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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: HaaTa on Fri, 03 April 2015, 19:47:55
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Ok, first off. Really sorry everyone, I wanted to post this much sooner but I've been super busy with this Infinity ErgoDox thing and it took a while to confirm the location.
Also, second apology, moving the date of the meetup to the 25th (wasn't able to get the space we wanted on the 18th).
Without further a do, the next meetup is on
April 25th 2015 @ 1 PM
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GitHub HQ
88 Colin P. Kelly Jr Street
San Francisco, CA
NORTH AMERICA
Thanks a lot nuclearsandwich for hosting us again :thumb:
We also have a special Deskthority guest who will be showing up all the way from the EU :D
Caltrain is pretty convenient as well as BART. I'd recommend not driving in SF unless you give yourself extra time to park...
Also, I'm going to setup a mailing list over the next week or so. I've found regulars don't always see the forum threads.
Will be posting a link to the signup in this thread (you might get added if I already have your email for whatever reason).
Please RSVP if you plan to attend. There will be food and various beverages courtesy of GitHub.
(GeekHack mod, please sticky this topic)
RSVP'd
- HaaTa + 1
- Input Nirvana
- jacobolus
- jwaz
- kprav33n
- lekashman + 2?
- nai_caulus
- obra
- radio_killah
- retrochick
- rsadek
- sadbox
- Smasher816 + 3
- Sniping
- murium + 1
- jalaj + 1
There's bike storage! Just come to the front door and you'll be dealt with.
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I'll be there.
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Awesome!! I'm going!
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Is it murium?
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I'll be there. Not missing it this time. :P
Judging by the location I won't be bringing a board, the one I'd want to bring is my Model F and that's just too damn far from BART, and while I'd be OK with taking it on BART, I'm not OK with taking it on MUNI or walking that far with a ten pound keyboard. XD
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I'll be there, but be forewarned, I now wear brass knuckles 24/7 since I work/live in the city.
Word of advice: Don't sneak up on me.
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Finally a meetup I can make! I also need to give Steven back his smash bros wii controller hub.
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I'll be there. Might be bringing some other computer majors from the dorm.
They all have their one mechanical keyboard so it will be nice to let them try some other switch types and layouts. Also, github is a cool place to tour if nuclearsandwich is up for it again.
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I'll be there. I'm very eager to hear more about Infinity Ergodox!
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@Haata are we having a theme for this upcoming one or are we just doing the more casual hang out?
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Good question. I didn't have anything planned (will bring interesting keyboards as usual). I've been busy with the Infinity ErgoDox, might have something related to that at the meetup (prototypes are pretty fragile right now, so no guarantees).
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Hey guys just found out about this. How long do these meeting go for? And how many go? I would really like to attend but I go to San Jose State, and it would take me about 2 hours to get there, and I would have to get my weekend shift covered at my job. Trying to figure out if this would be something that would be worth my time. Also are these at GitHub HQ every meeting?
Thanks for the help!
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Hey guys just found out about this. How long do these meeting go for? And how many go? I would really like to attend but I go to San Jose State, and it would take me about 2 hours to get there, and I would have to get my weekend shift covered at my job. Trying to figure out if this would be something that would be worth my time. Also are these at GitHub HQ every meeting?
Thanks for the help!
So we normally meet up at 1pm and it goes usually until like 6 or 7. They meet ups are not always at GitHub but last time it was it was a great experience and last until like 7 and few of us all took the Caltrain back together. I definitely think it would be worth your time. Especially since GitHub is one of the coolest offices I've ever seen. But last time we had almost 15 people? Maybe more?
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I'd say it usually runs till at least 5 PM. And no, these aren't usually at GitHub. I like to change up the location so it's not so boring and makes it less stressful for whoever's hosting us.
I live in downtown San Jose so I feel your pain (most likely won't have any room for a ride unfortunately).
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I'd say it usually runs till at least 5 PM. And no, these aren't usually at GitHub. I like to change up the location so it's not so boring and makes it less stressful for whoever's hosting us.
I live in downtown San Jose so I feel your pain (most likely won't have any room for a ride unfortunately).
Hey guys just found out about this. How long do these meeting go for? And how many go? I would really like to attend but I go to San Jose State, and it would take me about 2 hours to get there, and I would have to get my weekend shift covered at my job. Trying to figure out if this would be something that would be worth my time. Also are these at GitHub HQ every meeting?
Thanks for the help!
So we normally meet up at 1pm and it goes usually until like 6 or 7. They meet ups are not always at GitHub but last time it was it was a great experience and last until like 7 and few of us all took the Caltrain back together. I definitely think it would be worth your time. Especially since GitHub is one of the coolest offices I've ever seen. But last time we had almost 15 people? Maybe more?
Thanks for the replies! I really wanted to see the Github HQ, but I just realized I have a college standardized test on the 25th. Looks like I will have to try to attend next month! Really let down I cannot make it this month.
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I'd say it usually runs till at least 5 PM. And no, these aren't usually at GitHub. I like to change up the location so it's not so boring and makes it less stressful for whoever's hosting us.
I live in downtown San Jose so I feel your pain (most likely won't have any room for a ride unfortunately).
Hey guys just found out about this. How long do these meeting go for? And how many go? I would really like to attend but I go to San Jose State, and it would take me about 2 hours to get there, and I would have to get my weekend shift covered at my job. Trying to figure out if this would be something that would be worth my time. Also are these at GitHub HQ every meeting?
Thanks for the help!
So we normally meet up at 1pm and it goes usually until like 6 or 7. They meet ups are not always at GitHub but last time it was it was a great experience and last until like 7 and few of us all took the Caltrain back together. I definitely think it would be worth your time. Especially since GitHub is one of the coolest offices I've ever seen. But last time we had almost 15 people? Maybe more?
Thanks for the replies! I really wanted to see the Github HQ, but I just realized I have a college standardized test on the 25th. Looks like I will have to try to attend next month! Really let down I cannot make it this month.
BOOOOOOO!!! >:D GitHub is so awesome. YOU SHOULD COME ANYWAY.
