id make it... but im getting married that day...
I'll be there!
Will bring my Mr Interface switch tester bag, Realforce 88UB, Keycool 84 white with black switches and a bag of different caps including zinc, pbt, pom and abs.
If there is interest I could also bring one pre-PC machine some of which have nice keyboards to type on (and some are quite terrible). Amiga 600/1200, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC 6128, Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K/+2/+3, Atari 600XL, Memotech MTX-512. Won't be able to play it though as they require a specific monitor and a 230W step-down.
[)amien
I can bring a Kinesis, a MiniTouch with Monterey blues, and the ultimate switch tester. Not sure if anything else I have is interesting enough to share.
i only drink the blood of my enemies
I can bring one of those fancy new Topre Leopolds too.oh good i was going to ask about that :) can you bring my kmac as well? :P
do you think people in the US will get their keycaps by mother's day?
what pinball machines do you have ron?
Litster, we just need to carpool up to SP, buy some of the DSA blanks out of their inventory, and have our own keycap sorting party. /half joking.
Have fun everyone!
I'll come by for a little bit!! How long is it gonna last?
- Cody
Hmmmm.....
what pinball machines do you have ron?
We have Shrek. It has Donkey. (It's recursive; Google it.)
what pinball machines do you have ron?
We have Shrek. It has Donkey. (It's recursive; Google it.)
dang it, stern!!! i hope to see some williams machines by the time i get there
my bad i meant midway :P a new bar by my work just got champion pub... quickly becoming my new favorite. the old indiana jones pinball adventure is pretty sick too but the ramps are so hard to hit :(what pinball machines do you have ron?
We have Shrek. It has Donkey. (It's recursive; Google it.)
dang it, stern!!! i hope to see some williams machines by the time i get there
The Williams games are all so old by now that they can't stand up to daily use. We've had some, and basically we use them until they are too broken to play and the pinball rental firm has to come swap them out.
Shrek is a good game, very lively.
Aw man... You west siders have all the fun :P Jelly.
Aw man... You west siders have all the fun :P Jelly.
Pretty sure there was a Florida meet, might wanna poke around and find that thread?
You should link it just so other ppl who are curious can find out :D
can anybody bring a 55g RF?****, i was going to bring my 55g 10ae but i couldn't find anything to put it in so i left it in la. :(
don't feel that it's necessary to bring keyboards. frankly, we're just going to be shooting the **** while we toss around and box big old bags of keycapsSpeak for yourself, I also want to try out some layouts and switches!
Yes please. I wanna see GH banners and boards!!
We melted one key from every order to verify that they're ABS.
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Status update at 13:24 PDT:
All US order that would fit into a USPS small Priority Mail box have been packed and a postage label applied. Some of those were done before the mail carrier came by, so some are already on their way. The rest will be given to the carrier on Monday.
However, something like 15 "small" orders won't fit in a small box, and really need to spend the extra $6 to upgrade to a Medium box. My preference is to just do that and trust that the impacted people will promptly pay a PayPal invoice for the difference.
I have set the impacted orders aside for the moment, and we will move on to packing orders for people outside of the US. I am open to suggestions about what to do with the over-stuffed orders.
- Ron | samwisekoi
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Status update at 13:24 PDT:
All US order that would fit into a USPS small Priority Mail box have been packed and a postage label applied. Some of those were done before the mail carrier came by, so some are already on their way. The rest will be given to the carrier on Monday.
However, something like 15 "small" orders won't fit in a small box, and really need to spend the extra $6 to upgrade to a Medium box. My preference is to just do that and trust that the impacted people will promptly pay a PayPal invoice for the difference.
I have set the impacted orders aside for the moment, and we will move on to packing orders for people outside of the US. I am open to suggestions about what to do with the over-stuffed orders.
- Ron | samwisekoi
Maybe try to get a box that's just enough bigger than the flat rate small to fit everything?
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Status update at 13:24 PDT:
All US order that would fit into a USPS small Priority Mail box have been packed and a postage label applied. Some of those were done before the mail carrier came by, so some are already on their way. The rest will be given to the carrier on Monday.
