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Title: Reasons why I think lopoly is awesome...
Post by: clickclack on Mon, 05 December 2011, 14:35:19
Because

1) He Really was the first person to make me think about the layout of a keyboard and the benefits and downfalls the majority of them have.

2) I loved the work he put into his miniguru proto and it made me smile, as well as proved to be inspiring.

3) He made me rethink and indulge in the usefullness of a small/compact keyboard. With little if any sacrafices.

4) I fantasize about having buttons near the space bar, no... WAIT! That's why I hate him! LoL (I wan't those sooooo bad)

5) He got me used to a trackpad and trackpoint.

6) He got me interested in testing out a...     and making a...  as  well as a...    ;)

7) He got me thinking on my own about what layouts I would want, like the idea I had for home arrows (I am probably not the first though)
       J(Left),  K(Up), L(Down), ;(Right).   I would love that so much if that second layer was activated by buttons below the spacebar!!!!!  =D   =D  =D

8) He made me realize why I like this community

9) He made me more open to and comfortable with suggestions. (lets not get too carried away though, LoL)

10) He Made me more focused on doing it right rather than getting it done.

11) He will understand that I am writing this as pure appreciation of his pursuit and not because I want an eventual freebie or because I want to pressure him into making anything.

I just really wanted to write this a long time ago and never got around to it.  

lopoly FTW  regardless!

=)
Title: Reasons why I think lopoly is awesome...
Post by: Gerk on Tue, 06 December 2011, 14:53:34
Quote from: ripster;464689
If we were female he would have made a woman of us.

http://youtu.be/Phno8FKSl48?t=3m00s


Another example of why lowpoly is a mensch, his Apple Mod:

http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:20898
(Attachment) 34027[/ATTACH]

That Apple mod is artwork, absolutely brilliantly done.
Title: Reasons why I think lopoly is awesome...
Post by: itlnstln on Tue, 06 December 2011, 17:08:56
Sofa King is the greatest.
Title: Reasons why I think lopoly is awesome...
Post by: slueth on Tue, 06 December 2011, 17:40:03
he hasn't posted in a while has he.. also did he ever finish those cool mini compact keyboards with trackpoints?
Title: Reasons why I think lopoly is awesome...
Post by: itlnstln on Tue, 06 December 2011, 17:43:41
Quote from: slueth;465384
he hasn't posted in a while has he.. also did he ever finish those cool mini compact keyboards with trackpoints?

He hasn't mass-produced them, but he does have several for personal use.  He posts on DT occasionally.
Title: Reasons why I think lopoly is awesome...
Post by: demik on Tue, 06 December 2011, 18:31:00
the miniguru seems like the perfect compact keyboard.

still holding on to hope it will be mass produced. or, just enough for the rest of us.
Title: Reasons why I think lopoly is awesome...
Post by: slueth on Tue, 06 December 2011, 18:32:16
would like one with clears :X