The other day, as Mike was adding yet another obscure chord to his IDEA keymap to squeeze a few more seconds of freedom from repetition (I think he was mapping Ctrl-Meta-B to "stop the debugger, recompile everything, make a cup of tea and solve world hunger"), it occurred to us that the day is coming where they keyboard is no longer going to be necessary. What we're really going to need for our programming is one of these:
Master the combo moves. Write the perfect program. Prove your Code-fu is superior. Flawless Victory!
fucking hilarious :)
Now I know where this 'pair programming' thing is going to end! Round One... Code!
Or maybe one of these:
http://images.belkin.com/F8GFPC100/FUL1_F8GFPC100.jpg
HADOUKEN! (ship it!)
Hadouken... I could swear that's what one of Ryu or Ken say in Puzzle Fighter.
By the way, Charles. Sometimes you frighten me.
Excellent.
An even more amusing version of this theme would be to use a webcam with motion detection software, like the PS2 EyeToy. Just map the commands to some appropriately theatrical gestures for that 'wizard' look you always wanted.
Or put one of these under your desk...
http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/gaming/dance_mat_shop/productView.htm?quicklinx=2SH0