Author Topic: From new member: Thanks, I think... (Read 8464 times)

porkbone · « **on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 09:19:43 »

Just wanted to say hello... I've been lurking for quite a while. I'm a long time PC geek, or at least I thought I was, until I came here. Then I realized just how far down the rabbit hole actually goes. You see, I was planning to build a new PC, buying parts and such... when I decided it was time to get a decent keyboard for once. I was planning to buy a Das Keyboard, but I was a little confused about the differences. Started searching around until I came here and my mind exploded.

The problem is, I am sort of obsessive.

Anyway last night after careful consideration, I bought a Rosewill RK-9000 from Newegg. And I bought a set of blank Filco keycaps from the Keyboard Company, and a set of red escape keys and a key puller from elitekeyboards.

A wise person once said:

Quote from: ripster;253478

Welcome to Geekhack.

We save you money in the beginning but if you hang around it WILL get expensive.

Yeah.

So like I said, thanks Geekhack. For all the information, and for making my new PC build go over budget.

keyboardlover · « **Reply #1 on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 09:25:21 »

Welcome to Geekhack! But I wouldn't necessarily call Ripster 'wise'. 'knowledgeable' is probably a better term

keyboardlover · « **Reply #2 on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 09:27:17 »

Last night I learned the word 'trash-hole' after watching a heavily-edited Pineapple Express on FX.

vld · « **Reply #3 on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 09:30:50 »

I should have made a thread like this, but i guess this is fine too...Thanks to everyone at GH <3

RoboKrikit · « **Reply #4 on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 09:31:43 »

Welcome to geekhack, porkbone!

Quote from: keyboardlover;265183

Last night I learned the word 'trash-hole' after watching a heavily-edited Pineapple Express on FX.

My favorite is motherfather Chinese dentist.

ktkr · « **Reply #5 on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 09:35:25 »

Quote from: porkbone;265179

The problem is, I am sort of obsessive.

Turn back. Now.

Welcome aboard and sorry for your wallet.

keyboardlover · « **Reply #6 on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 09:41:48 »

Quote from: vld;265189

I should have made a thread like this, but i guess this is fine too...Thanks to everyone at GH <3

YW and congrats on your first mechanical

vld · « **Reply #7 on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 09:50:50 »

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YW and congrats on your first mechanical

Thanks, hopefully its the first of many

porkbone · « **Reply #8 on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 10:09:38 »

Quote from: ktkr;265195

Turn back. Now.

I fear it is too late.

MissileMike · « **Reply #9 on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 10:31:45 »

Welcome and good choice. Cherry blues are universally liked, and the rosewill is very well-constructed. Just don't follow my example. In 6 months I have bought over 30 keyboards.

Computer-Lab in Basement · « **Reply #10 on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 10:35:24 »

Quote from: keyboardlover;265183

Last night I learned the word 'trash-hole' after watching a heavily-edited Pineapple Express on FX.

Don't you hate TV-edited movies? I too was watching Pineapple Express on FX and it just isn't the same without all the cussing...

panda-R · « **Reply #11 on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 10:41:59 »

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In honor of this occasion I present my delurking Romulan Warbird.
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is this Christmas ornament Romulan Warbird also powered by a Quantum Singularity?

porkbone · « **Reply #12 on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 10:46:52 »

Quote from: MissileMike;265227

Welcome and good choice. Cherry blues are universally liked, and the rosewill is very well-constructed. Just don't follow my example. In 6 months I have bought over 30 keyboards.

Well, I'm pretty sure I'm about to buy a second one already. I just have to stop myself from buying 28 more?

Once I got obsessed with waffle irons. Not just any waffle iron, mind you... but the vintage, 1960s General Electric A7G44 Grill and Waffle Baker. Not the similar one from the late 50s... the best one to get is the later version with teflon coating on the plates.

You might say it's the "IBM Model M of waffle irons." For a while I was getting these from eBay weekly. Finally sold most of them and kept the best two.

Hofy · « **Reply #13 on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 10:52:03 »

Welcome to GeekHack. You know you have to buy an IBM model M now, right?

Land of Beer and Cheese. Another Wisconsinite?

porkbone · « **Reply #14 on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 10:57:06 »

Yeah the waffle irons were a passing phase (but if you like waffles, holy crap you're missing out if you don't have one of those...)

Ummm...

I also have five Hondas, three of which are 4th generation Honda Civics. A 1988 CRX Si, a 1989 Civic Si Hatchback, and a 1990 Civic DX hatchback. Maybe I should sell one of the better ones and buy myself 10 new keyboards or something.

