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A cycling desk / Zwifting with a split keyboard

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188 points breezykermo | 4 comments | 13 Nov 24 18:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
1. jauntywundrkind ◴[13 Nov 24 23:02 UTC] No.42131186[source]▶
Steve Roberts built a chording keyboard into the handlebars of his recumbent bike. Unclear how much writing he really got done while riding the behemoth Winnebiko II around, but it was definitely a key event that inspired me towards computing & ubiquitous computing, made me see adulting as possibly being cool.

https://microship.com/winnebiko-ii/

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2. breezykermo ◴[13 Nov 24 23:18 UTC] No.42131304[source]▶
This is incredible. "I simply type in binary.... I can do about 30 wpm when I'm on a roll, so to speak."
3. RistrettoMike ◴[14 Nov 24 00:34 UTC] No.42131839[source]▶
Always glad to see someone reference Steve & his computing escapades!
4. BubbleRings ◴[14 Nov 24 03:19 UTC] No.42132820[source]▶
I went looking for my copy of Computing Across America when I saw OP’s post, so I could post about it here, then I saw you beat me to it. A really nice guy, who I met when he stopped at the company I was working at, Chips and Technologies, back in the day, in San Jose. Steve if you see this, reply here and say hi to us!