However, something like 15 "small" orders won't fit in a small box, and really need to spend the extra $6 to upgrade to a Medium box. My preference is to just do that and trust that the impacted people will promptly pay a PayPal invoice for the difference.
I have set the impacted orders aside for the moment, and we will move on to packing orders for people outside of the US. I am open to suggestions about what to do with the over-stuffed orders.
- Ron | samwisekoi
Maybe try to get a box that's just enough bigger than the flat rate small to fit everything?
top row is people who UNDERSiZED their boxesShow Image(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/05/4edybe6u.jpg)
Status update at 13:24 PDT:
All US order that would fit into a USPS small Priority Mail box have been packed and a postage label applied. Some of those were done before the mail carrier came by, so some are already on their way. The rest will be given to the carrier on Monday.
However, something like 15 "small" orders won't fit in a small box, and really need to spend the extra $6 to upgrade to a Medium box. My preference is to just do that and trust that the impacted people will promptly pay a PayPal invoice for the difference.
I have set the impacted orders aside for the moment, and we will move on to packing orders for people outside of the US. I am open to suggestions about what to do with the over-stuffed orders.
- Ron | samwisekoi
Medium flat-rate box would not be cost effective.
small size flat-rate box: $5.80
any size box under 1lb cross county via priority mail: $6.95
medium size flat-rate box: $12.35
Medium flat-rate box would not be cost effective.
small size flat-rate box: $5.80
any size box under 1lb cross county via priority mail: $6.95
medium size flat-rate box: $12.35
Let me look into this option. Thanks!
- Ron | samwisekoi
Yes, I'm not sure whose camera it was but we did lay them all out for the traditional pool table shot."Traditions" that came from Chicago. W00P W00P!
Yes, I'm not sure whose camera it was but we did lay them all out for the traditional pool table shot.I climbed up the step ladder and took some pics but it was on Ron's digital camera not a smartphone so they'll have to go through a PC to get here.
I would have loved to hang out all day and finish the packing but alas I had other constraints. Meeting Input Nirvana was a special treat as he was the first person I ever interacted with on the forum. I posted in a Kinesis thread and he thanked me for the review. He's as chill and good-natured in person as he is online. :)
I would have loved to hang out all day and finish the packing but alas I had other constraints. Meeting Input Nirvana was a special treat as he was the first person I ever interacted with on the forum. I posted in a Kinesis thread and he thanked me for the review. He's as chill and good-natured in person as he is online. :)
Awwww....THANKS Hashbaz!
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I'm a real sweetheart.
Can you guys confirm which boxes for Europe are packed and ready to be sent? Who's boxes are not affected with size issue? Would that be all european orders or just some? Is this gonna cause longer delays or would it be matter of one day to find solution? Just asking cause I understand you guys have jobs and your own lives and you may not spend most of your time on this during a week.
That's JesusWasAZombie!!!....
Fixed my images.
Can you guys confirm which boxes for europe are packed and ready to be sent? Who's boxes are not affected with size issue? Would that be all european orders or just some? Is this gonna cause longer delays or would it be matter of one day to find solution? Just asking cause I understand you guys have jobs and your own lives and you may not spend most of your time on this during a week.
eta2: krog's banners KICK ASS IN AND STOMP ON THAT ASS. the colors are vivid and detail is fantastic in person. if you're putting together a medium to large meetup in the next month or so ping samwisekoi so he can forward on a banner or two to you.
Can you guys confirm which boxes for Europe are packed and ready to be sent? Who's boxes are not affected with size issue? Would that be all european orders or just some? Is this gonna cause longer delays or would it be matter of one day to find solution? Just asking cause I understand you guys have jobs and your own lives and you may not spend most of your time on this during a week.
Today we rest. Tomorrow I will try to do a more specific inventory of the situation and let everyone know their state. I want to get all of this plastic out of my office within a week, so if your order fit its intended box, or you tell me to upsize you, then your order is likely to be on its way next week.
I can tell you that 80% of the US orders went out on Saturday or will go out on Monday, simply because I did not have to generate Customs paperwork. Also, 80% of the non-US orders fit in their assigned boxes, so I am going to try and get at least some of them out the door on Monday as well.