Quote from: Hofy;265239

Land of Beer and Cheese. Another Wisconsinite?

Yes, although just barely. I'm originally from Seattle, but currently reside in Hudson, WI.

kidchunks · « **Reply #15 on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 10:58:45 »

Quote from: porkbone;265179

Anyway last night after careful consideration, I bought a Rosewill RK-9000 from Newegg. And I bought a set of blank Filco keycaps from the Keyboard Company, and a set of red escape keys and a key puller from elitekeyboards.

I have my rosewill with blanks and its pretty dope. I'll take snaps when I get a chance.

o btw welcome, try not to buy 8 keyboards in 1 month.

keyboardlover · « **Reply #16 on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 11:14:10 »

Quote from: Computer-Lab in Basement

Don't you hate TV-edited movies? I too was watching Pineapple Express on FX and it just isn't the same without all the cussing...

Yea it's awful. Grandma's Boy beforehand was even worse - they took out so many scenes it didn't even make sense!

muchadoaboutnothing · « **Reply #17 on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 11:32:02 »

OP: Welcome aboard! As far as whether or not the waffle thing is weird, I don't think any of us are in an appropriate position to judge obsessions.

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Yea it's awful. Grandma's Boy beforehand was even worse - they took out so many scenes it didn't even make sense!

TV edits don't make sense. At one point during a TV edit of Anchorman, they changed Burgandy's remark of Christina Applegate's posterior to "Look at that hiney" (because, you know, butt is such a bad word).

Then, immediately, Brick goes "Hehe, he said butt" (which they didn't edit at all!)

The Comedy Central edit of Bad Santa is worth watching if only for the minute and a half of occasionally interrupted silence during the department store scene.

keyboardlover · « **Reply #18 on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 11:40:22 »

Quote from: muchadoaboutnothing

The Comedy Central edit of Bad Santa is worth watching if only for the minute and a half of occasionally interrupted silence during the department store scene.

Hahaha I saw that! They always play it so much around this time. One of the many reasons why I really don't like cable.

msiegel · « **Reply #19 on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 11:44:37 »

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Once I got obsessed with waffle irons

:lol: welcome! your budget is toast

Orphagn · « **Reply #20 on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 11:56:11 »

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:lol: welcome! your budget is toast

I c wut u did thar!

porkbone · « **Reply #21 on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 12:05:18 »

Quote from: msiegel;265279

:lol: welcome! your budget is toast

Toast??

Nope, never collected toasters.

Anyone interseted in feeding my obsession please take note:
Let the madness begin

db_Iodine · « **Reply #22 on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 13:00:47 »

Quote from: porkbone;265290

Toast??

Nope, never collected toasters.

Anyone interseted in feeding my obsession please take note:
Let the madness begin

You'll end up just like me; Bought 4 keyboards in the past 3 months, and I'm currently planning on buying at least 3 more. The three more that I've planned on buying are: A Realforce, Model M and a keyboard with MX blacks for ghetto MX red mod.

Azuremen · « **Reply #23 on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 17:01:53 »

Quote from: porkbone;265241

I also have five Hondas, three of which are 4th generation Honda Civics. A 1988 CRX Si, a 1989 Civic Si Hatchback, and a 1990 Civic DX hatchback. Maybe I should sell one of the better ones and buy myself 10 new keyboards or something.

Yay EF Hondas. Anything interesting done to any? Those old Si hatches haunt me at Auto-X, stupid PAX adjustments on H stock...

Welcome. You'll soon be justifying buying keyboards with "it was too cheap to pass up" or "I need this for work" and so on.

Voixdelion · « **Reply #24 on:** Sat, 18 December 2010, 18:03:09 »

Hello and welcome!

I think maybe the one common trait we all share is probably that bit of obsessiveness. Its probably what drives the exploration of details to the degree it does here. It's what sets apart the people you try to convert into one of two reactions, the glassy-eyed stare or the glimmer of recognition upon discussing ye olde model M.

Along with the wallet issues (I got bit by that bug pretty hard) I do feel you should also be forewarned that the people here can be a bit silly. Probably a product of obsession in general as a side effect. =)

Cheers!

vegaman · « **Reply #25 on:** Sun, 19 December 2010, 06:11:43 »

Quote from: Azuremen;265435

Welcome. You'll soon be justifying buying keyboards with "it was too cheap to pass up" or "I need this for work" and so on.

