Keyboard Tech Tip

Buona Pasqua!

Italian for "Happy Easter"

I used the Italian Keyboard at TypeIt.org to write 'Happy Easter!' in Italian. Now, these words don't have any accents over the letters, so I didn't necessarily have to use it. But a lot of Italian words DO use accents, so it's a good tool to have!

And just for fun, here is a short little video about Easter in Italy with other phrases and traditions. 

YouTube Tech Tip

This is the music video for "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars. If you haven't heard this song, STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING and listen to the goddman greatness.

I heard this song and immediately fell in love. It's the kind of music that makes you wanna say "groovy" and dance at a disco bar.

Everything about this music video is amazing. The clothing, the dance moves, the music. I must have watched this 5 times in a row. I think it's great that the older style of music and clothing is coming back. I'm a huge fan of the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s - I love it all! Each decade offers something great in music and style and overall culture.

Typing Game Tech Tip

I had my computer class when I was in elementary school, and they taught us how to type. We would basically just play typing games on the school's computers. They taught to use the 'home row', but that never really stuck for me. Interestingly enough, someone recently pointed out to me that while I use all the fingers on my right hand to type, I only use my middle finger on my left hand to type. Funny! I had never notice that before. I really enjoy typing - I like the sound the keys make when you're typing quickly. I never learned to use a typewriter, but I imagine it would be fun to use one of those (albeit a little frustrating when it comes to make mistakes).

Ninja Cat was okay! My computer is old so the screen kept flashing which made it difficult to type the words without being certain what words they were. Even though the words were easy, trying to focus on all the words was definitely difficult! My eyes hurt after just one game haha. But I found that it's easier to type words than it is to type single letters or numbers.

Typing Test Tech Tip

Well, the website that was listed (RankMyTyping.com) didn't work - maybe they took down the website? So I just googled typing tests and tried a few of those. Here are my comments!

Typing Test
This website had you type out an Aesop tale for one minute. I like it because they are basically everyday words that you would use. They're not asking you to type some really obscure words or anything haha. It also takes into account any errors and subtracts a certain amount of seconds per error. I got 85 WPM with 4 errors, leaving me at 81 WPM.

Speedy Typing Online
This rest was a little different and I didn't like it as much as the first. At first it gave me something from Beowulf which severely slowed down my speed because of the character's names - they were very difficult to spell. Then it refreshed and gave me lyrics from Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats", which was a little better. I ended up with a 72 WPM and 91% accuracy.