In all cases, you will get an e-mail when I generate the mailing label/paperwork. However, those e-mails will likely go to your PayPal e-mail address, so keep an eye on that.
If by Thursday 17:00 PDT you have not gotten either a notification of a problem OR a shipment notification, please send me a note. But please wait until then so I will have some time to sort things out.
TL;DR: Most US orders out by Monday. All members should get a ship notice or problem notification in their PayPal e-mail by Thursday 17:00 PDT.
- Ron | samwisekoiShow Image(http://www.samwisekoi.com/pixelart/GH75.png)
Can you guys confirm which boxes for europe are packed and ready to be sent? Who's boxes are not affected with size issue? Would that be all european orders or just some? Is this gonna cause longer delays or would it be matter of one day to find solution? Just asking cause I understand you guys have jobs and your own lives and you may not spend most of your time on this during a week.
Of course you realise that your order is not being sent by them to Europe - it's being sent to a US proxy who is then sending it on to me (& I'll then be sending it on to you!)
Pool table full of keyboards. Lots of diversity and excitement.
The 660C is dreamy. Everyone liked Greens. The mystical "perfect keyboard" was indeed perfect.
- Ron | samwisekoiShow Image(http://www.samwisekoi.com/pixelart/M.png)
That's JesusWasAZombie!!!....
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And the label "Jwaz" I think is a mistake for JesusWasAZombie in the first pic....isn't that Cgbuen? I just met him today....
Who labeled the pics?
Thanks mkawa! I think it would be pretty cool if we forwarded the banner(s) around to different meetups. It's like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, but for keyboards and bros!
Where do you get Blue mods for a model M? Does Unicomp sell those?
Where do you get Blue mods for a model M? Does Unicomp sell those?kentucky wildcats board
Thanks mkawa! I think it would be pretty cool if we forwarded the banner(s) around to different meetups. It's like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, but for keyboards and bros!
Agree! The banners were awesome, thanks Krog. We should send them around to meetups and sign the back of one of them with date, username, and real name.
Where do you get Blue mods for a model M? Does Unicomp sell those?
Where do you get Blue mods for a model M? Does Unicomp sell those?
You know, there is a thread called Simple Questions, Simple Answers for questions like this, right? ;D
Thanks mkawa! I think it would be pretty cool if we forwarded the banner(s) around to different meetups. It's like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, but for keyboards and bros!
Agree! The banners were awesome, thanks Krog. We should send them around to meetups and sign the back of one of them with date, username, and real name.
You guys are very welcome for the banners. I was able to make a third one (the orange style). If someone's going to have a nice-sized meetup I can send it out, or we could make it into an auction item, or some other kind of reward -- whatever you guys think. I like the idea of signing the banner and letting it travel, collecting signatures.
Pool table full of keyboards. Lots of diversity and excitement.
The 660C is dreamy. Everyone liked Greens. The mystical "perfect keyboard" was indeed perfect.
- Ron | samwisekoiShow Image(http://www.samwisekoi.com/pixelart/M.png)
Keep hold of packing slips so we know who to slap if it's wrong.
[)amien
that would be awesomeThanks mkawa! I think it would be pretty cool if we forwarded the banner(s) around to different meetups. It's like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, but for keyboards and bros!
Agree! The banners were awesome, thanks Krog. We should send them around to meetups and sign the back of one of them with date, username, and real name.
You guys are very welcome for the banners. I was able to make a third one (the orange style). If someone's going to have a nice-sized meetup I can send it out, or we could make it into an auction item, or some other kind of reward -- whatever you guys think. I like the idea of signing the banner and letting it travel, collecting signatures.
Some other items of interest...Samwisekois' toys....
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Thanks mkawa! I think it would be pretty cool if we forwarded the banner(s) around to different meetups. It's like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, but for keyboards and bros!
Thanks mkawa! I think it would be pretty cool if we forwarded the banner(s) around to different meetups. It's like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, but for keyboards and bros!
The banner is awesome looking! If you ever want to make another to sell, let me know. I'd love to have one like the orange one available. ;)
Just so you know, these banners are full-on cloth. Soft to the touch, and what looks like full-color printing.
They are definitely higher quality than the pro-grade banners you can see hanging next to one of them in my office.
