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geekhack Community => geekhack Media => Topic started by: mkawa on Tue, 17 December 2013, 21:12:42
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This week's cast is now up!
CLICK HERE FOR LISTEN (http://thekeyboardlounge.com/gh-podcast-3/)
Or check us out on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/geekhack-podcasts/id776558870)!
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hype = gotten
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HANG THAT YULETIDE DUDES!! WE GONNA PCAST LIKE IT'S 1999
Did they (we) even have podcasts back in 1999?
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if it's a multiple people thing like the first podcast and you need a +1 then i'll be here
doing nothing
bored
waiting to join in on a podcast
:'(
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MCs: KIRKLE, PHEDRAN
PEANUT GALLERY: BINGE, THE_BEAST, PHOTEKQ
INTERVIEWERS: MKAWA, CPTBADASS
INTERVIEWEE: DEMIK
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oh demik's being interviewed ? :))
i'll be looking forward to this podcast.
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PEANUT GALLERY
Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
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HOLY SHEEE, Phedran still exists?!
Also, I'm not invited? That's cold.
I'm inviting myself even if I have to drive to someone's house that's on the call.
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I wat
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I wat
I can't tell, I stopped reading after my name wasn't on the list.
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silence. silence everywhere!
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I wat
I can't tell, I stopped reading after my name wasn't on the list.
Which means you made it all the way through the list. :confused:
Edit: Also, I share tj's sentiments.
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Pretty excited to see what Demik has to talk about hopefully its not just ramblings :)
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There will be much rambling. Mkawa and myself and Binge are on the call? THERE WILL BE MANY DERAILMENTS :P
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demik has the worst accent I've ever heard
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TJ is joining the peanut gallery IT IS OFFICIAL
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demik has the worst accent I've ever heard
Yeah. Anyway, not sure if I'll make it in time now. Gotta make a delivery after work and traffic this close to the holidays is brutal.
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demik has the worst accent I've ever heard
Yeah. Anyway, not sure if I'll make it in time now. Gotta make a delivery after work and traffic this close to the holidays is brutal.
You have to be on there, your like the main character.
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Is there a link to this future podcast?
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Is there a link to this future podcast?
http://thekeyboardlounge.com/
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orly!
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HOLY SHEEE, Phedran still exists?!
I didn't know anybody missed me!
:p
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demik has the worst accent I've ever heard
Yeah. Anyway, not sure if I'll make it in time now. Gotta make a delivery after work and traffic this close to the holidays is brutal.
You have to be on there, your like the main character.
Not sure what you're expecting out of this. But I'm a ridiculously boring person. Still not sure why I deserve to be interviewed but eh, why not? It'll be short and sweet.
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You better hope it's not short demik, I'll force you to freestyle over some Wu beats.
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demik has the worst accent I've ever heard
Yeah. Anyway, not sure if I'll make it in time now. Gotta make a delivery after work and traffic this close to the holidays is brutal.
You have to be on there, your like the main character.
Not sure what you're expecting out of this. But I'm a ridiculously boring person. Still not sure why I deserve to be interviewed but eh, why not? It'll be short and sweet.
Well you got ming and anson on there to so I doubt you'll get to say much anyways.....
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Sounds like a good one }:]
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TJ is joining the peanut gallery IT IS OFFICIAL
remind him it's PG
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Today's podcast has been sponsored by Mega Millions, you gotta play to win.
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fun
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Since when did Ming start extorting the podcast and updating it with these new members? Next thing I know, he's going to suggest powdercoating the podcast and selling it.
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Since when did Ming start extorting the podcast and updating it with these new members? Next thing I know, he's going to suggest powdercoating the podcast and selling it.
Better than a nail polish painted/dipped podcast, no?
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OH MY GOD
BEST IDEA EVER
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There will be much rambling. Mkawa and myself and Binge are on the call? THERE WILL BE MANY DERAILMENTS :P
I bet I can keep things moving.
HOLY SHEEE, Phedran still exists?!
I didn't know anybody missed me!
:p
TYL
TJ is joining the peanut gallery IT IS OFFICIAL
remind him it's PG
Excellent burn
Since when did Ming start extorting the podcast and updating it with these new members? Next thing I know, he's going to suggest powdercoating the podcast and selling it.
Not before sending it halfway across the country for modifications.
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This week's cast is now up!
CLICK HERE FOR LISTEN (http://thekeyboardlounge.com/gh-podcast-3/)
Or check us out on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/geekhack-podcasts/id776558870)!
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Sweet def giving this a listen tomorrow.
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Listening now
(http://i.imgur.com/DExUtVY.png)
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I want in on one of these lol. I loved the first one with everyone in it. Prefer that format over one on one personally.
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I want in on one of these lol. I loved the first one with everyone in it. Prefer that format over one on one personally.
The one on one is more to showcase one specific person and things they're working on, I think it gives some good insight into people who usually are just behind a keyboard.
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I want in on one of these lol. I loved the first one with everyone in it. Prefer that format over one on one personally.
The one on one is more to showcase one specific person and things they're working on, I think it gives some good insight into people who usually are just behind a keyboard.
I want to be interviewed some day :-X
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If demik doesn't sound like pedro from Napoleon dynamite I'm going to be upset.
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If demik doesn't sound like pedro from Napoleon dynamite I'm going to be upset.
don't listen then
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I can't listen
EDIT:now it works :)
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I want in on one of these lol. I loved the first one with everyone in it. Prefer that format over one on one personally.
