r^poo (Rapoo?) X1900 Multi-mode Wireless Keyboard& Mouse

I presume the first “word” of the name of this product is pronounced to rhyme with the term SNAFU, which is a bit sad because that is not a totally accurate description of my experience (so far) with this product.

I found the instructions confusing, as well as being in much too small type for me to read from the paper. so, scan to PDF and increase the sice of the type that way. I was able to connect via BlueTooth both keyboard and mouse to both the laptops I currently have on my desk; but then the fun that should have started was not as evident as I had hoped.

If I could remember the full detail of what I did in what sequence with what effect … nah, that would be too boring.

I have got to the stage where holding the Fn key down and pressing either the 1 key or the 2 key for about three seconds switches the keyboard connection to either laptop 1 or laptop 2. (No, those are not the names I use, but for the purpose of this post they are more meaningful than, say, Nimoy and Doris.) This gives me the ability, together with the HDMI switch connecting both laptops to a Philips 273V monitor, to easily switch between which laptop is connected to the keyboard and monitor sitting straight in front of me on my desk.

I have abandoned using the mouse, and will continue to use an individual mouse for each laptop. Moving a mouse around is less effort than switching keyboards.

This also means that if I have to quickly prepare to leave, taking either laptop with me, it is easy to also pack the mouse that works with that laptop.

VPN selection

Notes taken from an episode of Daily Tech News Show with Tom Merritt and guest Brian Brushwood.

Tom uses Private Tunnel, for which users pay by bit, not month.

Brian uses Express VPN; monthly, but fairly inexpensive with a wide selection of servers to choose from.

Also check out torrentfreak’s annual vpn survey.

Learn with Unity

There are many ways to learn Unity. As well as over sixty hours of courses at Lynda.com, if you follow the Learn menu item on the Unity home page you will find links to:

  • Video and text tutorials of various topics and levels
  • A documentation section, with the component reference and scripting API.
  • Drop in on a live training course, or view a past session. (although there have only been two so far this year, in February.)
  • The Community link brings up links to Forums for general discussion on unity, Answers for more specific Unity questions and answers, Feedback for feature requests, and Issue Tracker for information about the status of identified bugs.
  • Information on Certification to show you have the required skills to make games with Unity.
  • The Unity Knowledge Base, with information on Accounts & Community, Licenses, Asset Store, Services, Editor, Platforms, Scripting, Features and Graphics.

 

 

QUT Library Call Numbers

Having wondered about the makeup of the Call Numbers used by QUT Libraries, I have found the answer at https://www.library.qut.edu.au/search/borrowing/shelf/
The Dewey Subject Number (e.g. 598.0994 for Aves (Birds) in Australia) is (sometimes) prefixed by an indicator of the item’s location. More information about locations (including prefixes and loan length allowed for items of that location) can be found at https://www.library.qut.edu.au/search/borrowing/shelf/itemlocations.jsp.
Following the Subject Number is a Running number, assigned to each item at the same subject number. In the Law library the running number is replaced with 4 letters, often from the author’s name.
The last element is only used where an item is not a first edition; e.g. /3 for a third edition.
The example given is for a book with the call number 598.0994 13 /8, which is in the Kelvin Grove Curriculum collection, being the 13th item with subject number 598.0994
The location indicator and call number would appear on the spine of the item as

J
598.0994
13 /8