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Title: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: SonicRevolution on Wed, 18 December 2013, 20:00:21

I just had that moment where I was typing the most mundane work email but on this cherry black/pbt cap 60% KB pure and I thought to myself.  GAWD, I LOVE MY MECH! :)  Anyone else have this experience?  This make me lugging my mech around from work/home SO worth it! :D
(http://i.imgur.com/5MXdt98.jpg)
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: SonicRevolution on Wed, 18 December 2013, 20:02:03
Grant it. it's a 60 so it's no big deal.  But when I'm in that buckling spring mood, it's awful carrying that giant Unicomp on the train.
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: C5Allroad on Wed, 18 December 2013, 20:06:39
I really do love my board. I think to my self OH LAWDY JESUS THIS IS AMAZIN!
It really is. I really am in love with ducky...
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: Pacifist on Wed, 18 December 2013, 20:07:20
you have piano at work?
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: Puddsy on Wed, 18 December 2013, 20:10:24
Quote from: Pacifist on Wed, 18 December 2013, 20:07:20
you have piano at work?

Some people play music for a living.

------

I personally love my Pure Pro. Makes a great conversation starter at school.
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: SonicRevolution on Wed, 18 December 2013, 20:18:13
Quote from: Pacifist on Wed, 18 December 2013, 20:07:20
you have piano at work?

I don't get to play as much as I want to these days! :D  I do get to LISTEN to a lot of music at work though!

Anywho, it's funny when I typed Keyboard bags, all these literal Music Keyboard bags came up on search.  I was like.. lol.. I meant computer keyboard bags.. :D
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: SonicRevolution on Wed, 18 December 2013, 20:18:37
Quote from: HUNTERANGEL121 on Wed, 18 December 2013, 20:06:39
I really do love my board. I think to my self OH LAWDY JESUS THIS IS AMAZIN!
It really is. I really am in love with ducky...

Yep!  I know the feeling!  :thumb:
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: C5Allroad on Wed, 18 December 2013, 20:28:13
It's really funny, that when I'm at school I miss my board and really yearn for typing.
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: tuxsavvy on Wed, 18 December 2013, 20:44:08
Quote from: SonicRevolution on Wed, 18 December 2013, 20:00:21
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(http://i.imgur.com/5MXdt98.jpg)

:)) at the photo of computer keyboard with a real piano bearing piano keys. It is ironic how keyboardist and pianoist are fairly alike. Thin fingers and able to press on keys that are usually big enough for fingers to tap away on. Maybe we should start calling ourselves the musicians of the electronic realm?  :p

I was joking with HaaTa awhile ago about HaaTa's idea of "floating palm" and how I joked that it resembles to how real pianoists pressing piano keys with their palms floating/levitating. Indeed I guess in some retrospecs keyboardists and pianoist are fairly similar. ;D *goes to play some piano music speaking of which..*

*ahem* jokes aside with similarities of two somewhat completely different worlds.. I think now that I have gotten used to the two very different mechanical keyboards I don't think I will ever be able to go back to rubber domes easily. Now if only other public avenues for instance could offer USB keyboards be plugged in when one uses the said computer that would be extra nice. Though at the same time I don't think such is a likely scenario when people often worry too much about viruses/keyloggers and all that jazz.
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: terran5992 on Wed, 18 December 2013, 22:02:46
Quote from: HUNTERANGEL121 on Wed, 18 December 2013, 20:28:13
It's really funny, that when I'm at school I miss my board and really yearn for typing.

Thats how i feel sometimes
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 18 December 2013, 22:24:00
I'm Loving it right now... as I type this...(http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/tuzki-bunnys/tuzki-bunny-emoticon-038.gif)
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: Tony on Wed, 18 December 2013, 23:32:32
I don't love my keyboard but my fingers make love with the keyboard every day. Right now.
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 18 December 2013, 23:51:07
Quote from: Tony on Wed, 18 December 2013, 23:32:32
I don't love my keyboard but my fingers make love with the keyboard every day. Right now.

Rowdy makes a note to thoroughly clean any keyboard equipment he acquires from Tony.
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: Belfong on Thu, 19 December 2013, 01:12:57
This is interesting. I have had many of such feelings when using my 20-year old Acer Alps. At times as I was chatting in a chatroom or typing an email, I would get this burst of fondness for the keyboard I am typing. This keyboard is now in the hands of someone who would appreciate Alps more than me.

At times, I missed the old buckling spring keyboard in my first job - coding on the IBM mainframe.

