Robert Hurst

I found this passage from a student’s speech at a Harvard graduation several years ago to be applicable to describe this country’s administration:

“I believe that there is one idea, one sentiment, which we have all acquired at some point in our Harvard careers, and that, ladies and gentlemen is, in a word, confusion. They tell us it is heresy to suggest the superiority of some value, fantasy to believe in moral argument, slavery to submit to a judgment sounder than your own. The freedom of our day is the freedom to devote yourself to any values we please, on the mere condition that we do not believe them to be true.”

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An ultra-slim keyboard (just over 9mm “thick”) with a touch of elegance with its transparent frame and laser-etched backlighted keys.  The amount of that illumination is controlled by a dedicated key to cycle through four setting levels.  The palm rest is just enough area for my short, by wide hands.  The travel on the keystroke is a bit more than my laptop’s keyboard, so I can punch away with confidence.

It replaces another Logitech keyboard, which was Bluetooth wireless and had great keystroke response.  However, the keycaps’ print was not accentuated enough and was hard to see under ambient light.  Also, there was this annoying optical level reader on the left that provided for Windows zoom factors — a real techie feature, but it would process false reads when a shadow passed over it — my desktop icons would start zooming or shrinking to ridiculous sizes.

This is a USB wired keyboard, fortunately it comes with a long reach to go under, then up and through the desktop to a USB port on my monitor.

Slim and elegant design

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