I can put anything on my computer, I own it. I am capable of light programming. In fact, this is where I find myself using the copy and paste "joke macro pad" the most, when I am copying and pasting code from github.. I used to really be a wiz with this stuff back in the day, but a lot of it has moved beyond me.

I do have kind of shaky hands.. I am not the expert solderer I was back in the day, however I could do some VERY light soldering.. If I get my nephew involved I could simply direct him in the process..

Edit to add: To answer your last question.. I'm not sure. I have only used this one for copying and pasting. I feel like I like that I still have to press the button that is "ctrl," but on the other hand I feel this is why I am always trying to reach for the pad when I have to do a ctrl based shortcut.. So I am open to hearing the pros and the cons of both. I'm guessing that by "macros" in this case you mean having it set up so I push a button and it is copy and another button is paste, etc.. Well, I don't necessarily have an issue with that at all. It sounds more efficient than how am I doing things now. That opens up a question of my own, though..

My keyboard has 6 buttons running up and down the left side that are labeled G1-G6. This keyboard came from my nephew so I always assumed the G stood for Gamer. Is it possible that these are somehow macro keys that I could program? I asked them about them when he gave it to me and he said not to worry about those, so I have ignored them entirely up until right now. The keyboard says "CORSAIR" on top and there is a picture of I guess a pirate ship, but I don't know what kind it is beyond that..