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I'd say it usually runs till at least 5 PM. And no, these aren't usually at GitHub. I like to change up the location so it's not so boring and makes it less stressful for whoever's hosting us.
I live in downtown San Jose so I feel your pain (most likely won't have any room for a ride unfortunately).
Hey guys just found out about this. How long do these meeting go for? And how many go? I would really like to attend but I go to San Jose State, and it would take me about 2 hours to get there, and I would have to get my weekend shift covered at my job. Trying to figure out if this would be something that would be worth my time. Also are these at GitHub HQ every meeting?
Thanks for the help!
So we normally meet up at 1pm and it goes usually until like 6 or 7. They meet ups are not always at GitHub but last time it was it was a great experience and last until like 7 and few of us all took the Caltrain back together. I definitely think it would be worth your time. Especially since GitHub is one of the coolest offices I've ever seen. But last time we had almost 15 people? Maybe more?
Thanks for the replies! I really wanted to see the Github HQ, but I just realized I have a college standardized test on the 25th. Looks like I will have to try to attend next month! Really let down I cannot make it this month.
BOOOOOOO!!! >:D GitHub is so awesome. YOU SHOULD COME ANYWAY.
Any chance it will be there again anytime soon?
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No idea. At least 5-6 months at the absolute soonest.
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So long from now! Im so let down, but I will still be around when that time comes!
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I would love to go! Anyone coming from the East Bay? Maybe we can meet up beforehand and take BART?
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Oh, hey, request, can someone bring a board with Ergo Clears or MX Greens? I haven't gotten to feel ErgoClears and I just have an MX Green keychain.
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I would love to go! Anyone coming from the East Bay? Maybe we can meet up beforehand and take BART?
For sure, I usually take BART from downtown Oakland.
Oh, hey, request, can someone bring a board with Ergo Clears or MX Greens? I haven't gotten to feel ErgoClears and I just have an MX Green keychain.
I just gave my buddy an MX Green board, I'll see if I can convince him to come through.
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Oh, hey, request, can someone bring a board with Ergo Clears or MX Greens? I haven't gotten to feel ErgoClears and I just have an MX Green keychain.
I'm mad busy right now. I'm going, or rather, y'all's coming to me. I can have MX greens and ergo clears there.
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Any type of Alps-mount switches anyone wants to try? I was thinking of bringing at least an amber Omron board and a KPT board.
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Any type of Alps-mount switches anyone wants to try? I was thinking of bringing at least an amber Omron board and a KPT board.
That would be awesome. I'm trying to find my ideal switch...so the more Alps the better!
I can bring the v60 mini w/ matia click switches. I also have the tactile pro and a board w/ quiet switches I can bring.
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That would be awesome. I'm trying to find my ideal switch...so the more Alps the better!
Well, you have to be more specific than “the more the better”; there are 15-20 types of complicated Alps switches, plus many clones and other Alps-mount switches (both ones made by Alps and ones made by others). cf. https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=64803
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That would be awesome. I'm trying to find my ideal switch...so the more Alps the better!
Well, you have to be more specific than “the more the better”; there are 15-20 types of complicated Alps switches, plus many clones and other Alps-mount switches (both ones made by Alps and ones made by others). cf. https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=64803
Got any of those blue ones people rave about?
Nuclearsandwich: Cool. :3
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That would be awesome. I'm trying to find my ideal switch...so the more Alps the better!
Well, you have to be more specific than �the more the better�; there are 15-20 types of complicated Alps switches, plus many clones and other Alps-mount switches (both ones made by Alps and ones made by others). cf. https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=64803 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=64803)
Got any of those blue ones people rave about?
Nuclearsandwich: Cool. :3
I can bring a couple Blue Alps boards. If there is one you'd specically like to play with let me know (NCR, Lazer, Leading Edge and Omnikey)
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That would be awesome. I'm trying to find my ideal switch...so the more Alps the better!
Well, you have to be more specific than “the more the better”; there are 15-20 types of complicated Alps switches, plus many clones and other Alps-mount switches (both ones made by Alps and ones made by others). cf. https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=64803
Wow, that's quite a collection. I'm eager to try some of the ones that are readily available (white, blue, orange, salmon) on old boards. If there's one you think is most tactile, or somehow a favorite I'd love to try it out.
The sampler board you describe in the linked thread is a great idea. :thumb:
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Oh, hey, request, can someone bring a board with Ergo Clears or MX Greens? I haven't gotten to feel ErgoClears and I just have an MX Green keychain.
I can bring a board with lubed ergo clears on it! Also, looking to purchase a 60% case if anyone's got one for sale :)
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If you have dietary preferences (vegan, lactose intolerance, gluten free, hate asparagus, and so forth) please PM me so I can make sure the food we get is awesome and that you can eat it.
We had pizza last time, but I'm thinking that sandwiches or Thai or some other thing might be more interesting. That said, if pizza is what folks want, I'm more than happy to do the obvious.
So far on the RSVP list I've got
- nuclearsandwich + 1
- HaaTa + 1
- Input Nirvana + 1
- jacobolus
- jalaj + 1
- jludwig
- jwaz
- kprav33n
- lekashman + 2?
- nai_calus
- obra
- radio_killah
- ramuklanuk
- retrochick
- rsadek + 3
- sadbox
- Smasher816 + 3
- Sniping
- murium + 1
I'm jazzed to see y'all again and meet those of you I haven't had the pleasure to yet! If you have any questions or problems before, during, or after Feel free to PM me.
I'll send out a PM with my day-off contact info on Friday when the list is closer to final.
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murium and his brother will be attending.
Also, I think Smasher816 will be bringing a couple of people.
I also extended an invitation to quite a few people not on GeekHack (or DT), but I haven't really gotten any confirmations yet. Guess we'll see what happens...
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murium and his brother will be attending.
Also, I think Smasher816 will be bringing a couple of people.
I also extended an invitation to quite a few people not on GeekHack (or DT), but I haven't really gotten any confirmations yet. Guess we'll see what happens...
That's good info. If you've got extra friends coming they are absolutely welcome but please let me know how many extra you are (i.e. nuclearsandwich + 3) and get dietary preferences from your people and pass them along.
