So, the way I see it, we have a Things that are good thread, and and a place to bitch about things that suck. But we haven't got a place to just mention stuff. Things we may not get a chance to talk about in meatspace, or that have been on our minds, or just things you want to tell people about. Basically, just a place to put the stuff that doesn't necessarily warrant it's own thread, but you'd like to share anyway.
I guess I'll start.
The other day I put together a new keyboard layout that I'm using now.
I moved banished "Caps Lock to where "Scroll Lock" usually is, because I almost never use it. I also got rid of the "backtick" character (`), in favour of the degree symbol (°)(on the seven), because for all I use it I might as well just remember it's hex code (60) and use "Ctrl-Shift-U" when I want it.
You also might notice the "compose" button, which allows me to type, for instance, 'O' and 'c' and get '©', or '-' and 'L' and get '£'.
I may add an "AltGr" key in the future if compose ends up too cumbersome, or if I find there's a few keys I'd really like to have right there. If that's the case, I'll bring back backtick, and put it in the quote button.
I also switched the case of the top row of numbers. Now, if I want "$", I just hit the "4" key, and if I want "4", then I hit "Shift-$". I mostly use the number pad for typing numbers, so I don't really need the extra numbers up there as bad. I also moved "0" next to "1".