I don't know how they would do outside, but for indoor use, they are awesome. Krog' should also provide prices (or a link) so we can see about buying them in smaller quantities for business signage.
- Ron | samwisekoiShow Image(http://www.samwisekoi.com/pixelart/GH75.png)
If people are interested in banners to hang, you could get this on 15-oz. outdoor vinyl from Vistaprint for $54 + $20 shipping.
If people are interested in banners to hang, you could get this on 15-oz. outdoor vinyl from Vistaprint for $54 + $20 shipping.
If I paid for tapatalk 1, shouldn't the upgrade be free...
If people are interested in banners to hang, you could get this on 15-oz. outdoor vinyl from Vistaprint for $54 + $20 shipping.
I am more interested having one with the dye-sub process. It's not about the cheapest solution, I want to own a high-quality banner utilizing this innovative process.
Just like I'd much rather have a high-quality and durable keyboard as opposed to a cheap one that may (or may not) get the job done. :)
If people are interested in banners to hang, you could get this on 15-oz. outdoor vinyl from Vistaprint for $54 + $20 shipping.
I am more interested having one with the dye-sub process. It's not about the cheapest solution, I want to own a high-quality banner utilizing this innovative process.
Just like I'd much rather have a high-quality and durable keyboard as opposed to a cheap one that may (or may not) get the job done. :)
Just go to a meetup, iMav and you're likely to see one of these banners. Everyone's gotta sign it -- or at least be photographed in front of it.
(Now wondering if the handwriting will show through to the front... eh, maybe.)
I am happy to send these two to iMav, then he can send them along to the next meet-up.
- Ron | samwisekoi
i just want to say that if you can catch me in san diego you can eat raw beef larb with me too. if you catch me in LA, you, reaper and i can eat some **** that reaper orders in thai. it will be spicey as crap but delicious
also i want clothes made with this dyesub process. i don't care how it happens but it's going to happen now. because i want it to
Pool table full of keyboards. Lots of diversity and excitement.No spacecruisers? I am disappoint.
The 660C is dreamy. Everyone liked Greens. The mystical "perfect keyboard" was indeed perfect.
- Ron | samwisekoiShow Image(http://www.samwisekoi.com/pixelart/M.png)
i just want to say that if you can catch me in san diego you can eat raw beef larb with me too. if you catch me in LA, you, reaper and i can eat some **** that reaper orders in thai. it will be spicey as crap but delicious
also i want clothes made with this dyesub process. i don't care how it happens but it's going to happen now. because i want it to
Regarding hot Thai food....
I spent 2 years <effectively> in Thailand crawling through jungles, touring temples, and dancing in discos till the sun would rise. I'm 6-0, almost 200 lbs, european decent, usually pretty solid, but a little soft recently. Everywhere I went in Thailand the locals would never give me 'all' the same food the other locals would be given, they always held some back....even when I would smile broadly and try taking it...they always would shake their heads and take the food back, sometimes saying 'no' or 'hot' in english, lol. Finally after a period of time I refused to be dissuaded any longer. I ate the beetles in the shell, picked a snake out of a cage at a street market as they pinned it's head while you eat it, and food so hot it was more hot than food, so hot I couldn't tell what food it was, so hot it hurt!
Oh, and Muay Thai is the most brutal sport I have ever witnessed, makes UFC seem like an introduction to full contact.
I wish I could find a picture of me holding 2 Royal Thai Policemen off the ground in Phuket. Good times.
Imav in socal? My stomping grounds? Imav, you blowing through the bay area? Come on, I dare you!
We'll see how things work out. I'd like to work out a motorcycle trip in northern CA sometime too.
We'll see how things work out. I'd like to work out a motorcycle trip in northern CA sometime too.
CARB!?!? THIS IS THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY MANWe'll see how things work out. I'd like to work out a motorcycle trip in northern CA sometime too.
Time for me to get new tires, battery, plugs, and de-varnish for the FLHR's carb.
CARB!?!? THIS IS THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY MANWe'll see how things work out. I'd like to work out a motorcycle trip in northern CA sometime too.
Time for me to get new tires, battery, plugs, and de-varnish for the FLHR's carb.