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I'll be attending again. Is anyone still interested in seeing my Lightsaver? I've brought it a million times before so I probably won't bring it unless someone is interested.
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I'll be attending again. Is anyone still interested in seeing my Lightsaver? I've brought it a million times before so I probably won't bring it unless someone is interested.
Haha. That thing is a pain to bring around I am sure. I will be bringing my Viper and Octagon for people to see. But your LS is always evolving so its always good to see. Up to you I guess :p
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I would love to go! Anyone coming from the East Bay? Maybe we can meet up beforehand and take BART?
For sure, I usually take BART from downtown Oakland.
Oh, hey, request, can someone bring a board with Ergo Clears or MX Greens? I haven't gotten to feel ErgoClears and I just have an MX Green keychain.
I just gave my buddy an MX Green board, I'll see if I can convince him to come through.
Cool! Yeah I was planning on taking the 19th st. Bart station :)
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If you have dietary preferences (vegan, lactose intolerance, gluten free, hate asparagus, and so forth) please PM me so I can make sure the food we get is awesome and that you can eat it.
We had pizza last time, but I'm thinking that sandwiches or Thai or some other thing might be more interesting. That said, if pizza is what folks want, I'm more than happy to do the obvious.
So far on the RSVP list I've got
- HaaTa
- Input Nirvana
- jacobolus
- jwaz
- kprav33n
- nai_caulus
- obra
- radio_killah
- retrochick
- rsadek
- Smasher816
I'm jazzed to see y'all again and meet those of you I haven't had the pleasure to yet! If you have any questions or problems before, during, or after Feel free to PM me.
I'll send out a PM with my day-off contact info on Friday when the list is closer to final.
You are awesome for asking about dietary restrictions :). Sent you a PM. Also, is there bike parking inside the building by any chance? I'm coming from the East Bay and was going to bike to Bart. If not no worries at all.
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Yeah, there's a great bike room inside. I think I might be getting in on the bike hype as well.
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Yeah, there's a great bike room inside. I think I might be getting in on the bike hype as well.
Sniping is not wrong. Indoor bike room is only accessible to employees. Me or our security staff can let you in and out of it. When you arrive, you'll need to come to the main entrance at 88 Colin P Kelly, then let the whoever's at the front (usually me but sometimes our security staff if I'm doing something else for the meetup) that you have a bike you'd like to park and they'll send you around to an entrance on Brannan St.
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Got confirmation on a friend. Put me down for +1
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Got confirmation on a friend. Put me down for +1
Done. Feel free to scoop up anything I say into the top post. Unless it's about ducks. I don't want anyone to know about my secret love of ducks.
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Also, looking to purchase a 60% case if anyone's got one for sale :)
I can bring a Poker II (Cherry MX Brown) or a KBParadise V6000MTS (Matias Clicky) for you to try. I'm fine selling either as they're mostly for loaning to folks.
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Keyboards I'm bringing. It's tough because jacobolus has much better representatives of the stuff I tend to like
- Xerox Docutech 135 (Weird pine green tactile Alps)
- WASD Code keyboard with MX Green + maybe O-rings
- CM Storm Novatouch w/ SA keycaps
- Atreus keyboard
- GON Mobik (If I manage to finish it)
and one of my "heavy" boards
Kingsaver w/ salmon tactile Alps
Kingsaver w/ blue clicky Alps
Orion w/ 70g Cherry MX Clear
Trik XT w/ vintage MX Clear and a left-side number pad (full size :O)
Which heavy thing should I bring?
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- Xerox Docutech 135 (Weird pine green tactile Alps)
Nice. What kind of shape is it in? I bought two from various sources, one in bad condition, and the other in atrocious condition. :-)
Everyone should see the funky overengineered design of the feet on this keyboard.
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Keyboards I'm bringing. It's tough because jacobolus has much better representatives of the stuff I tend to like
- Xerox Docutech 135 (Weird pine green tactile Alps)
- WASD Code keyboard with MX Green + maybe O-rings
- CM Storm Novatouch w/ SA keycaps
- Atreus keyboard
- GON Mobik (If I manage to finish it)
and one of my "heavy" boards
Kingsaver w/ salmon tactile Alps
Kingsaver w/ blue clicky Alps
Orion w/ 70g Cherry MX Clear
Trik XT w/ vintage MX Clear and a left-side number pad (full size :O)
Which heavy thing should I bring?
Dang Steven. How about your bring all of them :p But I vote for one of the king savers.
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Dang Steven. How about your bring all of them :p But I vote for one of the king savers.
No way, that's like 25 kilo of keyboards. I already have to ferry these all up to HQ over the course of this week and then ferry them back down next week.
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IDK WHAT HAPPENED HERE
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Also, looking to purchase a 60% case if anyone's got one for sale :)
I can bring a Poker II (Cherry MX Brown) or a KBParadise V6000MTS (Matias Clicky) for you to try. I'm fine selling either as they're mostly for loaning to folks.
I was looking more for a 60% case than a board (tex, pexon, etc), however please bring the Matias Clicky - interested in trying it ^-^
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I wish I could go to this. Github is so much fun and I need to give jwaz **** in person. It's just not the same if it's not IRL.
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Also, looking to purchase a 60% case if anyone's got one for sale :)
I can bring a Poker II (Cherry MX Brown) or a KBParadise V6000MTS (Matias Clicky) for you to try. I'm fine selling either as they're mostly for loaning to folks.
I was looking more for a 60% case than a board (tex, pexon, etc), however please bring the Matias Clicky - interested in trying it ^-^
Wow I can totally read. Sorry.
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I think you forgot to add sniping to the RSVP list.
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I think you forgot to add sniping to the RSVP list.
Thanks. Rectified.
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Keyboards I'm bringing. It's tough because jacobolus has much better representatives of the stuff I tend to like
- Xerox Docutech 135 (Weird pine green tactile Alps)
- WASD Code keyboard with MX Green + maybe O-rings
- CM Storm Novatouch w/ SA keycaps
- Atreus keyboard
- GON Mobik (If I manage to finish it)
and one of my "heavy" boards
Kingsaver w/ salmon tactile Alps
Kingsaver w/ blue clicky Alps
Orion w/ 70g Cherry MX Clear
Trik XT w/ vintage MX Clear and a left-side number pad (full size :O)
Which heavy thing should I bring?
