Saturday, April 30, 2011

Life hacking #1 - geek method of recognizing left and right sides

Hello everyone,

A lot of people have problems with recognizing left and right sides. This could lead to serious problems like driving a car in wrong way and ending with crashed car because one had driven into one way street from the other end ;) These problems aren't always as dangerous, but very often are reason of a little of pain in the ass for example:
Me: "click icon on the left to open 'My Computer'"
Second person: [is searching on the right side with the cursor]
Me: [my reaction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY-03vYYAjA ]

Come on, it's simple to recognize the sides correctly! I've learned it as a 5 year old boy with use of Amiga 500 mouse ;) and it's true.

It was EXTREMELY  important to recognize sides in games, because left mouse button was responsible for one set of actions, while right mouse button for the other set of actions. So with that knowledge I've always recalled on which side is left button and binded it with left hand (the same story with right hand).

This is really working and if you (or your kids) have problems with this, feel free to check it out :)

A little legend:

Casual PC mouse




 Edit: I've decided to put picture of hero of this story, the old, the good Amiga 500 Mouse

Amiga 500 Mouse
Posted by Unknown at 6:20 AM
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36 comments:

  1. PunkyApril 30, 2011 at 6:47 AM

    Oh man, thank you so much. I really needed the rundown on which side was which :) (not really, but clearly some people still don't get their directions)

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  2. NopeApril 30, 2011 at 6:55 AM

    Haha, a trick I used to use was to pretend to hold a pencil, that would always be my right hand :)

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  3. UnknownApril 30, 2011 at 6:56 AM

    and now
    where is up and down?

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  4. MattApril 30, 2011 at 7:02 AM

    Some good information here. Thanks for the post, will look forward to following you !

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  5. AnonymousApril 30, 2011 at 7:04 AM

    I actually don't recall how I learned to differ right and left sides :D And if aged people still need time to think which side is which...

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  6. Fix PC Games AdminApril 30, 2011 at 7:05 AM

    lol that mouse

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  7. DejchApril 30, 2011 at 7:32 AM

    i use to have mouse like that :)

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  8. edApril 30, 2011 at 9:04 AM

    im waiting for technology people to reinvent the mouse

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  9. No oneApril 30, 2011 at 9:27 AM

    whats a mouse? +follow?

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  10. BTN Hip HopApril 30, 2011 at 9:49 AM

    that was a classic mouse design.

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  11. cool_ciclerApril 30, 2011 at 9:53 AM

    Nice geek stuff. Gonna follow you. Cheers mate.

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  12. LunarchyApril 30, 2011 at 10:24 AM

    Hahaha dyslexics of the world untie! +follow

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  13. ZombieApril 30, 2011 at 11:06 AM

    Those are the mouses the cavemen used back in the day! lol.

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  14. modernbApril 30, 2011 at 11:07 AM

    Woah I never knew :D

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  15. DaveApril 30, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    Oh now I know lol.Great post

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  16. GApril 30, 2011 at 12:07 PM

    during my illustrious (and short) career in tech support I once had to get a customer to put little left and right labels on her mouse buttons...

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  17. MalkavianApril 30, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    FUUUUUUUUUU i had a mouse like that one also Nostalgia HARD

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  18. 123April 30, 2011 at 12:42 PM

    Hey i still use that mouse! ;_;

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  19. elexerdelexApril 30, 2011 at 1:01 PM

    I remember what side the steering wheel was on!

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  20. ChloeApril 30, 2011 at 7:20 PM

    i want one of those amiga mice so i can frame it as the amazing creation made by our race

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  21. N4M3L3SSApril 30, 2011 at 9:24 PM

    reminisce

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  22. The Awesome AlienApril 30, 2011 at 10:16 PM

    old mouse is old and right click is my best friend

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  23. AnonymousMay 1, 2011 at 12:43 AM

    I have a freckel on my left hand. Thats how O learned it^^

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  24. Insider33May 1, 2011 at 3:31 AM

    That Amiga mouse is so retro.

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  25. JohnMay 1, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    Do you use an old school mouse like that?

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  26. UnknownMay 1, 2011 at 4:37 PM

    I'd hope people wouldn't confuse them.

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  27. ZipMay 1, 2011 at 9:58 PM

    That mouse compared to the apple ones..

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  28. Danny MurphyMay 2, 2011 at 5:10 AM

    That Amiga mouse brings back memories

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  29. freightblogMay 2, 2011 at 8:55 AM

    i don't know how i learned it but now i know it and everything is ok!

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  30. PotholderzMay 2, 2011 at 11:51 AM

    Ha is this an actual problem, pretty sure this is one of the first things you learn as a kid.

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  31. 123loadedMay 2, 2011 at 12:08 PM

    LoL, my ex gf determined her left from her right by putting both hands in front of her with her thumbs pointed at each other and which ever hand makes an "L" shape is your Left hand (your right hand makes a backwards L)... Interesting method but not time-efficient At All... Your method is much quicker haha

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  32. UnknownMay 2, 2011 at 2:34 PM

    I am pretty sure that this method was very succesful for me. A lot of my friends are mistaking the sides very often, while I don't remember when I've done such a mistake for a last time.

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  33. Clint MullinsMay 3, 2011 at 5:56 AM

    That mouse is awesome. I used to have a similar one on my '89 Apple computer, but it was a but more modern.

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  34. Gambling DegenerateMay 3, 2011 at 5:27 PM

    ive remember my left and rights since i was a kid, i was forced to remember which way was left and right because my dad and i were skiing and i had to go the right way off the skilift or i would fall and get hurt so i learned really quick and nowadays left and right i can always visualize the top of a skilift

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  35. Blog HuntMay 5, 2011 at 8:32 PM

    wow awesome mouse!

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  36. Our BlogMay 5, 2011 at 9:27 PM

    Wow I remember the old Amiga mouse... good times.

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