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Offline tanilolli

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My new expensive hobby.
« on: Thu, 25 October 2012, 14:32:03 »
I took a big interest in mechanical keyboards about 5 months ago and I've been using a Leopold FC200RT/AB with Cherry MX Browns for about 3 months now. Making the move to mechanical really made my typing experience a lot better, and I could not be happier with my decision. I hope to learn a lot more about mechanical keyboards here, and I'd also like to start collecting different boards to use with the various computers in my home office. While this new hobby might be a little on the expensive side, it's a lot of fun, and there's a great community of mechanical keyboard enthusiasts to share it with.

At the moment I'm getting into custom keycaps and have some from TechKeys on their way to my front door  :)
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Re: My new expensive hobby.
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 25 October 2012, 14:37:02 »
Welcome to GeekHack!  Your wallet now hates you.

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Re: My new expensive hobby.
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 25 October 2012, 14:44:16 »
Welcome aboard fellow Canadian! We grow stronger by the day!!! And poorer!

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Re: My new expensive hobby.
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 25 October 2012, 14:45:31 »
Say hello to geekhack, and goodbye to your money!  :cool:

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Re: My new expensive hobby.
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 25 October 2012, 16:13:03 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

Now you will find out how deep the rabbit hole goes ;)
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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Re: My new expensive hobby.
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 25 October 2012, 17:49:12 »
Welcome, just like any worthy hobby, this will cost you many dollars and friends :)
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