Wow, that is awesome. For the heavy, I'd love to try either of the Alps. The 70g clears are intriguing also....
i'll vote: 1) kingsaver w/ salmon Alps.
2) orion w/ 70g(!!!) clears
3) kingsaver w/ blue alps
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I'll be attending again. Is anyone still interested in seeing my Lightsaver? I've brought it a million times before so I probably won't bring it unless someone is interested.
I've never seen one; been wondering what they hype is about. nuclearsandwich might (??) bring one, but if not, I would love to check it out. Or both, you know, for comparison :)
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I'll be attending again. Is anyone still interested in seeing my Lightsaver? I've brought it a million times before so I probably won't bring it unless someone is interested.
I've never seen one; been wondering what they hype is about. nuclearsandwich might (??) bring one, but if not, I would love to check it out. Or both, you know, for comparison :)
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I haven't built either of my lightsavers since I harvested stabilizers for repair of other projects 😭
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I'll be attending again. Is anyone still interested in seeing my Lightsaver? I've brought it a million times before so I probably won't bring it unless someone is interested.
I've never seen one; been wondering what they hype is about. nuclearsandwich might (??) bring one, but if not, I would love to check it out. Or both, you know, for comparison :)
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I haven't built either of my lightsavers since I harvested stabilizers for repair of other projects 😭
Wait you have plural Lightsavers? :confused: you make me so jealous..
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Bahn Mi with pork and tofu options is what our catering service has on for Saturday. If anyone has an issue with that let me know via PM but since going with that is the easiest way to get GitHub to sponsor the food, I'm going to say it'll work based on our currently reported constraints :thumb:
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I'll be attending again. Is anyone still interested in seeing my Lightsaver? I've brought it a million times before so I probably won't bring it unless someone is interested.
I've never seen one; been wondering what they hype is about. nuclearsandwich might (??) bring one, but if not, I would love to check it out. Or both, you know, for comparison :)
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I haven't built either of my lightsavers since I harvested stabilizers for repair of other projects 😭
Do you need another set of stabs? I have an extra set.
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Bahn Mi with pork and tofu options is what our catering service has on for Saturday. If anyone has an issue with that let me know via PM but since going with that is the easiest way to get GitHub to sponsor the food, I'm going to say it'll work based on our currently reported constraints :thumb:
No complaints here, love me some Bahn Mi. Thanks, Sammich!
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Bahn Mi with pork and tofu options is what our catering service has on for Saturday. If anyone has an issue with that let me know via PM but since going with that is the easiest way to get GitHub to sponsor the food, I'm going to say it'll work based on our currently reported constraints :thumb:
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Wow :eek:, this sounds *amazing*. Too awesome. Have I mentioned how excited I am about the meetup?! :D
Re keyboards; if someone has a Topre board to bring, I'd love to try it out.
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Bahn Mi with pork and tofu options is what our catering service has on for Saturday. If anyone has an issue with that let me know via PM but since going with that is the easiest way to get GitHub to sponsor the food, I'm going to say it'll work based on our currently reported constraints :thumb:
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Wow :eek:, this sounds *amazing*. Too awesome. Have I mentioned how excited I am about the meetup?! :D
Re keyboards; if someone has a Topre board to bring, I'd love to try it out.
I can bring my stock HHKB. I know smasher also has one.
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Bahn Mi with pork and tofu options is what our catering service has on for Saturday. If anyone has an issue with that let me know via PM but since going with that is the easiest way to get GitHub to sponsor the food, I'm going to say it'll work based on our currently reported constraints :thumb:
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Wow :eek:, this sounds *amazing*. Too awesome. Have I mentioned how excited I am about the meetup?! :D
Re keyboards; if someone has a Topre board to bring, I'd love to try it out.
I can bring my stock HHKB. I know smasher also has one.
I'll have the novatouch there for sure as well. Maybe lekashman can bring a Royal Kludge topre clone so we can feel the difference between it and the novatouch.
I've got SA profile caps on the novatouch. Maybe I'll set a novatouch and kludge side by side with the same (not stock) keycaps so they can be compared.
I don't have enough GMK to cover both. I could put some Tai Hao doubleshots on both but they're pretty thin as well.
Hmmm
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I can bring my stock HHKB. I know smasher also has one.
I can bring my krytoxed Type-S as well.
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I'll bring one of the Noppoo Topre clones.
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So the demo theme will be TRY ALL THE CUP RUBBER
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HaaTa I thought I saw jacobolus mention it but now I can't find it. Is the Marquardt butterfly board on your request list for this meetup? I can't wait til you have enough free time to replicate that switch for me ;D ;D ;D
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I've been requested to bring *a lot* of keyboards. So guess I'll add them to list :D
I'll bring a bunch of the "classic" famous keyboards from my collection as well. Some new stuff to show off as well.
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Our list of keyboards keeps growing! :thumb:
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Bahn Mi with pork and tofu options is what our catering service has on for Saturday. If anyone has an issue with that let me know via PM but since going with that is the easiest way to get GitHub to sponsor the food, I'm going to say it'll work based on our currently reported constraints :thumb:
Is it spicy/does it have cilantro? (And if so is it due to sauce that it can be made without/can cilantro be left off?) Spicy isn't a total no-go, but it depends on how spicy, and I am one of the many people for whom cilantro smells and tastes like soap. XD; (Just asking because it sounds like it's one of those things where there's exactly one variety outside the meat type, and if it's super-spicy and has cilantro in an integral part I'll need to eat beforehand. XD)
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I'll bet they can make you a mild one. w/ bahn mi it's usually easy to remove cilantro/jalapeños. You can give them to me :)
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I'll bet they can make you a mild one. w/ bahn mi it's usually easy to remove cilantro/jalapeños. You can give them to me :)
Ah, if it's already on there it's already too late, since it's apparently some kind of sandwich and those are always pre-made. XD Cilantro does not come out, rofl. (I've never had Vietnamese anything, my family tends towards Chinese/Japanese/Thai, so that's why I ask about it.) I'll just plan on eating in Dublin/Pleasanton beforehand, nbd, and if it turns out edible, great, if not I already had food rofl.