I'm currently looking for another keyboard "for work"... I don't even have the job yet.

db_Iodine · « **Reply #26 on:** Sun, 19 December 2010, 06:27:23 »

It's always good to have the equipment you need for the job before you actually start the job. Welcome to the mechanical club!

elef · « **Reply #27 on:** Sun, 19 December 2010, 12:28:23 »

I guess this is a good time for me to come out of lurkmode, too.

Thanks for making me spend entirely too much money on two keyboards in a month and a bit (Filco with browns and a model m). Now that I mention it, anyone in Europe have a 105-key Filco with blue cherries they want to get rid of?
But for real, thanks for the info and the entertainment, everybody.

nocturn4l3030 · « **Reply #28 on:** Sun, 19 December 2010, 12:31:10 »

you guys are ****ed

just like i am =(

i bought a cherry brown and both topre realforce boards because i just HAD to find out which one i want the best (losing money in the resell process of course)

Keeping one of my realforce's, gonna buy a Cherry blue and hopefully that's it!

and maybe an IBM Model M............ -.-;;

porkbone · « **Reply #29 on:** Sun, 19 December 2010, 16:07:02 »

Quote from: Azuremen;265435

Yay EF Hondas. Anything interesting done to any? Those old Si hatches haunt me at Auto-X, stupid PAX adjustments on H stock...

Yes, in fact one of them (the 1989 Si) took 3rd and 17th place at SCCA Solo Nationals this year (Street Touring). Unfortunately I was the guy in 17th, the co-owner of the car took 3rd. Here's a photo of me driving the car at Nationals this year:

The 1988 CRX is probably going to be our next Autocross build, and the 1990 is my daily driver with about 320,000 miles on it.

Voixdelion · « **Reply #30 on:** Mon, 20 December 2010, 23:01:41 »

I <3 my Honda!

Azuremen · « **Reply #31 on:** Tue, 21 December 2010, 08:16:06 »

It is nice to see another Auto-X'er around, though I've not gone for ages. I drive an MR2 Spyder at the moment, but sometimes auto-x an E36 M3. Also dabbled with Honda for a bit with a B20 Vtec '93 Hatch, and had a 20Valve 4A '87 MR2 for a few years.

Pretty out of the loop though; what tires are the current favs for Street Tire classes this next year? I've got some fairly beat Kumho XS I kind of want to use at the start of the season....

Ekaros · « **Reply #32 on:** Tue, 21 December 2010, 08:18:47 »

So in which category falls the need to just collect all the colors?

I'm happy that I don't have to consider ALPs or IBM Space Savers... Just MXs now...

MissileMike · « **Reply #33 on:** Tue, 21 December 2010, 11:04:06 »

I think owning 1 Model M should be a requirement to post on Geekhack

They're not expensive at all, and are the standard by which other keyboards are compared.

keyboardlover · « **Reply #34 on:** Tue, 21 December 2010, 11:05:21 »

I previously owned a customizer...does that count?

MissileMike · « **Reply #35 on:** Tue, 21 December 2010, 11:16:26 »

Quote from: keyboardlover;266742

I previously owned a customizer...does that count?

Absolutely!

chrs · « **Reply #36 on:** Thu, 30 December 2010, 10:39:09 »

Quote from: Azuremen;265435

Yay EF Hondas.

Me too. I had a 1989 CRX that I finally replaced with a 2001 Insight. I had trouble parting with the CRX, so it sat in my driveway rusting until a tree fell on it and broke the windshield. I did eventually find someone who wanted it, but given the shape it was in by the time he took it, I kind of doubt it's being used anymore.

+1 for obsession. If it weren't for obsessive engineers, we wouldn't have any high-quality products.

jaynoon · « **Reply #37 on:** Thu, 30 December 2010, 15:23:25 »

If I have any advice, it's don't be afraid to sell stuff (to fellow GHers in the classifieds, or on eBay).

Collecting is cool, and I certainly have far more keyboards than I can use at once, but it's also not a bad thing to live with a board for a while, get to know it's quirks, and then pass it on to the next guy.

There are so many different switch types, layouts, keycap qualities, that you can end up buried in boards if you're the curious/investigative type, and aren't as excited about selling the old ones as you are about trying the new ones (and no one is).

Enjoy!

Ascaii · « **Reply #38 on:** Fri, 31 December 2010, 02:43:28 »

Time to jump on the wagon myself and delurk.
Thanks to your guys' knowledge I was able to spot a great grab yesterday and ended up with 9 new/old mech boards for cheap. I'll be posting a thread about it, there's more where I got these and I wouldn't mind sharing.

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