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# Hardware

- [CODE keyboard](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2014-01-28-code-keyboard/index.md) (2014-01-28): After a long wait CODE keyboard s are available again and I received mine last night. I have to confess that I am a bit of a keyboard junkie. I am reluctant to count them all but I am edging…
- [Campaign for better IO](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2013-03-03-campaign-for-better-io/index.md) (2013-03-03): Over the last 30 years I have used a lot of computers ranging from teletypes to laptops. I have also visited a lot of offices and seen the standard keyboards that people are using on a daily basis. In my…
- [Integrating GPUs in Application Development - From Concept to Deployment](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2012-12-24-integrating-gpus-in-application-development-from-concept-to-deployment/index.md) (2012-12-24): This post is a little overdue :( In June I presented at QCon NYC on using GPUs. It was a great chance to catch up on all the changes to C and C++ that I have missed out on in…
- [The new Mac App Store](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2011-01-07-the-new-mac-app-store/index.md) (2011-01-07): When Apple announced the new App Store for OS X I have to say I was a little underwhelmed at the prospect and did not think the new store would hold much interest. After all I have been pretty happy…
- [Optimising build times](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2010-06-28-optimising-build-times/index.md) (2010-06-28): I just came across this post and want to remember it so posing here. http://doublebuffered.com/2009/02/11/optimizing-build-times-for-large-c-projects/ . I am most interested in the uplift in compilation time based on unused #includes and build reductions for SSDs.
- [7 days with the iPad](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2010-04-10-7-days-with-the-ipad/index.md) (2010-04-10): So it has been 7 days since buying an iPad. Has it been the life changing event promised by all the pre-launch advertising? In my case I don’t think my life has changed but it has been enhanced by having…
- [iPad and keyboards](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2010-04-06-ipad-and-keyboards/index.md) (2010-04-06): There are some quirks to the way the apple bluetooth keyboard works with the iPad. Most of the keys work as you might expect and the pairing system works just fine. There is no real way to navigate around applications…
- [iPad first day on the road](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2010-04-05-ipad-first-day-on-the-road/index.md) (2010-04-05): Today I took my new iPad for a day at work: A colleague had a 3G card for his laptop and shared the connection. Strangely this caused the iPad to pause quite often as if it were trying to connect…
- [iPad first impressions](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2010-04-04-ipad-first-impressions/index.md) (2010-04-04): There has been a lot of hype around the iPad and I have to confess that after watching the original advertisement I was hooked. But was all the hype justified? On first use if you are an iPhone user there…
- [Inclined Keyboard on MBP](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2010-03-06-inclined-keyboard-on-mbp/index.md) (2010-03-06): ![Raising the MBP Keyboard]({{ site.url }}/images/raised-mbp-keyboard.jpg) As anyone who knows me will say I have a thing about keyboards and have a few in my current collection. On a whim today I bought the apple wireless keyboard thinking that I…