CFWhitman

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I am considered a left-handed person by many because I write with my left hand. However, I tend to do large motor skills right-handed (I throw right-handed, for example). There are quite a number of things I might do with either hand. I guess this makes it easier for me to adjust.

I have a mouse on the right side of my keyboard (it's sharing a computer with others that makes this something you tend to get used to). To be honest, I never felt awkward using a mouse right-handed. However, I also have a touchpad, which I use a lot (generally more than the mouse to avoid repetitive stress injury) on the left side of my keyboard. I would consider it amusing to watch a right-handed person try to use my touchpad.

Most household items that are made to be used right-handed, I just use right-handed. However, I sympathize about the three ring binders and the pens chained to the right side of the desk. I even sympathize to an extent about the ice cream scoop, but I don't really have any trouble using it right handed. I tend to dish food with my right hand and eat it with my left. That way I don't have to switch hands.

One thing I find amusing is when I see right-handed people cutting their meat using the fork in their left hand and the knife in their right, then laying down the knife, switching the fork to their right hand, and taking a bite. Do they have to be so right-handed? They can't use either the knife or the fork in their left hand? It took me a while to notice that other people did this because I have always just used the knife in my right hand without ever switching. I don't think I would have too much trouble adjusting to doing it the opposite way. I may have even done that when I couldn't bend my left arm enough far enough to eat with it for a while once (I just used my right hand, of course--a minor annoyance).

Just for information's sake, this will work on basically any Linux server (that is, any Linux machine that you leave on all the time). Of course the Raspberry Pi will generally be the least investment and the most power efficiency for anyone who doesn't already have a Linux machine.