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Bahn Mi with pork and tofu options is what our catering service has on for Saturday. If anyone has an issue with that let me know via PM but since going with that is the easiest way to get GitHub to sponsor the food, I'm going to say it'll work based on our currently reported constraints :thumb:
Is it spicy/does it have cilantro? (And if so is it due to sauce that it can be made without/can cilantro be left off?) Spicy isn't a total no-go, but it depends on how spicy, and I am one of the many people for whom cilantro smells and tastes like soap. XD; (Just asking because it sounds like it's one of those things where there's exactly one variety outside the meat type, and if it's super-spicy and has cilantro in an integral part I'll need to eat beforehand. XD)
I'll double check. Worst case scenario I'll make you a sandwich from our kitchen or get you one from down the way. For the record 🚫cilantro is one of the reasons I requested dietary preferences rather than restrictions. I don't just want to provide food folks can eat, I want to make sure it's stuff you want to eat so it's totally fine and thanks for letting me know!
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I'll double check. Worst case scenario I'll make you a sandwich from our kitchen or get you one from down the way. For the record 🚫cilantro is one of the reasons I requested dietary preferences rather than restrictions. I don't just want to provide food folks can eat, I want to make sure it's stuff you want to eat so it's totally fine and thanks for letting me know!
Haha, don't worry too much about it, don't want to be a hassle. It's one of those things I forget about until it potentially comes up because cilantro simply fails to exist in my life due to having the genetic variant against it. XD
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I'll be there
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Screw it. I'm moving to the Bay Area. Somebody hook me up with a job and spare room.
My car goes to the first person in the Midwest that gives me $1500 cash.
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I'll bring a bunch of stuff. I've invited anyone at Massdrop who actually wants to see how keyboard people do things to, so we shall see who shows up!
I'm planning on bringing the following.
Royal Kludge, Novatouch, Infinity 60%, Ergodox, Varmilo VA-87, PBT Color Rings, and anything else anyone requests.
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Screw it. I'm moving to the Bay Area. Somebody hook me up with a job and spare room.
My car goes to the first person in the Midwest that gives me $1500 cash.
https://jobs.github.com/positions/bf6cca02-d2fa-11e2-80d6-64ea2ef33dde
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Also today I brought my KBParadise V6000MTS (clicky Matias 60%) and KMAC with ergo clear MX to the office. Friday I'll bring the Docutech, Salmon Kingsaver, and Atreus. I forgot the Mobik needs a very peculiar surface mount LED assembly as well as all the resistors and diode work done so there's no way I'll finish it before Saturday. Bummer!
lekashman since you're doing the Triumph Adler buy, do you have any GMK kits you can bring to put on the Novatouch and Royal Kludge?
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Screw it. I'm moving to the Bay Area. Somebody hook me up with a job and spare room.
My car goes to the first person in the Midwest that gives me $1500 cash.
https://jobs.github.com/positions/bf6cca02-d2fa-11e2-80d6-64ea2ef33dde
I know next to nothing about IT. But thanks.
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Hey guys, I'd love to attend if it isn't too late to join! Since someone asked for Topre, I can bring a 55g uniform Realforce 87U. I can also bring my KUL ES-87 with MX reds, Signature Plastics G20 keys, and o-rings. Excited to try out some new switches :D
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Yeah, this looks like a great meetup to introduce some friends to the area. Lots of people and boards :thumb:
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Hey guys, I'd love to attend if it isn't too late to join! Since someone asked for Topre, I can bring a 55g uniform Realforce 87U. I can also bring my KUL ES-87 with MX reds, Signature Plastics G20 keys, and o-rings. Excited to try out some new switches :D
Perfect. I was just going to ask if anyone could bring a 55g Topre board. I want to see how it differs from the stock HHKB 45g.
I wonder if anyone has made a HHKB Type S with 55g domes and Novatouch stems. How crazy would that be... Maybe one day...
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Hey guys, I'd love to attend if it isn't too late to join! Since someone asked for Topre, I can bring a 55g uniform Realforce 87U. I can also bring my KUL ES-87 with MX reds, Signature Plastics G20 keys, and o-rings. Excited to try out some new switches :D
Perfect. I was just going to ask if anyone could bring a 55g Topre board. I want to see how it differs from the stock HHKB 45g.
I wonder if anyone has made a HHKB Type S with 55g domes and Novatouch stems. How crazy would that be... Maybe one day...
A few people have. It's pretty expensive so only the truly "crazy" have done it. I don't know anyone in the area who has one.
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I wonder if anyone has made a HHKB Type S with 55g domes and Novatouch stems. How crazy would that be... Maybe one day...
A few people have. It's pretty expensive so only the truly "crazy" have done it. I don't know anyone in the area who has one.
Also, proper silenced Topre sliders are slimmer than normal ones to compensate for the extra padding provided by the silencing ring. The Novatouch sliders aren't properly slimmed down to accept silencing rings and thus using them would result in a loss of travel, so you might have a "less perfect" typing experience. I have no idea if using Novatouch sliders would actually be noticeably better or worse than using Type-S sliders in reality; some people like less travel (and do things like put o-rings on their Cherry switches).
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Can anyone bring a HHKB w/ Japanese layout? The bottom row w/ tiny spacebar seems awesome. Plus extra mods == :)
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I wonder if anyone has made a HHKB Type S with 55g domes and Novatouch stems. How crazy would that be... Maybe one day...
A few people have. It's pretty expensive so only the truly "crazy" have done it. I don't know anyone in the area who has one.
Also, proper silenced Topre sliders are slimmer than normal ones to compensate for the extra padding provided by the silencing ring. The Novatouch sliders aren't properly slimmed down to accept silencing rings and thus using them would result in a loss of travel, so you might have a "less perfect" typing experience. I have no idea if using Novatouch sliders would actually be noticeably better or worse than using Type-S sliders in reality; some people like less travel (and do things like put o-rings on their Cherry switches).