But I have had other keyboard since then - Code MX Clears, Matias Quiet Pro and HHKB and I have not had a single moment where I said "gawd, I love <Code or MQP or HHKB>"! It's very, very ironic to me!
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: tbc on Thu, 19 December 2013, 01:52:01
Quote from: SonicRevolution on Wed, 18 December 2013, 20:18:13
Quote from: Pacifist on Wed, 18 December 2013, 20:07:20
you have piano at work?

I don't get to play as much as I want to these days! :D  I do get to LISTEN to a lot of music at work though!

Anywho, it's funny when I typed Keyboard bags, all these literal Music Keyboard bags came up on search.  I was like.. lol.. I meant computer keyboard bags.. :D

YES!  glad to see this happens to someone else too!


but ya, ALL THE FREAKING TIME.  I'll just randomly keep on typing after the last line of my email/note just to hear and feel the swtiches working.  then I remember to hit ctrlz before sending lol.
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: Beca on Thu, 19 December 2013, 02:08:59
the first time i typed on my Leopold with browns, I loved it so much. Never really got that feeling again. Hoping the ergo-clear board coming to me in a month or so will do the trick.
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: terran5992 on Thu, 19 December 2013, 03:10:50
Quote from: Beca on Thu, 19 December 2013, 02:08:59
the first time i typed on my Leopold with browns, I loved it so much. Never really got that feeling again. Hoping the ergo-clear board coming to me in a month or so will do the trick.

Same feeling when i first touched my HHKB
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: SpAmRaY on Thu, 19 December 2013, 08:00:27
Quote from: Pacifist on Wed, 18 December 2013, 20:07:20
you have piano at work?

clearly that's a keyboard....why would he have his mechanical keyboard on a piano?
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: terran5992 on Thu, 19 December 2013, 08:20:11
Quote from: SpAmRaY on Thu, 19 December 2013, 08:00:27
Quote from: Pacifist on Wed, 18 December 2013, 20:07:20
you have piano at work?

clearly that's a keyboard....why would he have his mechanical keyboard on a piano?

(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/289/9/1/why_not__by_rober_raik-d4czhw0.png)
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: osi on Thu, 19 December 2013, 08:27:30
Happens every time when I use a different keyboard.

As soon as I start seeing the slashes roll in ( \\\\\\\\\\\ ), reminds me that I'm not on my keyboard :(
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: SonicRevolution on Thu, 19 December 2013, 13:45:35
Hah you guys are awesome!  This is kinda geek therapy I need!
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: Binge on Thu, 19 December 2013, 13:54:50
(http://i.imgur.com/wPN2IIA.jpg)
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: VolantPhalanx on Thu, 19 December 2013, 17:25:25
Mine was very recent, actually, when I got my HHKB Pro 2. I had been using an MX blue switch for some time, specifically a Das Keyboard with PBT key caps, and it had pleased my but never really blown me away. When I first started to try typing on the HHKB I was taken aback. Something about that thock, the PBT texture, and the minimal movement of my hands over the board just put me in a state of elation. Not to mention, having a great interest in aesthetics in all things including keyboards, how happy it makes me to see such a pretty keyboard on my desk. Now, on to filling the top row with topre clacks.  :D
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: terran5992 on Thu, 19 December 2013, 18:38:13
Quote from: Binge on Thu, 19 December 2013, 13:54:50
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Damn ergodox
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 19 December 2013, 23:55:22
Quote from: terran5992 on Thu, 19 December 2013, 18:38:13
Quote from: Binge on Thu, 19 December 2013, 13:54:50
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Damn ergodox

ErgoDamn.
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: adhoc on Fri, 20 December 2013, 02:06:06
Yes. Every single day at work. Every single morning it makes me a bit sick to the stomach when I just touch this mushy rubber dome, which is composed from about 65 shades of black nowadays.
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: terran5992 on Fri, 20 December 2013, 02:11:34
Quote from: adhoc on Fri, 20 December 2013, 02:06:06
Yes. Every single day at work. Every single morning it makes me a bit sick to the stomach when I just touch this mushy rubber dome, which is composed from about 65 shades of black nowadays.

You dont have a keyboard for work?
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: adhoc on Fri, 20 December 2013, 02:17:09
Unfortunately, not. Can't take MX Blues there and I'm still waiting for HHKB. If topre switches turn out to be good I'll get another HHKB for work, if not then I'll have to go for reds, probably.
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: Oobly on Fri, 20 December 2013, 03:57:38
Quote from: terran5992 on Thu, 19 December 2013, 18:38:13
Quote from: Binge on Thu, 19 December 2013, 13:54:50
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Damn ergodox

Jelly?

I think it's be-yootiful.

