The Glade 4.0

I wish I were ambidexterous, so I could dual weld.

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"...the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?" -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

I am ambidexterous. I write right and throw a ball left

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"None is more important, none more legitimate, than that of rendering the people safe as they are the
ultimate guardians of their own liberty."- Thomas Jefferson

"Yeah, I'm rehearsing my poker face. I don't handle stupid well. *sigh*" - Farsky

There was one lefty in my fencing class. Hated fighting him. Everything was just wrong.

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Interesting. I didn't realize that genetically, it was "right handed" and "random." Though, I've known I'm likely a carrier for non-right-handedness. Mom's lefty, so's my brother.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Try fighting a left-hander with sword and shield. Kind of a pain, and ahistoric to boot, I believe. Could be an interesting search, see if there are any references to men fighting left-handed in sword instruction books, etc.

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge

I am right handed. But I have trained my left hand to do a lot of things that most people's right hand does exclusively.

The biggest one is using a mouse. I use a mouse a lot at work and now that I am getting older, I noticed that between work and my recreation gaming at home, I began to get repetitive stress injuries. I don't relax with tv or movies. I relax with games. In fact, 9 times out of 10 when people ask me if I've seen X Tv Show, I say no. I just don't watch much of anything.

So when work was infringing on my hobby, I decided to do something about it. I took my microsoft mouse, placed it on the left side of the keyboard, swapped the buttons around, and started learning to use it left handed. I figured splitting up the mouse workload between work and home would help.

It did.

I wouldn't trust playing a first person shooter with it (though I think I'd do pretty well) but I can navigate windows and web pages with the same speed as anyone else.

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Les Zombis et les Loups-Garous!

Ya, know...I just might give this a try...

Some things I discovered that may be helpful:

- It was easier for my brain to adjust by swapping the buttons around too. So that "left clicking" is still done by your index finger... just on your other hand.

- I found that no matter how proficient I got with my left hand, I still could not match the same pointer speeds that my right hand can do. I had to turn the sensitivity down a bit for my left hand, though in my brain they both feel equal in terms of speed.

Something to Note: My right-handed mice are way, WAY more sensitive than the average bear. I have yet to meet someone who was comfortable using my mouse at my default speed. So I don't know if that will still scale for other people having to turn down their sensitivity or not. It's possible it won't.

- It will probably take a week or two of constant use to get used to it. It is probably the most frustrating the first couple of days. After that it gets easier.

- I originally even changed my mouse cursor, since the cursors always lean to the left (ie: even the cursor is built for right handers). I found that it helped my brain adjust at first. But over time it got to be a pain to change the cursor for all of my Virtual Machines I work with and I eventually got used to the normal right-handed cursor. I don't even notice which way the cursor is leaning anymore. If you only work on one machine, it's up to you what you want to do.

Your motor skills will develop. The biggest obstacle is getting your brain used to it. The closest analogy I have is that it's similar to learning to juggle. It's not just motor skills you're training, but your brain as well. After a couple weeks it felt normal, and the more I used it after that I don't even notice that I am doing it anymore and just feels as natural as when I am at home.

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Les Zombis et les Loups-Garous!

Thought you used a trackball Numbuk?

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

I write left-handed and do everyday stuff like use a knife / fork, phone call, drive, yadda yadda with my left hand. But I play sports like hockey and golf with my right hand, not really sure why.

So I guess I'm like a half-breed hehe

When my brain is functioning, I'm right handed.
When my brain is semi dead... I'm left handed.
I can do most things with both hands and have no preference.

I am a half-breed like Elessar.

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Dream as if you'll live forever...
...Live as if you'll die tomorrow

Vivere Senza Rimpianti

For work I swap between going left handed or using the Trackman Wheel. For home I use a G9 gaming mouse on my desktop, and a Trackman M570 wireless for my laptop.

So, yes and no.

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Les Zombis et les Loups-Garous!

What about those of us who pick things up with their feet? Are we quadri-dexterous?!

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge

No, that's a monkey.

Hey! I do that sometimes and I'm no monkey!!

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"Said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use one!"~ Matthew Quigley

"nothing like a little meow in bed at night" ~ Bruskey

"I gotta float my stick same as you" Hondo Lane

"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"

We should start a club.