Oops, just realized that I'm wrong as the Type-S intentionally designed with shortened travel and uses sliders with a normal thickness (read description):
http://deskthority.net/wiki/File:Silent_Topre_-_Slider_Comparison.jpg
So sounds like Novatouch sliders would be perfect for a Type-S ;)
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A last minute trip to Tahoe is happening, so I'm super sad to miss this meetup! How frequent are they? I would've loved to meet everyone and check out the boards :(. And Github sounds like a cool space! Maybe one day I'll work there as a Python dev :).
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A last minute trip to Tahoe is happening, so I'm super sad to miss this meetup! How frequent are they? I would've loved to meet everyone and check out the boards :(. And Github sounds like a cool space! Maybe one day I'll work there as a Python dev :).
It says monthly in the title :blank: lol although it seems like we will have a pretty good showing this time around I am sure it won't be the last. Don't worry I am sure nuclearsandwich will be able to host us again later.
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Meetups are every month. Not every time is Github though (Massdrop has been pretty popular this year).
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A last minute trip to Tahoe is happening, so I'm super sad to miss this meetup! How frequent are they? I would've loved to meet everyone and check out the boards :(. And Github sounds like a cool space! Maybe one day I'll work there as a Python dev :).
It says monthly in the title :blank: lol although it seems like we will have a pretty good showing this time around I am sure it won't be the last. Don't worry I am sure nuclearsandwich will be able to host us again later.
Meetups are every month. Not every time is Github though (Massdrop has been pretty popular this year).
:blank: yes thanks for the clarification. I just thought the term 'monthly' was used loosely, ha. Well, hopefully I can attend the May meetup! Have fun everybody! Post pics ^-^
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A last minute trip to Tahoe is happening, so I'm super sad to miss this meetup! How frequent are they? I would've loved to meet everyone and check out the boards :(. And Github sounds like a cool space! Maybe one day I'll work there as a Python dev :).
It says monthly in the title :blank: lol although it seems like we will have a pretty good showing this time around I am sure it won't be the last. Don't worry I am sure nuclearsandwich will be able to host us again later.
Meetups are every month. Not every time is Github though (Massdrop has been pretty popular this year).
:blank: yes thanks for the clarification. I just thought the term 'monthly' was used loosely, ha. Well, hopefully I can attend the May meetup! Have fun everybody! Post pics ^-^
I'd like to say "bummer", but you're going to Tahoe sooooooo. Next time! GitHub could host more frequently, though we'd probably only sponsor lunch every other time if we did. Most of the issue is that I travel a lot and won't always be around to host, which unless I can fool another GitHubber into this gig.
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Just some thoughts:
- Will anyone be bringing a camera? It would be cool to document all the keyboards that come through!
- I saw in one of the other meet up threads they had little cards explaining what each board was, maybe we should do something similiar?
- Nametags. Nametags. Nametags. I'm sorry but I have a terrible memory for names :p Also it is hard to keep track of usernames since we all know of each other via our geekhack names.
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jalaj and 1 friend will also be attending.
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Just some thoughts:
- Will anyone be bringing a camera? It would be cool to document all the keyboards that come through!
- I saw in one of the other meet up threads they had little cards explaining what each board was, maybe we should do something similiar?
- Nametags. Nametags. Nametags. I'm sorry but I have a terrible memory for names :p Also it is hard to keep track of usernames since we all know of each other via our geekhack names.
I think we have nametags, you can put your preferred name or handle or neither. I'm not about forcing people to ID. I used to bring index cards to ID my boards but stopped when I ran out of the packet of index cards I bought in midde school. I could probably find some to bring so people can write about their boards.
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I will be there! Hopefully I didn't RSVP too late... :-\
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I will be there! Hopefully I didn't RSVP too late... :-\
You are welcome for sure. I'll contact the caterers and see if it's possible to bump the order.
For sanity's sake and so not to tax my people I'm going to say anyone woh wants to RSVP after now should eat lunch beforehand. <3
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- Will anyone be bringing a camera? It would be cool to document all the keyboards that come through!
Oh, and I can bring a Nikon D70s if someone wants to shoot photos but I will want to focus on hosting. I've got a 35mm macro lens and the excellent 35-70mm kit lens. If someone wants to be photo master I'll bring it but I'm not unless someone steps up and wants to use it.
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Was able to get the catering order bumped and included a few extra for late RSVPs.
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By the way, it sounds like Dan Odell, who used to design ergonomic keyboards &c. for Microsoft and now works for Synaptics, is going to make it. Good thing you bumped the catering order a bit.
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I forgot my HHKB at work... :blank: Damn lol Also seems like we will have a good crowd as well as a lot of new faces. See you guys tomorrow. I am conflicted on the weather though. It says it might rain.
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I'll be there :)
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@jacobolus - shall I bring your Japanese word processor?
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My current plan is to bring:
* Datahand
* µTron
* Keyboardio Model 01
* Keyboardio Symmetric60
* Maybe the Space Cadet or Fingerworks Touchstream if anyone wants me to.
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I forgot my HHKB at work...
I'll bring mine. Think my friends have decided we will sleep in and take the 12:00 train, so we should be there a little before 2. Save some food for us :P
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I ended up crashing in the city. Which unfortunately means my Kingsaver didn't make it.
- KMAC 1.1 or 1.2 I can't remember with Cherry MX ergo clears
- Novatouch w/ SA caps
- SA caps for a Royal Kludge side by side
- Infinity HHKBish with Matias Clicky
- KBParadise V6000 MTS
- Atreus
- WASD v2 w/ Cherry MX Green
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Anyone have thoughts on the best way to get there from BART?
I'll bring my Infinity I think, it's got Gateron Clears, which isn't the most common switch type, and it's small so it's portable.
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Where to park? On the street? At github? Elsewhere?
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Anyone have thoughts on the best way to get there from BART?
I'll bring my Infinity I think, it's got Gateron Clears, which isn't the most common switch type, and it's small so it's portable.
