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Building a Dactyl Manuform Keyboard

Another 3D printed 4x6 dactly manuform. The goal of this post is really just to have a public place I can look up the layout. I really like the layout, each finger is at most one button away from the home row, while there's a bit of learning

Ploopy QMK Firmware Customized for the Trackball Mini

Note: Updated with a bugfix where the two tap dance events could interfere with each other, this post has been revised with a fix along with the updated firmware to address this. I have three ploopy trackballs which I find a great alternative to regular pointing devices. I like trackballs

How to setup Amazon Lightsail for a personal blog.

This post describes how I setup a personal blog running on Amazon Lightsail. Amazon Lightsail provides a low cost "virtual private server" which makes it an ideal platform to get started with a personal blog. Rather than use a Lightsail blue print I went for a OS only

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