Multiverse Mana Theory: Making Sense of Respawns
It is undeniable that many strange things happen on Azeroth; things that should stay dead come back to life, and events that should be world-changing have no impact, and things generally remain at the status quo. But thanks to the magic of SCIENCE, or in this case more guesswork than actual science, one might find an explanation for these strange events! I call my explanation the Multiverse Mana Theory!
What the frak does that even mean?
*updated 10/31/09: new non-broken download links*
A while ago I ran into the blag post at xkcd about Mirrorboard, where you push caps and it flips the orientation of the board so that the left hand keys are remapped to the right hand keys. Why, you might say? So that one might fully operate the keyboard and mouse at the same time! A stunning idea, only the file was for Linux/Unix. Thanks to the mysteriosity of the internets, I found the Windows Keyboard Layout Creator and whipped together a version for people like me too lazy for Dvorak and Linux to use.
How it works:
The catch is, the layout changes in this version when you press AltGr / Alt + Ctrl, which is either awkward or on the right hand of the keyboard. So, this version is really only works best when you do a second remap of the Caps key to Alt Gr, which is kind of redundant, but an easy work-around on a programmable keyboard.
However, option 2 is that Ctrl alone changes the layout, which is easy to reach but messes up keyboard shortcuts like Ctrl-c and such. I would reccommend this option being used only when it’s needed. It’s easy to change the keyboard layout in Windows if you have more than one installed, usually just hitting Ctrl-Shift will change the layout back to the usual.
For a more seamless and comprehensive key layout modifier, I suggest Auto Hot Key.
Suggestions, problems and rants to: Ampaire1@gmail.com
Self explanatory.
Product of a healthy and functioning mind
It is most likely that by now that all you World of Warcraft players out there have picked up a copy of Wrath of the Lich King and become so overly engrossed in it that you forget to eat and keel over in your chair while raiding Naxxramas. Ok well maybe not and I’m just irresponsible, but by now you fellow WoW players have probably gotten a taste at the splendidly pretty and frigid land of Northrend, and most imporantly the glorious Dalaran. And you most likely said “WoW, this place is gorgeous…”, and you are probably searching for an excuse to waste time bouncing around Dalaran. Fret not, for Stuff++ introduces to you:
Hide and Seek Azeroth!
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