB, but that can be fixed with a ps/2 to USB adapter. Going for $149, which is not much more than the Tactile Pro, and with […]

A few good Restaurants

Some lunch places that I recently went to: Boxed Food Company (245 Kearny St, SF) A take-out soup-and-sandwich place, which gives you your food in generously sized boxes. Not only are their sandwiches pretty tasty, the include a pretty good salad (with good dressing, and large parmesan slices). Maybe a tad on the spendy side, […]