Author Topic: [IC] Something nice for Melissa (Read 40365 times)

Ragnorock · « **Reply #50 on:** Wed, 16 November 2011, 13:51:29 »

I'm in to help with whatever.

Ascaii · « **Reply #51 on:** Wed, 16 November 2011, 13:56:17 »

Quote from: Ragnorock;453415

I'm in to help with whatever.

how close are you to SP? I mean...you could go and hand it over personally and make pics.

edit: found a plaque.

Ragnorock · « **Reply #52 on:** Wed, 16 November 2011, 14:03:54 »

I'm about 8.5 hours of driving away. I do plan on heading over there some day to check out the factory, but for me to do that would be much less efficient than just sending it by mail.

litster · « **Reply #53 on:** Wed, 16 November 2011, 14:33:31 »

She could be reading this thread... Afterall, she knows where her business is coming from.

Brendan · « **Reply #54 on:** Wed, 16 November 2011, 21:29:07 »

I am Melissa.

Oqsy · « **Reply #55 on:** Wed, 16 November 2011, 22:53:04 »

I'm Spartacus!

Nighted · « **Reply #56 on:** Thu, 17 November 2011, 06:05:53 »

I am a meat popsicle.

Brendan · « **Reply #57 on:** Thu, 17 November 2011, 14:13:19 »

Mmmm meat popsicle, I love that ****.

hashbaz · « **Reply #58 on:** Sun, 20 November 2011, 01:31:03 »

Ok, so I love the plaque idea. What should it say, and who can make it look nice in Photoshop or whatever? A stab:

In Appreciation of Outstanding Patience and Customer Service
MELISSA PETERSEN
is hereby awarded the title
HONORARY GEEKHACKER

19 November 2011
Over 70,000 keys ordered

Maybe throw the geekhack logo on the bottom, and/or "wanna switch?" Maybe iMav's signature? Anyone have any idea how to estimate how many keys we've collectively bought from SP?

reaper · « **Reply #59 on:** Sun, 20 November 2011, 02:17:25 »

Quote from: hashbaz;455923

Maybe throw the geekhack logo on the bottom, and/or "wanna switch?"

Or iMav's avatar. =P

dorkvader · « **Reply #60 on:** Sun, 20 November 2011, 11:26:15 »

Quote from: reaper;455943

Or iMav's avatar. =P

That would scare everyone in SP when they see it.

kaiserreich · « **Reply #61 on:** Fri, 25 November 2011, 11:09:36 »

Why not make it serve 2 purposes

1. Meet Melissa in person, and handover this gift
2. Take videos/Pictures on how the keys are made.

Ascaii · « **Reply #62 on:** Fri, 25 November 2011, 13:19:55 »

Quote from: hashbaz;455923

Ok, so I love the plaque idea. What should it say, and who can make it look nice in Photoshop or whatever? A stab:

In Appreciation of Outstanding Patience and Customer Service
MELISSA PETERSEN
is hereby awarded the title
HONORARY GEEKHACKER

19 November 2011
Over 70,000 keys ordered

Maybe throw the geekhack logo on the bottom, and/or "wanna switch?" Maybe iMav's signature? Anyone have any idea how to estimate how many keys we've collectively bought from SP?

Im all for one of our resident graphics geeks to make a template...GET TO IT NAU!

once we have the template we just need to order the brass plate for ~40$ and tsangan could engrave it.

lets get the ball rolling!

hazeluff · « **Reply #63 on:** Fri, 25 November 2011, 13:25:56 »

Quote from: Ascaii;458985

Im all for one of our resident graphics geeks to make a template...GET TO IT NAU!

once we have the template we just need to order the brass plate for ~40$ and tsangan could engrave it.

lets get the ball rolling!

My hazie senses are tingling. Someone needed graphics done?
What file format does it need to be?

hashbaz · « **Reply #64 on:** Fri, 25 November 2011, 19:08:43 »

Quote from: hazeluff;458987

My hazie senses are tingling. Someone needed graphics done?
What file format does it need to be?

Not sure, I'll look into it. Anyone know off-hand?

Oqsy · « **Reply #65 on:** Fri, 25 November 2011, 21:21:56 »

Best to ask tsangan perhaps?

