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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: manofinterests on Tue, 01 December 2015, 12:27:29

Title: Northern California Mechanical Keyboard Meetup!
Post by: manofinterests on Tue, 01 December 2015, 12:27:29: Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing well and will have a fun holiday season. I would like to announce that I am organizing a Northern California Mechanical Keyboard Meetup and you are all invited! Here are all of the relevant details:

Where: WASD Keyboards
4121 Clipper Ct
Fremont, CA 94538
When: January 9th 2016 (1/9/16) Time: TBA (expect 11am-4 or 5pm)
Who: Everyone in NorCal with an interests in Mechanical Keyboards!
Why: Why not? Let’s have fun :)
How: Walk! Bike! Skip! Fly! Teleport! or you know… Drive?
What: Mechanical Keyboards, camaraderie, and a giveaway!

Thank you to WASD Keyboards for sponsoring the event by providing the venue. They have a wonderful space that they have offered to be used by the community for this meetup. They will also be providing a few large tables for people to use to display their keyboards on.

Just a city over is MAX Keyboards who will also be attending the meetup. They have let me know they will be providing prizes for a raffle that we will be doing! We will be raffling out 10 Falcon - 8 Programmable Keypads!

Video Here:

Just like at the most recent Southern California meetup, there will be a soldering/desoldering demonstration done by yours truly. I’m not the best, but I definitely feel proficient enough to solder and desolder a keyboard on my own. I will be bringing my own equipment and I have a PCB for individuals to practice soldering and desoldering. If anyone would like to assist me with this demonstration, they are more than welcome. I will also be going over spring swapping and switch lubing for anyone interested.

I invite anyone in the area with an interest in keyboards to attend if time permits them to. There will be plenty of clicking and clacking, and I’m sure some of you will want to show off collections. I hope to see y’all there :)

I will update this post as more information on the meetup is organized.
Title: Re: Northern California Mechanical Keyboard Meetup!
Post by: Jema on Tue, 01 December 2015, 13:41:54: Helluh norcal 4 dayzz
Title: Re: Northern California Mechanical Keyboard Meetup!
Post by: Floody on Tue, 01 December 2015, 14:16:48: The So-Cal event went off without a hitch. Bummed I couldn't see the spring swapping and switch lubing but there is always next time.
If you live up North I suggest you try and make it, Manofinterests was a great host.
Title: Re: Northern California Mechanical Keyboard Meetup!
Post by: polentA on Tue, 01 December 2015, 15:03:30: This is gonna be awesome. Hopefully someone will bring a Topre board I can try.
Title: Re: Northern California Mechanical Keyboard Meetup!
Post by: manofinterests on Tue, 01 December 2015, 15:21:14: I will be bringing several Topre keyboards :)
Title: Re: Northern California Mechanical Keyboard Meetup!
Post by: Jema on Tue, 01 December 2015, 17:25:09: Will there be food, specifically, will Chipotle be catering?
Title: Re: Northern California Mechanical Keyboard Meetup!
Post by: manofinterests on Tue, 01 December 2015, 17:30:10: Haha I'm still working out the details with food. I don't think Chipotle's expensive catering is in the budget, but it never hurts to ask :))
Title: Re: Northern California Mechanical Keyboard Meetup!
Post by: SixtyLife on Tue, 01 December 2015, 18:14:29: This is pretty awesome, thanks for organizing. Gonna try to make it!
Title: Re: Northern California Mechanical Keyboard Meetup!
Post by: HaaTa on Thu, 17 December 2015, 15:13:46: I'd love to attend this, but unfortunately...I'm flying back from CES on the 10th :'(
Title: Re: Northern California Mechanical Keyboard Meetup!
Post by: eksuen on Thu, 17 December 2015, 15:55:29: Bleh. Would like to go, but I am busy that weekend.
Title: Re: Northern California Mechanical Keyboard Meetup!
Post by: clacktalk on Thu, 17 December 2015, 16:00:22: slickmamba and i are going to GP Oakland that day to play magic : ' [
Title: Re: Northern California Mechanical Keyboard Meetup!
Post by: Jema on Thu, 17 December 2015, 16:02:45: Quote from: clacktalk on Thu, 17 December 2015, 16:00:22
slickmamba and i are going to GP Oakland that day to play magic : ' [

You made the wrong choice
Title: Re: Northern California Mechanical Keyboard Meetup!
Post by: Nai_Calus on Sun, 20 December 2015, 14:20:06: Quote from: HaaTa on Thu, 17 December 2015, 15:13:46
I'd love to attend this, but unfortunately...I'm flying back from CES on the 10th :'(

You'll just have to get on organizing the next meetup. :p
Title: Re: Northern California Mechanical Keyboard Meetup!
Post by: Jema on Thu, 31 December 2015, 17:16:08: so what's the deal with this?