You can get off at Montomery or Powell, Montgomery is probably a slightly shorter walk, then head south on 2nd street. When you get to 2nd and Brannan cross to the south side of the street and turn bayward on Brannan and you'll be walking past a public storage and then a grey building (that's HQ!). The entrance is down the first small street, Colin P Kelly Jr and there's a big Octocat mark
(https://assets-cdn.github.com/images/modules/logos_page/GitHub-Mark.png)
I forgot to PM everyone my phone number so I'll do that right now.
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Where to park? On the street? At github? Elsewhere?
We have only two reserved spots and I need to save them for coworkers who want to come in today. There is metered parking on Brannan St but beyond that I have no idea.
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Might be a few minutes late, just hit first SF station now and I'm a slow walker.
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Great turnout today. Nice to see everyone again.
nuclearsandwich: thanks a million for hosting us all!
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This event was amazing! Thanks to everyone for generously letting us play with the boards. Especially those who schlepped large, cumbersome collections. Transportating HaTaa's collection could be an Olympic sport.
And double triple thanks to nuclearsandwich and GitHub for the fantastic and generous hosting.
This was my first kiibohd meet up and it was really wonderful :)
:thumb:
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Pics or it didn't happen.
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OMGosh did not expect the turnout we had yesterday! We didn't take a formal headcount but we had rough counts between 45 and 50 all total! :eek: :eek: :eek:
That's incredible.
Thanks everyone for coming. My apologies if I didn't get to meet or hang out with you because of how busy things were. I did my best to meet as many of y'all as I could. If you had a great time, I am delighted! Tell your friends! If you had any problems or trouble with anything or anyone at the venue, please let me know via your preferred private channel. PM, email, phone number, whatever, just make sure I know what was no good. If at some point this weekend I was part of the problem, PM HaaTa or lekashman and let one of them know.
Still blown away. Those who had time to take pictures, I can't want to see them.
Cheers,
Steven!/nuclearsandwich
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Had a great time Saturday, it was fantastic meeting everyone again/for the first time and seeing all the great boards. :D
Obra stop making me want all your keyboards. :< First the butterfly now that symmetric stagger one, want both so bad rofl.
Oh, I found an article on the layout used on the Japanese keyboard with the thumb shifts, I totally forgot the name of the guy I talked to who had it because I am bad at names, but: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumb-shift_keyboard (And hah, I was right on the right long key being space. Reasonable place for it given the language.)
So it's a little like we were thinking, and there's actually a couple of versions of thumb shifting, but I think I recall yours having 半濁点 keys and not having three kana marked on any so it's probably more like the original and not the NiCOLA variant(Which actually makes a little more sense, but).
So we'll take an example key, same one used as example here: http://museum.ipsj.or.jp/computer/word/0006.html (There's an English version of that page but the images are broken so I'll just explain it here.)
So, は on the bottom and み on the top. This one's a good example since there's actually four Japanese characters you can type with this key: は(ha), み(mi), ば(ba), and ぱ(pa). So this key is on the right side of the keyboard, which affects which shifts you use for what. So to type the bottom character, は, you just hit the key. To type the top character, み, you hit the right shift and the key. For a key on the other side of the keyboard typed by the left hand, you would use the left shift to shift to the secondary character.
There's a very deliberate pattern to which characters are on top and which are on the bottom - Besides frequency of use, none of the top characters accessed through shifting have a voiced or semi-voiced version. So here's where cross-shifting comes in. Some characters in hirigana(and also katakana) are formed by taking another character and adding dakuten(voiced) or handakuten(semi-voiced) marks to them. These look like double quote and degree symbols respectively, but the main thing is it's diacritic marks, like adding an umlaut to an o changes its pronunciation. Voiced characters are typed by using the opposite side shift and the base character - So left shift and は give us ば.
The fourth character comes from the keys where shift is on a western board in the original implementation. One of those and our は key gives us ぱ, the final Japanese character here. There are far fewer of those, just the 'h' series of kana(は, ひ, ふ, へ, ほ). The semivoiced versions barely appear in native Japanese and are mostly found in loan words. The NiCOLA variant drops the handakuten keys and moves those five characters to keys where the bottom character doesn't have a voiced version, where they're accessed just like the voiced characters, with the opposite shift.
Looking at it it's actually an absolutely brilliant system of doing it rather than JIS's mess or worse typing romaji. Sort of a Japanese equivalent of using something like Colemak or Dvorak instead of the mess of Qwerty. (Shifting with the thumbs is brilliant for the language, as space isn't used very much compared to western languages so there's no reason to have a big huge button in prime real estate. Not that there is for English either. The spacebar is a revolting waste of space. :P (Hmm, center a shift and you can shift most of the keys on the board with it and one hand. I spend so much time in keyboard layout editor.)
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OMGosh did not expect the turnout we had yesterday! We didn't take a formal headcount but we had rough counts between 45 and 50 all total! :eek: :eek: :eek:
That's incredible.
Thanks everyone for coming. My apologies if I didn't get to meet or hang out with you because of how busy things were. I did my best to meet as many of y'all as I could. If you had a great time, I am delighted! Tell your friends! If you had any problems or trouble with anything or anyone at the venue, please let me know via your preferred private channel. PM, email, phone number, whatever, just make sure I know what was no good. If at some point this weekend I was part of the problem, PM HaaTa or lekashman and let one of them know.
Still blown away. Those who had time to take pictures, I can't want to see them.
Cheers,
Steven!/nuclearsandwich
Wut. Those numbers are nuts.
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Im waiting for the next one! I am hopping I can attend, really jealous I could not make it this weekend.
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I've already organized a location for the next one, will make an announcement in the next few days (no theme planned yet, suggestions?).
For logistics reasons, I'm likely going to need some sort of formalized signup form so I can keep track of people (worst case have a computer to sign up with at the door) and plan for future meetups.
We've long outgrown some of our earlier venues (like TechShop and WASD Keyboards).
I'm always interested in new locations for meetups. The current regular rotation includes:
- 724Support (samwisekoi)
- GitHub (nuclearsandwich)
- Massdrop
My goals for a meetup locations:
- Free, I don't have any money (for venues) and I don't want to accept any donations or collect admissions
- Preferably related to a community/attendee (logistics are much easier)
- Not the same place every time (organizing these meetups are quite a bit of work for the hosts)
Some of the usual perks (free food, drinks, adult beverages) are entirely up to the venue if they want to sponsor. Massdrop also has a habit of having free keyboard loot too.