Ascaii · « **Reply #66 on:** Thu, 01 December 2011, 05:54:11 »

yes, best to ask tsangan himself.

pitashen · « **Reply #67 on:** Thu, 01 December 2011, 12:37:22 »

Quote from: reaper;455943

Or iMav's avatar. =P

Thats what I had in mind when I saw this thread too... lol...

Soarer · « **Reply #68 on:** Thu, 01 December 2011, 15:45:21 »

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woody · « **Reply #69 on:** Fri, 02 December 2011, 10:09:38 »

Harhar.

Fred · « **Reply #70 on:** Tue, 20 December 2011, 18:22:06 »

Quote from: ripster;474749

There went Melissa's Plaque!

lol!

hazeluff · « **Reply #71 on:** Fri, 23 December 2011, 11:25:40 »

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The DVD version?
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Dear god, I watched a few episodes of the anime of this. ==

keyboardlover · « **Reply #72 on:** Mon, 26 December 2011, 10:01:14 »

Maybe we could send her a KBC PBT spacebar, to prove that they're real.

WhiteFireDragon · « **Reply #73 on:** Fri, 20 January 2012, 16:45:06 »

Get her a $50 gift card to SP, then she'll realize she can't even get ONE custom key cap made with that much

If anything, she should be thinking what to give us, with the amount of business SP gets from us.

Ragnorock · « **Reply #74 on:** Thu, 23 February 2012, 13:42:21 »

Quote from: ripster;523307

OK, I've closely examined Ragorock's NyanCat set and Tsangan's Novelty key set (after Paypal finally got the money of that last abandoned buy) and you can send Melissa a plaque now.

But Raganorock still wants me to send a pic of the two down rainbow keys he sent by mistake. That's not Melissa's fault.

I'm not sure what you mean by that, of course it isn't her fault. I was asking to see them so I can figure out how to fix it.

Ragnorock · « **Reply #75 on:** Thu, 23 February 2012, 13:52:33 »

Yeah ofc. Seems like it doesn't bother you much though...

dorkvader · « **Reply #76 on:** Sun, 04 March 2012, 12:28:25 »

forget kerning: Should go with fixed-width. It'd match up well since both "geek" and "Hack" are 4 characters.

dorkvader · « **Reply #77 on:** Sun, 04 March 2012, 16:22:43 »

Quote from: ripster;535001

Mediocrity is 10 characters.

How is a raven like a writing desk? "B" is the first letter of "both".

If you want a keycap espousing the supposed mediocrity of SP, you should get it, but it's not something nice for Melissa: In fact, I think your proposition, if it is one, would make it likely that she doesn't deal with us again.

I want to get a "Kettle logic" one for ripster.

mkawa · « **Reply #78 on:** Sun, 04 March 2012, 19:39:19 »

i think the nicest thing we can do for her is to keep up the hassle-free regular orders and stop *****ing about stupid ****.

aggiejy · « **Reply #79 on:** Sun, 04 March 2012, 22:00:56 »

I'll put in $20. PM me if you do it.

Roguemaster8 · « **Reply #80 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 02:35:17 »

My Triforce cap came out alright. Link could care less about the spacing of his Courage.

I'll be willing to put down $5 to help get her something. Plaque sounds nice and classy.

Nighted · « **Reply #81 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 10:32:36 »

Get her a walker. By the time you guys figure this out, she'll be 100 years old.

hashbaz · « **Reply #82 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 11:25:51 »

Too bad it's ugly as sin.

aggiejy · « **Reply #83 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 11:40:44 »

http://www.google.com/webfonts/specimen/Special+Elite

mkawa · « **Reply #84 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 12:12:01 »

if you aren't willing to pay for a proofing run, don't be surprised when it comes out ****ed up

aggiejy · « **Reply #85 on:** Thu, 29 March 2012, 22:39:12 »

Quote from: ripster;560572

And the font is PICA.
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?29311-Ripster-s-LATEST-Keyboard-Theory-The-RFOK-Theory-RipstersFontOknowledge-Ranking

Sorry for going slightly off topic there.

It's not PICA. I just put a link to it above... it's "Special Elite". I made the logo, and that's what I used. (Only because the previous logo had a kind of old typewriter look...)

biszarerabbit · « **Reply #86 on:** Fri, 30 March 2012, 08:05:16 »

So, this thread started almost half a year before I even joined

Ragnorock · « **Reply #87 on:** Fri, 30 March 2012, 22:16:49 »

Lol I'll take that bet. That it will never happen I mean. I pride myself on having a stable, accurate timeline for my GBs.

