Boing Boing » typing http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 21:36:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Typing Karaoke game http://boingboing.net/2012/10/25/typing-karaoke-game.html http://boingboing.net/2012/10/25/typing-karaoke-game.html#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:41:12 +0000 David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/?p=189848 Typekarao

Typing Karaoke is a terrifically-fun browser game where instead of singing the song's lyrics, you must type them. (via Indie Games)]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/10/25/typing-karaoke-game.html/feed 2 Little girl can type 119wpm http://boingboing.net/2009/12/18/little-girl-can-type.html http://boingboing.net/2009/12/18/little-girl-can-type.html#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:08:12 +0000 Lisa Katayama

This little girl can type 119 wpm. It's not just a skill, it's a hobby. She started playing on the computer at age 4 and spends her weekends typing. Her goal right now? "I'd like to get to at least 200(wpm)."

While this may sound strange, I can understand the allure of the type test — when I was in middle school, I used to procrastinate from studying by taking type tests on my super old Apple machine. It's really not that different from any other addictive game — most of us now associate it with work, but back then I was constantly trying to beat myself in speed and accuracy. By the way, if you're curious to know how fast you're typing, you can take a one-minute typing test here.

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