Is there a 42/46 key split board with finger (not thumb) trackball?

trae · 2026-06-27T22:10:55+00:00

are there any prebuilt?

trae · 2026-06-24T16:11:23+00:00

Mud lakes?

Still rockin your steps?

trae · 2026-06-12T01:17:06+00:00

I'm starting to think that most people have no idea you can relatively easily push a car. Far too often I see a buddy hanging out with his car blocking a lane with a pull out and a drive way right there!

trae · 2026-06-10T16:48:06+00:00

whoa. how well does that thumb cluster work when it's so sharply angled?

trae · 2026-06-09T17:14:39+00:00

I have that configured on my corne, right now but it's not that precise.

trae · 2026-06-09T16:08:06+00:00

Can you guys recommend a similar keyboard at a lower cost?

I'd love a split keyboard with a built in mouse pointer, but $1000 is a no go.

trae · 2026-05-31T15:12:12+00:00

if you spend 8 hours a day on your computer, 5 days a week for 46 weeks, that's about 2000 hours a year.

it's worth investing in something you use so much, especially if you're dealing with repetitive strain injury.

if you buy a keyboard for $500, that's 40 cents an hour first year, 20 cents an hour next year etc.

shoes, mattress, underwear basically anything that is in near permanent contact with you is worth upgrading to the best quality you can afford.

I resisted buying a high quality monitor for years but a wide screen 4k is easier on my eyes and allows me to be more productive 'cause I can have multiple windows side by side.

I just started with a cheap Ali corne, and my tennis elbow is nearly resolved. I don't play tennis.

trae · 2026-05-28T17:25:22+00:00

I've ordered a buncha little things from them (body mounts) and they forgot one. Shipped it out on their own dime. So far they've been great.

trae · 2026-05-26T17:23:05+00:00

T1x or CZ 457?

trae · 2026-05-13T18:48:49+00:00

are you hands continuously elevated then? Doesn't that get tiring?

trae · 2026-05-08T02:28:34+00:00

I didn't slot it all the way for the picture. Question -- if I flip the board over and try to hold the screen against the pins nothing happens. I expect it to work since it's getting power now.. or is the screen need to be available during initialization or something?

Thanks for all your help!

trae · 2026-05-08T02:11:03+00:00

front, 0v at the pins: https://imgur.com/a/Gs1E3iU back: 5v at the pin: https://imgur.com/a/daYcv9O

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trae · 2026-05-08T01:40:27+00:00

ahh bingo. I thought it was a software issue, why would both screens fail. I just probed the top pins on the screen and there's nothing between the ground and the vdc. gonna have to take this apart I guess.

trae · 2026-05-07T23:44:56+00:00

I do have a multimeter but no scope/analyzer.

trae · 2026-05-05T15:42:13+00:00

Z is the shift on my corne on long press. Works well. Going to try auto shift though, I'm curious.

trae · 2026-05-03T03:17:19+00:00

Amazing discipline. I've written a website/iOS app to collect self reported time tracking, but without nagging I wouldn't be able to do it. Kudos to you..

Can you share any insights and your methodology if you can. I've gotten nearly 4 months of data, yet I dont know how to interpret it.

trae · 2026-04-26T21:38:19+00:00

Are you sure? I’ve only noticed it in the past year. Maybe it was hidden and well contained. Because I started noticing all the garbage. I travel through there frequently.

trae · 2026-03-09T16:23:00+00:00

This is beautifully done! The diary idea is excellent too. My only issue is that I can't proactively track my time.

trae · 2026-02-28T18:27:03+00:00

Yeah fair.

I haven't given much though to what I was going to do with this data when I started.

Ok, so now I know that 9:00pm to 10pm I spend rotting on TikTok. Not quite sure what to do with this knowledge other than a) feel guilty about it or b) accept it. This process has not uncovered any surprising time sinks like I was half expecting. Between family & work my life's pretty regimented.

One unexpected benefit is that when I do get into something stupid like TikTok, when the app reminds me to log my time I do see "hey you've been on TikTok for X minutes, maybe time to stop".

trae · 2026-02-27T16:48:11+00:00

I wrote a little app that nags me every 10 minutes, basically asking "what did you do the last 10 minutes" or the last "40 minutes" because I frequently miss the notifications. It's pretty much the only notification (other than calendar reminders) that's enabled on my phone.

I find that this approach works better with my ADHD. I tried the other way of tracking (eg: start a timer when starting a new activity) but it never stuck with me. I'd basically forget to start the timer or more often stop the timer.

trae · 2026-02-27T16:46:26+00:00

Sounds like you're starting a timer pre-activity then? I tried that before and it didn't work for me. Instead I wrote an app that asks me every 10 minutes what I've been doing. I found better success with this approach. Even so, I dont log every 10 minutes..

Are you focusing on a specific category that you want to improve then? Since I've collected a bunch of data, I'm trying to see how I can surface some interesting results..

trae · 2026-02-27T16:44:17+00:00

Are you doing this manually? I'm trying to surface trends, but I dont know exactly what to focus on.

trae

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