geekhack key group buy - March 2011

[iMav]

For the next group buy, we will do an ivory key with green lettering (waiting to confirm exact color from SP).   These will be Cherry MX only.  I have plenty of orange on black Alps  keys left, if you want some of them.

USA - First key $7 shipped, additional keys +$4 each.
Non-USA - First key $11 shipped, additional keys +$4 each.

Pre-pay just like the last batch. Send money via paypal (as a gift if at  all possible) to herzog [at] uhhh [dot] org . In the subject, put GH key - March - GH username.  In the body of the message, please include number of  keys, your mailing address, and your geekhack username.

[guilleguillaume]

mmm ivory should look very cool!

I will wait until we know some colour to compare.

[noodles256]

payment sent for two

thanks iMav

[iMav]

It is going to be a grayish ivory with bright green text.

[noodles256]

It is going to be a grayish ivory with bright green text.

should be perfect for my Cherry MX Red KBC Poker which I plan on putting on a green WASD. =]

[keyboardlover]

Payment sent, thanks iMav!

[ironman31]

payment sent

[gilgam]

does someone have a pict , drawing, 3D render ?

What will be written on it
geekhack ?

[digitalleftovers]

does someone have a pict , drawing, 3D render ?

What will be written on it
geekhack ?

According to 7bit, Sixty has the signature plastics color samples.  I would politely request that he post them in the wiki for future reference on this and other matters.  If that is ok with signature plastics, of course.

[digitalleftovers]

Have to use your imagination.

It will look like this:

Geek
Ha ck

Kerning humor... Ha.

[gilgam]

@ Ripster
lol i love that kerning thing
i hope it'll be better

Ok thanks if someone has color samples, even if the filters : camera->computer->screen->my glasses -> my eyes
may give me an inadequate color :-)

[noodles256]

@ Ripster
lol i love that kerning thing
i hope it'll be better

Ok thanks if someone has color samples, even if the filters : camera->computer->screen->my glasses -> my eyes
may give me an inadequate color :-)

the grayish ivory is kinda throwing me off because at first I thought it was just plain ivory which is just an off white, but overall I think it would look good on a black keyboard.

[bakageta]

In for two, as usual.

[cgoldberg]

sent.. thanks!

[TechWonV]

sent for 2

[British]

Any picture (or there's one already and it's blocked at my office) ?

[digitalleftovers]

payment sent.  Thank you iMav.

[dracaXL]

Payment sent!

[Lpb45]

how long do we have on this?  won't have enough money in my account till friday to send payment

[iMav]

how long do we have on this?  won't have enough money in my account till friday to send payment

There are 50 available.  First come, first serve.

[Lpb45]

shouldn't be a problem.  if they are gone they are gone. I will get some in the april buy

[British]

Any picture (or there's one already and it's blocked at my office) ?

I guess it's a no...

[iMav]

I guess it's a no...

No pics.  The keys are ordered, but have not been received yet.  Typically, they are sold out before I receive them to post pics.

[blainchen]

Payment sent
Please ship 4 ivory geekhack keys and 2 of the black alps

thanks,
blainchen

[gilgam]

3 for me

[British]

No pics.  The keys are ordered, but have not been received yet.  Typically, they are sold out before I receive them to post pics.

Thanks for clearing that out.

[StanII]

In for 2, sent payment already (:

[Lpb45]

payment sent for 1

[digitalleftovers]

When are these expected to ship?  Is this order being put into SP along with the round 3 group buy?

[bakageta]

They've already been ordered from SP, we'll have them much sooner than the round 3 group buy. Just guessing from previous months, I'd say ~2 weeks?

[chuckading]

Any word on when these will be shipped out? Also, what's the April '11 order going to look like?

[iMav]

Any word on when these will be shipped out? Also, what's the April '11 order going to look like?

SP is backed up due to some huge order.  

It may be another week or so before I get the keys from them.  When I do, they will go out in short order.

We've got about 15-20 or so still available out of this order (green on ivory, Cherry MX)...I'm only going to keep doing these orders as long as there is interest.  Either interest is dying down now, or this simply was a very unpopular color.    (usually, I have to turn down 20 or so orders from folks that didn't jump fast enough)

[vhaarr]

Errr oops!
I just sent you a payment for 2 keys but forgot to say which country I'm from, haha

Anyway it's Norway. Yes, I love elks.

[Lpb45]

I will pickup an extra 1-2 come friday

[bakageta]

SP is backed up due to some huge order.  

It may be another week or so before I get the keys from them.  When I do, they will go out in short order.

We've got about 15-20 or so still available out of this order (green on ivory, Cherry MX)...I'm only going to keep doing these orders as long as there is interest.  Either interest is dying down now, or this simply was a very unpopular color.    (usually, I have to turn down 20 or so orders from folks that didn't jump fast enough)

I'm thinking it's an unpopular color, I only picked them up out of a need to not miss any... Going by this pic, I'd still personally love to see RCS on WA or RCJ on WA, though I imagine they'd be unpopular as well... BFN on WA might be nice, or YCH on NN, or maybe some two-tone like a BFN on BFU, or RR on RAS, or YCE on YCG. The two-tones might look good swapped, as well, I really don't know.

[gilgam]

What are the colors of this geekhack key ? ivory is WA but the green ?

Thanks

[chuckading]

I think it'd be nice to have more keys kinda like this color scheme. A departure from all the in your face red, orange, etc. How about a medium-light gray key with blood red font, or a darker gray key with a sky blue font. Just some suggestions, I really like these monthly keys!

[digitalleftovers]

This will be my first geekhack key!  I agree with the "something different" color schemes. they are a good way for people to test out colors that they may want as a full keyboard color scheme, too.  Here are some that I may like:

• Yellow on grey
• Green on beige
• Brown on white
• Pale Pink on brown

Edit: ^^^Red/orange/or light blue on grey are cool too.

[J888www]

Greetings iMav,

                    I would like Two keycaps which I have on credit from last Months order, please confirm the cost of Shipping to outside CONUS.

Regards.

Monkey.

[colorcutclarity]

Any sample of what shade the green is?

[chuckading]

Any sample of what shade the green is?

I think it's somewhere in the middle of yellow and blue

[digitalleftovers]

Those shamrock people got their keys already! I guess that's the luck of the Irish!

[zaerst]

Those shamrock people got their keys already! I guess that's the luck of the Irish!

Yea it only took a month for SP to make them though! But at least I got mine out before the group buy 3 people. Although one key is much easier to manage than 1000s.

[Lpb45]

Yea it only took a month for SP to make them though! But at least I got mine out before the group buy 3 people. Although one key is much easier to manage than 1000s.

pretty sure its like 50,000 keys for round 3

[iMav]

Keys actually showed up finally!!  Will be mailing out monday and tuesday.  I was planning on skipping the April GH key order...but since these arrived, I'll put in an order for April.  Likely black text on orange key...keep a look out for the new thread.



Actually looks more green then that...my iPhone camera sucks.

[noodles256]

they dont look that ivory. Are they white?

[iMav]

they dont look that ivory. Are they white?

It's CLOSE to white (more then I thought it would be).  Here is another pic against my white PLU.

[Lpb45]

I like, I will be looking for the April key!

[noodles256]

Stoked for these to come in.

[chuckading]

Stoked for these to come in.

Made a special trip to my mailbox today in hope these would be there.