Also, to be clear (if anyone cares). I run these meetups as a community member, not on behalf of my company (Input Club). Anything labelled "Kiibohd" is community/opensource oriented. Any presentations I give will be either be marked with the Kiibohd or Input Club logo depending on what it is. I might use the meetups to make product announcements or locate beta testers.
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I've already organized a location for the next one, will make an announcement in the next few days (no theme planned yet, suggestions?).
For logistics reasons, I'm likely going to need some sort of formalized signup form so I can keep track of people (worst case have a computer to sign up with at the door) and plan for future meetups.
We've long outgrown some of our earlier venues (like TechShop and WASD Keyboards).
I'm always interested in new locations for meetups. The current regular rotation includes:
- 724Support (samwisekoi)
- GitHub (nuclearsandwich)
- Massdrop
My goals for a meetup locations:
- Free, I don't have any money (for venues) and I don't want to accept any donations or collect admissions
- Preferably related to a community/attendee (logistics are much easier)
- Not the same place every time (organizing these meetups are quite a bit of work for the hosts)
Some of the usual perks (free food, drinks, adult beverages) are entirely up to the venue if they want to sponsor. Massdrop also has a habit of having free keyboard loot too.
Also, to be clear (if anyone cares). I run these meetups as a community member, not on behalf of my company (Input Club). Anything labelled "Kiibohd" is community/opensource oriented. Any presentations I give will be either be marked with the Kiibohd or Input Club logo depending on what it is. I might use the meetups to make product announcements or locate beta testers.
Ill keep my eye open for look locations on San Jose State Campus. Theres got to be a good spot here somewhere. Excited for the next one!
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I've already organized a location for the next one, will make an announcement in the next few days (no theme planned yet, suggestions?).
For logistics reasons, I'm likely going to need some sort of formalized signup form so I can keep track of people (worst case have a computer to sign up with at the door) and plan for future meetups.
We've long outgrown some of our earlier venues (like TechShop and WASD Keyboards).
I'm always interested in new locations for meetups. The current regular rotation includes:
- 724Support (samwisekoi)
- GitHub (nuclearsandwich)
- Massdrop
My goals for a meetup locations:
- Free, I don't have any money (for venues) and I don't want to accept any donations or collect admissions
- Preferably related to a community/attendee (logistics are much easier)
- Not the same place every time (organizing these meetups are quite a bit of work for the hosts)
Some of the usual perks (free food, drinks, adult beverages) are entirely up to the venue if they want to sponsor. Massdrop also has a habit of having free keyboard loot too.
Also, to be clear (if anyone cares). I run these meetups as a community member, not on behalf of my company (Input Club). Anything labelled "Kiibohd" is community/opensource oriented. Any presentations I give will be either be marked with the Kiibohd or Input Club logo depending on what it is. I might use the meetups to make product announcements or locate beta testers.
Maybe use Google Docs for signups? I was in Tahoe this past weekend, otherwise I would have attended! Alas. Next month :thumb:
Here are pics of my trip while I wait for pics of the meetup.
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Says there's 40-50 people at meetup, no pictures of keyboards.
/me has a sad
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Says there's 40-50 people at meetup, no pictures of keyboards.
/me has a sad
We were all too busy hanging out to take one I guess. :p
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There were definitely a number of big ass cameras there. No idea where or when the photos will be up. Or even to whom they belonged.
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There were definitely a number of big ass cameras there. No idea where or when the photos will be up. Or even to whom they belonged.
I took many phone shots which I will post soon. Promise :)
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Says there's 40-50 people at meetup, no pictures of keyboards.
/me has a sad
I still don't believe this actually happened without pics.
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Says there's 40-50 people at meetup, no pictures of keyboards.
/me has a sad
I still don't believe this actually happened without pics.
Your'e just going to have to move out to the bay area and hang out with all 50 of us to see it for yourself.
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Says there's 40-50 people at meetup, no pictures of keyboards.
/me has a sad
I still don't believe this actually happened without pics.
Your'e just going to have to move out to the bay area and hang out with all 50 of us to see it for yourself.
I'll apply this weekend for that tech support job nuclear sandwich linked a page or two ago. Wonder if somebody has a hole in the ground I can rent for a reasonable rate.
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Still waiting on photos... :mad:
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I'll post mine now. I didn't take many pictures w/ people in them; most of them are from before the crowd arrived.
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!??? GH! Why u rotate my pictures!? :eek:
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All fixed :thumb:
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i think i really should come next time
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i think i really should come next time
We would love to have you!
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Space Cadet and uTron in the same pic...that's probably one of the more expensive photos ever :D.
Still needs more pictures though :D.
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Now I believe.
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Space Cadet and uTron in the same pic...that's probably one of the more expensive photos ever :D.
Still needs more pictures though :D.
Yeah, most of the pictures I took were of the Space Cadet but obra already put detailed photos on flickr of it.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/obra/sets/72157635353286814/
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Aww wish I had known about this... Anyone know when the next meetup will happen?
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Aww wish I had known about this... Anyone know when the next meetup will happen?
Found it, May 30th is the tentative date. No location as of yet.
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So, I'm waiting on some details/planning for the next meetup. However, there is a date and location setup.
It'll be on Jun 13th, and likely at 724Support in Mountain View.
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:( won't be in the bay area the whole June
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so this is monthly? I have to travel to SF sometimes for work, i think next in july
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I'm gonna add some interest here.
I'll be in the bay area at least for the next few months so since I am forced to miss the Chicago one, I wanna try and make one of these.
Adding this thread to my "Notify" list ;D
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Not quite monthly, every 5 weeks or so (and depends a bit on my own schedule too).
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Sorry I forgot your name but who was I talking to about my Korean custom boards? Was it rsadek?
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Sorry I forgot your name but who was I talking to about my Korean custom boards? Was it rsadek?
Yessiree! It was me!
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Not quite monthly, every 5 weeks or so (and depends a bit on my own schedule too).
Thats fine. I'll be sure to keep an eye on this thread! :D