WatSuanDok

The title is an inside joke. I have no idea what it means. That's the joke.

All will be made clear...

or at least translucent...

So, I was playing around with services, a cool feature of OS X, when I decided to stop doing so and instead play around with the international keyboard settings. I can now switch between the standard QWERTY keyboard, Hangul input, and Dvorak.

And now for a piece of background: In a failed attempt to learn Korean (three months before I first heard of Hwarangdo) I accidentally taught myself to type using the Dvorak keyboard layout.

I now find myself in a dilema. One inner geek is screaming at me to remove the QWERTY keyboard from that list, and switch back and forth solely between Dvorak and Hangul. Another inner geek is screaming, "You stopped using Dvorak, because it wreaks havok with vi. The fact that I have more than one inner geek brings me great joy, however a third inner geek piped up and suggested the following:

I could:

remap all of the vim commands and end up confusing the !@#$% (oddly reminecent of QWERTY) out of myself
remap a portion of the vim commands and end up confusing the !@#$% out of myself
I could use the arrow keys, that would really solve most of the Dvorak induced confusion

That last one sounds incredibly reasonable, yet somehow feels like cheating...But I type so much faster with Dvorak...
To bring this journal entry full circle, there really should be a 'Spell Check' Service...
UPDATE: I guess that wasn't quite full circle, since I started off attempting to explain the title. I've now set everything straight with this update. All is well. Good night.
UPDATE: (a little later) This would be the one sided conversation that inspired the title:

I'm a web developer for NOVICA. I'm fascinated by languages, even though I only speak English and a little Spanish. I can count in Korean and have numerous language and linguistics books. I'm living within walking distance of CSUN where I share an apartment with my girlfriend and 2 cats. I'm happy. I write sporadically (I really need to finish that short story), with every intention of making a living at it at an undisclosed point in the future. I taught physics at Emperor's College Winter Term 2008. I love games and stories and music and computers and science and "and." I drink my coffee 100% black 80% of the time and 80% black 20% of the time. Also, there are other things. 7332 42
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Previous Entry :: Next Entry Mood: creative Read/Post Comments (2) Share on Facebook		2003-08-30 7:52 PM soyu koto deshoo? The title is an inside joke. I have no idea what it means. That's the joke. All will be made clear... or at least translucent... So, I was playing around with services, a cool feature of OS X, when I decided to stop doing so and instead play around with the international keyboard settings. I can now switch between the standard QWERTY keyboard, Hangul input, and Dvorak. And now for a piece of background: In a failed attempt to learn Korean (three months before I first heard of Hwarangdo) I accidentally taught myself to type using the Dvorak keyboard layout. I now find myself in a dilema. One inner geek is screaming at me to remove the QWERTY keyboard from that list, and switch back and forth solely between Dvorak and Hangul. Another inner geek is screaming, "You stopped using Dvorak, because it wreaks havok with vi. The fact that I have more than one inner geek brings me great joy, however a third inner geek piped up and suggested the following: I could: remap all of the vim commands and end up confusing the !@#$% (oddly reminecent of QWERTY) out of myself remap a portion of the vim commands and end up confusing the !@#$% out of myself I could use the arrow keys, that would really solve most of the Dvorak induced confusion That last one sounds incredibly reasonable, yet somehow feels like cheating...But I type so much faster with Dvorak... To bring this journal entry full circle, there really should be a 'Spell Check' Service... UPDATE: I guess that wasn't quite full circle, since I started off attempting to explain the title. I've now set everything straight with this update. All is well. Good night. UPDATE: (a little later) This would be the one sided conversation that inspired the title: Read/Post Comments (2) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top