Interesting, the 100 ft of paracord that I ordered online is slightly different from the typical cotton candy color theme.

But the pink + teal seems to match my keyboard better than the cotton candy pink + blue, so I'm gonna use the pink + teal instead. 

I'm going to look up some online instructions on USB A pinout, the pinout diagram isn't clear, and unlike the USB C which has it labeled on the little PCB, the A side doesn't.