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Oops · 12:49am Jan 5th, 2017
I may have just done this:
No, it was exactly this.
My keyboard is a Das Keyboard with blank layout so I can type in Dvorak easily. Back when I purchased it (twelve years ago), it was somewhere around $1000. 
Today, the fancy new model costs $166. 
This may delay my story output yet again, however. We do have spare keyboards, but I don't want to mess with things when I can just use my laptop. My new keyboard arrives Friday, but by then I'll be busy all day prepping for the big party. 
So probably Monday I'll post something.
Maybe several somethings...? 
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Thought you knew better maybe this is a better keyboard for you one of the Waterproof Silicon keyboards
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I've spilled stuff on it before, but the standard fix is to unplug it immediately, send it through the washer without soap, then let it dry for three days before plugging it back in. I tried to keep using it after the spill because I didn't care if I wrecked it, since I kinda wanted a new board after 12 years of use. So it's entirely my fault, but that's okay.
I chose a board with a different key style (non-clicky) to change things up a little.
4369739 Been favoring backlit keyboards myself lately
4369748
Those are kind of neat, but I never look at the keyboard so I don't really get much out of the gimmick.
Nooo! D: Not the Moun-tain Dwa!
This is exactly why I'm thankful that my pos old keyboard has drain holes under the keys.
As a touch-typist and Dvorak enthusiast (though not user, yet), you have earned my utmost respect.
Did you try writing while in the shower again? Tsk tsk
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"Don't mind if I Dwa!"
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The fastest way by far to learn Dvorak is with a blank keyboard: trial by fire. If you can afford one, buy a Das Keyboard Ultimate, set Windows or whatever to Dvorak layout, and keep typing until you figure it out. (Everything is different except for the various control keys, all the numbers, the entire numberpad, letter A, letter M, and backtick (`).) It also works with a regular Qwerty, but having a blank keyboard helps you to learn to rely on muscle memory rather than visual memory. I used to look at the keys when I typed, and now I never do.
The first few weeks were hell. It took me about three months to get back up to speed. Years later, I'm pretty sure I'm significantly faster now than I used to be.
4370442 Heh, I don't think I can afford to buy a keyboard, let alone a Das keyboard—but I know what you mean. I've got enough restraint to avoid looking at the keyboard most of the time, but there's a somewhat related problem that happens occasionally for me and it happens when I use both layouts. It's sometimes tempting to, say, when attempting to type a G on Dvorak, not peek at the keyboard for a moment to find the U key in QWERTY that corresponds to it. Scrambling the key caps unfortunately doesn't help—if I wanted to type, for example, an Z in QWERTY (which is where the U key is on the keyboard in the photo), I'd be tempted to glance at the keyboard to find the U key in order to type the letter I wanted. I'm definitely of the opinion that a blank keyboard would help with resisting urges like this too*.
Oh, and by the way, I'm currently using a variant of Dvorak called Programmer Dvorak, which scrambles just about all the other keys as well and makes everything a nightmare (but I still love it). I forgot to mention that I've actually used this a few times before, but it was for lengths so short (2–3 hours of casual use at a time before giving in, I believe) that it doesn't count by my book.
Considering that I'm at 100 WPM on QWERTY and 15(?) WPM on Dvorak, we'll see about that. I feel like I'm ever so slowly picking up speed as I'm typing this, so it's promising.
*And I'd love to get one of these keyboards when given the chance.
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I encourage you to use white out on your keys, or scratch the letters off, or masking tape. It will help and also teach you not to look at the keys, which is super important. The keys need to end up looking identical, though.
4371605 Hmm... Wite-Out (or Twink, as we call it here) doesn't look pretty, so I'll see what else I have.
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The sticky part of post-it notes also works. You just have to cut them small and as regular as possible.