freakout* I had this HUMONGOUS dragonfly in my office last year and I totally gave everyone anxious moments by throwing a BIG dramatic freakout. I don't know what I might have done if I had seen that!
07/08/2009 16:52 #49235
PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN Category: politics
We beat that dude to his left by a pixel and a half. That was close!
tinypliny - 07/09/09 14:45 I vote for whatever (e:james) said right below.
james - 07/08/09 19:50 Oh man, a sitcom about Hu Juntao and Angela Merkel trading bodies ala Freaky Friday would be so very good.
tinypliny - 07/08/09 13:00 Heh. I thought it was worth a shot... ;-)
jim - 07/08/09 12:29 At UB's tech incubator by north campus. Not sure if it's open to anyone outside the tech startups. :/
tinypliny - 07/08/09 12:19 Wow that looks awesome. Where is this? And can I come?
07/07/2009 21:36 #49223
Physical Thing Is Physical Category: music
Akai APC40 is back ordered!
That is the problem with physical contraptions, as opposed to code/mental things.
Toys take weeks to arrive. It is the really frustrating thing about working with electronics, too, realizing 90% of the way into construction that I needed a 50 cent chip that would take a week to get here and cost $5 shipping. At least this is ONE thing one time, just back ordered until the end of July.
My wrist hurts from using the mouse, I can't wait to use this instead.
P.S. Paul zip up those sound files and email them to me :)
P.P.S. This is what the APC40 is for:
drew - 07/08/09 09:48 very cool toy. I want to play, too!
jason - 07/08/09 08:31 My God. I had no clue you were interested in music. That is one awesome, beautiful toy.
tinypliny - 07/07/09 22:09 Cool - I will be dropping it off @ the 24 tomorrow. Check it out for a week.
tinypliny - 07/07/09 22:01 Ah, that is wise. I can't do that at all. I end up with ultra-cramped wrists. Give the tablet a shot? Or the controller a shot?
jim - 07/07/09 21:57 Tinypliny: moving from the elbow/shoulder instead of twisting at the wrist. I pretend my wrist bones are fused together... If I move the mouse with my wrist I get pain within about 30 minutes so I know when I do that :)
jim - 07/07/09 21:56 I'd like to give it a shot if you don't mind, despite my concerns.
tinypliny - 07/07/09 21:56 Keep us posted on how this works out! I would be really interested in hearing about it. :)
I don't know how you can operate a regular
mouse without lateral motion??!! Do you have some kind a rollerball mouse?
tinypliny - 07/07/09 21:52 But that's just it. You don't write. Writing requires precision control, constricted grasping and pressure for making the mark on paper/surface. With the stylus, you will just be waving it like a stick in air. There is no constrictive motion. If you like, I can loan my tablet to you for a few days, so you can check it out. Drop me an email - I can leave it at Paul's.
jim - 07/07/09 21:51 And I don't move my wrist laterally - the problem is that I can't seem to maintain good posture when using a mouse for extended periods of time. I have managed to get excellent posture and really good ergonomics, but something about using a mouse makes me slump.
I am about 99% keyboard only in general computing tasks, and with this MIDI controller I can be about 90% non-mouse in making music, so I think it'll work out fine.
jim - 07/07/09 21:49 The only thing that causes me pain aside from using a mouse is writing / pens unfortunately, so I'm not sure if that'd work.
tinypliny - 07/07/09 21:46 Jim, if you wrists hurt from using mice, you NEED THIS --> amazon.com/review/R104JOWJNFTKTS/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm
It is, hands down, the best thing ever for wrist pain. It is exactly like using a pen (and waving it in the air - so no strain). It completely relieves lateral movement at the wrist joint (which is primarily the cause of most strain).