The_Ed · « **Reply #88 on:** Thu, 03 May 2012, 16:30:43 »

How about you just send her a chunk of wood with all the keys they've screwed up over the years epoxied to it. "Never Forget" would be carved into the bottom. It would be cheap and serve as a reminder to them to get their act together. People could contribute all of their screwed up keycaps so that it would be from the whole community.

How does this sound?

WhiteRice · « **Reply #89 on:** Thu, 03 May 2012, 17:54:10 »

Melissa is great, I can't believe she still puts up with all of you ;P

hashbaz · « **Reply #90 on:** Thu, 03 May 2012, 23:59:56 »

SP messes up keys, it's true. But Melissa herself is a total boss. Dealing with our finicky needs probably takes up way more time than SP's regular corporate customers.

Ragnorock · « **Reply #91 on:** Mon, 30 July 2012, 12:38:53 »

Okay, pried a little bit to see if this would work, and I think I found the right gift, because this is unacceptable:

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I am actually using the wireless HP keyboard that came with my computer... Standard cheapo

I'm buying her a keyboard. The question is what, and what keyset/custom keys do we include on it. Obviously everyone is free to contribute to the project but don't feel obligated.

I'm thinking something full size, clean and simple like a Leopold with browns or blues. She probably needs the tenkey for work, and she didn't say noise was an issue, (though it could be and she just didn't say lol) but we don't want to get her a Realforce because then she can't make/use the keys they've made for us on it. I was then thinking we put some tasteful and clean keyset on it and give a few novelty keys with for her to put on where she wants. Thoughts? I have some unsold RA sets that I could give one to her, but it'd look cleaner on a white Filco or something, which would be more expensive.

AKIMbO · « **Reply #92 on:** Mon, 30 July 2012, 12:43:41 »

What about a full size Rosewill with cherry mx browns. I've got some hammer-sickle and alien novelty keycaps as well as an extra black on yellow "Geekhack" keycap if you want to throw them on the board for her.

hashbaz · « **Reply #93 on:** Mon, 30 July 2012, 12:53:25 »

Great idea Rag. Needless to say, I am in. A CCnG set would probably be hard to get, but they look fantastic on a full-size black keyboard.

I can donate a few of the various novelty keys we've had made.

AKIMbO · « **Reply #94 on:** Mon, 30 July 2012, 12:56:33 »

Quote from: hashbaz on Mon, 30 July 2012, 12:53:25

Great idea Rag. Needless to say, I am in. A CCnG set would probably be hard to get, but they look fantastic on a full-size black keyboard.

I can donate a few of the various novelty keys we've had made.

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^The CCnG set has been the pinnacle of SP doubleshots imo. They turned out fantastic.

boost · « **Reply #95 on:** Mon, 30 July 2012, 13:16:44 »

Quote from: AKIMbO on Mon, 30 July 2012, 12:56:33

Quote from: hashbaz on Mon, 30 July 2012, 12:53:25
Great idea Rag. Needless to say, I am in. A CCnG set would probably be hard to get, but they look fantastic on a full-size black keyboard.

I can donate a few of the various novelty keys we've had made.

Show Image

^The CCnG set has been the pinnacle of SP doubleshots imo. They turned out fantastic.

yes, they did

Zehkul · « **Reply #96 on:** Mon, 30 July 2012, 13:41:28 »

Quote from: Ragnorock on Mon, 30 July 2012, 12:38:53

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wireless HP keyboard

Kill it. With fire!!!

mkawa · « **Reply #97 on:** Tue, 31 July 2012, 03:07:17 »

this is a fantastic idea, but can someone get rid of the stupid rosewill logo on it and replace it a geekhack logo before it's given to her?

emptythecache · « **Reply #98 on:** Tue, 31 July 2012, 05:11:34 »

I actually personally don't hate the rosewill logo. It reminds me of baseball shirts. I hate baseball though, so I don't know why I like being reminded of baseball shirts. weird. either way, yes, in this case removing that logo and putting on a geekhack one is a good idea.

fartq · « **Reply #99 on:** Mon, 06 August 2012, 07:55:10 »

we need to source a ccng + 10key set for this. does anyone have one they would be willing to part with?

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Author Topic: [IC] Something nice for Melissa (Read 40365 times)

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