The one on one is more to showcase one specific person and things they're working on, I think it gives some good insight into people who usually are just behind a keyboard.
That's true. I did learn a decent amount about Bro Caps from the last one. Great work overall though!
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That was an interesting podcast! I agree about experimenting with different materials, and I too love natural wood varieties. What I'd love to see is a wood "sheet" for a keyboard top (like instead of layering acrylic, bolt on a shaped piece of wood at the top of the case as a cover), something fairly dense with nice figure, and carved or burned with designs. Or a fully carved wooden case made of 2 parts.
Random samples from google image search (doesn't need to be that intricate, but just illustrating the endless possibilities):
(http://www.lowes.com/creative-ideas/images/2013_08/Fall_CI/woodburning-turntable-102057276-hero.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ykerHJ6oL.jpg)
(http://www.amillionlives.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Wood-Carving-Patterns.jpg)
Add colorful stains, like blue or black/gray, and various oils and finishes.
Alternatively, tooled leather bolted on at the top with some aged looking bolts.
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As a maker, I really loved this podcast, all about making stuff, I just wanted to jump into the discussion, so much. One day, one day.
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Nice one! I also appreciated the discussion on customs. As a maker and designer, I like hearing what people want, rather than just what I myself personally want.
Good job trying to rein in ming, when he got to talking about woods, finishes, and DeLoreans. We all know how ming loves to talk. ;D
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Can anyone link me that thing that could convert an F switch to a digital switch? Or put the right name in text at least? That thing sounds so promising (probably cost too much but still).
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Can anyone link me that thing that could convert an F switch to a digital switch? Or put the right name in text at least? That thing sounds so promising (probably cost too much but still).
OK, might have found it: [size=78%]http://www.analog.com/static/imported-files/data_sheets/AD7147A.pdf (http://www.analog.com/static/imported-files/data_sheets/AD7147A.pdf)[/size]
If I look at that thing, the only concern would be the delay. Depending on the value I look at, the conversion delay would be somewhere between 3 ms to 200+ms. Anyone know how to read this paper and get a "real life" delay out of it?
Nice thing is that it seems you can plug like 13 switch on 1 of these, so it could be reasonably priced for a whole keyboard.
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Sometime during the podcast I heard someone typing on a keyboard, whoever it was, can you tell me which keyboard/switches you were using? :P
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Sometime during the podcast I heard someone typing on a keyboard, whoever it was, can you tell me which keyboard/switches you were using? :P
If it was me, It would have been a Cooler Master QuickFire TK with MX Blues.
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Oh, ok. I've actually had one of those, just sounded so differently in the podcast :P
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Can anyone link me that thing that could convert an F switch to a digital switch? Or put the right name in text at least? That thing sounds so promising (probably cost too much but still).
OK, might have found it: [size=78%]http://www.analog.com/static/imported-files/data_sheets/AD7147A.pdf (http://www.analog.com/static/imported-files/data_sheets/AD7147A.pdf)[/size]
If I look at that thing, the only concern would be the delay. Depending on the value I look at, the conversion delay would be somewhere between 3 ms to 200+ms. Anyone know how to read this paper and get a "real life" delay out of it?
Nice thing is that it seems you can plug like 13 switch on 1 of these, so it could be reasonably priced for a whole keyboard.
the problem with this is that it's a capacitance _encoder_ not a capacitive switch detector. it's also too big for a single switch. this IC is for capactive touchscreens. the idea is that you segment your screen into sections and it digitall encodes the amount of pressure a user is putting on each section of the screen. hence, it's quite slow to update, because you don't need instantaneous or event-based scanning in this application.
my preference for capacitive switches is an IC that's extremely simple. ideally you would simply hand it a logic level voltage source and it would supply AC voltage to the capacitor/switch. when the frequency of the switch changed above a given amped threshold (because we're talking very very small capacitance values here) it would inject a single binary value into a bus or crossbar or switch matrix or something. this kind of IC would hopefully be very very small; internally, all i'm asking for is a something that's a bit like 2 opamps in a bipolar topology. this is really really to fit in an soic-8 form factor.
i do know such ICs exist; the touch sensors on eg my dell monitor almost certainly use such a chip. i haven't really done enough research to figure out what the best/cheapest options are though, since a) dfj and xwhatsit are making incredibly good progress on the problem, and b) i have way too many other things on my plate. it would necessarily have to come after getting a small production line up for the SSKrs (maybe 4-5 a month). however, i totally invite you to take a look at dfj and xwhatsit's work and ask yourself a couple questions:
can i find an IC that amplifies this signal cleanly enough that i can distinguish between off and on states? for example, the standard 8-bit micros we use; the avr series and the freescale 6800 socs all have very crude ADCs (you need a 2-bit ADC so not a problem) and acmps on them/
once you can distinguish between off and on states, you need to not only put a basic schem together for, let's say, a 10 key numpad, but, and this is a verification step for your solution to the last problem, can you actually lay this out on a PCB with a standard switch device matrix on it?
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Nice one! I also appreciated the discussion on customs. As a maker and designer, I like hearing what people want, rather than just what I myself personally want.
Good job trying to rein in ming, when he got to talking about woods, finishes, and DeLoreans. We all know how ming loves to talk. ;D
i prefer the phrase 'very easily bored'
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Officially out of the Podcast crew for liking iOS 6 :(
I was an OG member too...
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Officially out of the Podcast crew for liking iOS 6 :(
I was an OG member too...
rip in peace