I have a Genius rubber dome 104 key I am still very fond of. I wrote a LOT of code with it, spilt juice on it and generally abused it and it just kept coming back for more. I got so familiar with it, was faster on it than all my other boards. Sadly it's in a different country now, but at least I have my ergo mechanical board to comfort me.
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: Grim Fandango on Fri, 20 December 2013, 05:03:22
When I first used a mechanical keyboard, I did not know it was mechanical and I did not like it (my roommate's Cherry MX black Steelseries, back in 2005 or whatever). Later I got interested in it and tried lighter switches. When I got my first board (Cherry MX reds) I did not like them right away, and felt kind of indifferent towards them. During that Christmas period, I had to do a lot of work and did it from home on that keyboard. It was only after I got back to the office, where I was back to my old rubber dome work keyboard, that I suddenly understood, and I was like "Ohhhhh". After that I have always been a big fan of mechanical keyboards, even though I do not use reds any more.
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: fohat.digs on Fri, 20 December 2013, 07:10:56
Quote from: Grim Fandango on Fri, 20 December 2013, 05:03:22
where I was back to my old rubber dome work keyboard,

Any time that I have used a garbage keyboard and come back to the real thing.
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: SpAmRaY on Fri, 20 December 2013, 07:23:00
Quote from: Binge on Thu, 19 December 2013, 13:54:50
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I keep waiting for something to come out of the darkness....
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: Molehasmoles on Fri, 20 December 2013, 15:55:47
When I go to the library in school and have to use this rubberdome keyboard, that's when I long the most for my mechanical one at home.
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: Stevenator21 on Fri, 20 December 2013, 17:43:27
Quote from: Molehasmoles on Fri, 20 December 2013, 15:55:47
When I go to the library in school and have to use this rubberdome keyboard, that's when I long the most for my mechanical one at home.

We actually have the same exact one at my school!
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: adhoc on Fri, 20 December 2013, 18:51:16
God damn it, now I need another HHKBP2 for work...
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: SonicRevolution on Fri, 20 December 2013, 19:43:44
Just got a small bag.  Hopefully I can now use this to lug my keyboard around to work safely! :D  Yeah.  I'm beginning to realize just how important keyboards are.

If you think about it, in the modern world, we "touch" the internet with your keyboard.  monitor (eyes) Speakers (ear) Keyboard (fingers)  :D wow! this is kinda profound, don't you think? heh!  maybe I'm overreaching! 

I think this is kinda awesome!
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: BlackWidowMan777 on Fri, 20 December 2013, 21:21:08

Quote from: SpAmRaY on Fri, 20 December 2013, 07:23:00
Quote from: Binge on Thu, 19 December 2013, 13:54:50
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I keep waiting for something to come out of the darkness....

Not TP I hope lol!

I experienced love at first type with my Matias MQP.

Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 21 December 2013, 01:45:51
Probably every time I start using it, especially when I have been using one of my other ones for a while.
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: cinnamoncider on Sun, 22 December 2013, 21:41:50
I never want to use cheap-o rubber dome keyboards again  ;D
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: BlackWidowMan777 on Mon, 23 December 2013, 02:28:28
That moment when you love your mech...

I feel slightly clammy like when my love doll first arrives
I am extremely gentle as I cradle my child and place it on the table
Like a concert pianist my senses are alive and my fingers are ready
Sean Wrona and  Sharon Stone
THIS IS BASIC INSTINCT!
AND THEN...I type
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: BlackWidowMan777 on Mon, 23 December 2013, 02:41:50
A DIFFERNT SORT OF LOVE...

OH BABY DO YOU LIKE THE WAY I TYPE
SHALLOW AND QUICK  WE RIDE THE ACTUATION
LIKE A COWBOY BABY MAKING DESERT LOVE
BACKSPACE, ENTER, SHIFT, CONTROL
YOU TURN ME ON BABY LIKE A SPRUNG COLON
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: Snigeln on Mon, 23 December 2013, 02:51:44
Every time someone complains about the loud clicks :p
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: SpAmRaY on Mon, 23 December 2013, 06:55:42
Quote from: cinnamoncider on Sun, 22 December 2013, 21:41:50
I never want to use cheap-o rubber dome keyboards again  ;D

Lol whut?
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: Mr. C on Mon, 23 December 2013, 23:03:49
I felt that special keylation the first time I typed on IBM BS keyboard 30 some years ago. I also felt it first time typing on Leopold FC660C.  A great keyboard makes the typing experience flow.
Title: Re: That moment when you love your mech!
Post by: adhoc on Tue, 24 December 2013, 01:33:57
Like right now, because I couldn't bring my HHKB to work with me and I have to write on this cheap dell rubber dome board...dear god, it's disgusting.