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Offline cfishy

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« on: Thu, 19 May 2011, 06:24:47 »
Hey everybody,

I have a booth at the Bay Area maker faire to show Frankenstein, my DIY made from scratch keyboard. I'll also bring a lot of other keyboards that everybody can come try out. I plan to bring Goldtouch, RealForce, Kinesis Advantage, Filco Blue, IBM type M, MCK-142 (ALPS switches), Scorpius M10 (Cherry Blue).

If you want to try typing on these keyboards, come to my booth at the Maker Faire! And we can yak about keyboards, making and hacking keyboards, etc. I'm not selling anything, so this is purely a DIY keyboard hackers project display.

Hope to see some of you guys there!
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Offline Ascaii

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« Reply #1 on: Thu, 19 May 2011, 09:41:36 »
Since I cant make the 5000 mile trip, I demand PICS, lots of them. So anyone that goes...bring a camera and share.
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Offline jpz

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« Reply #2 on: Thu, 19 May 2011, 09:53:29 »
Yea its too bad that it is 3,000 miles from me but i would really like to see some pictures of your creations.
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« Reply #3 on: Thu, 19 May 2011, 12:42:03 »
Sounds like a plan. I can't complain about a 20 mile drive. Is Maker Faire this weekend?
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Offline reaper

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« Reply #4 on: Thu, 19 May 2011, 12:45:37 »
Take a bunch of pictures for the rest of us that can't make it.  Why can't we have this in LA.
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Offline cfishy

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« Reply #5 on: Thu, 19 May 2011, 13:04:37 »
Yup. Bay Area maker faire is this weekend. http://makerfaire.com/bayarea/2011/
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Offline Slarg

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« Reply #6 on: Thu, 19 May 2011, 13:32:11 »
Nooooo!
One month later and I would have actually been able to go there !
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Offline cfishy

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« Reply #7 on: Thu, 19 May 2011, 15:00:11 »
Ah, very sorry I mentioned this late. I was busy and procrastinating a bit. Still trying to fix things, though! I'm very nervous and excited as this is my very first maker faire! I'm sure there will be more to come, and I will try to mention it sooner next time!
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Offline cfishy

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« Reply #8 on: Thu, 19 May 2011, 15:22:38 »
Ricercar: Oh I'll be so happy if you visit! Not many people are interested in makers, I suppose. My booth is at Expo Hall  104. here's a link to the description: http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/5238
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Offline Ascaii

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« Reply #9 on: Thu, 19 May 2011, 15:29:43 »
remember to also check this stand and ask him if you can have the Model F and Model M boards^^
http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/4895
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Offline hemflit

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« Reply #10 on: Fri, 20 May 2011, 14:28:40 »
Yarrgh. I'm actually at the far end of California this weekend and visiting the Bay Area just a couple of days after the fair. This is depressing. There's plenty of stuff I'd love to see there.

Have fun, post pictures!
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Offline Mr. Perfect

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« Reply #11 on: Fri, 20 May 2011, 18:30:10 »
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Ricercar: Oh I'll be so happy if you visit! Not many people are interested in makers, I suppose.

I wouldn't say it's disinterest, just location. We've got keyboard people from around the world here at GH, but only people in driving distance to the faire can go. :car: Wow, finally found a use for that smiley.

Actually, the mod section here would be a good place to share worklogs and such.
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Offline nocturn4l3030

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« Reply #12 on: Fri, 20 May 2011, 19:00:00 »
can you post a picture of what your frankenstein keyboard looks like and some details?  got me curious -.-
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Offline mikebo

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« Reply #13 on: Sun, 22 May 2011, 18:16:47 »
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Offline reaper

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« Reply #14 on: Sun, 22 May 2011, 18:19:46 »
Carol Chen? =D
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« Reply #15 on: Sun, 22 May 2011, 21:28:23 »
You spelled jealous wrong - not h-a-t-e.  :)
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Offline sordna

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« Reply #16 on: Mon, 23 May 2011, 00:06:43 »
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Ricercar: Oh I'll be so happy if you visit! Not many people are interested in makers, I suppose. My booth is at Expo Hall  104. here's a link to the description: http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/5238

 
Um, that page shows http://KLIQKEYBOARDS.COM as your website, but it lands me in some junk page full of ads. Do you have a working website?
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« Reply #17 on: Mon, 23 May 2011, 00:18:23 »
Oh man, a little more notice would have been great. I would have loved to have gone met you and checked out the gear. :(  DANG!  I know of the Maker Faire, but thought it might be next weekend.

I was in Big Sur instead :)
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Offline cfishy

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« Reply #18 on: Mon, 23 May 2011, 01:02:39 »
Hi Sordna,

I didn't do anything with that domain, cuz I didn't think anyone would be interested. I used Frankenstein at work full time for 9 months, and most people looked at it and go, "why?"

Just got back from the Maker Faire, I am totally spent. It was awesome talking keyboard 10 hours on Sat, 8 hours on Sunday nonstop! I thought I'd just meet a few people who know keyboards, and it turned out there are way more at the Maker Faire. It's like meeting soul mates by the dozen!
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Offline cfishy

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« Reply #19 on: Mon, 23 May 2011, 01:09:56 »
By the way, I did post Frankenstein in the mod section here when I made it in Oct 2009:   http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:7422
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Offline Ascaii

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« Reply #20 on: Mon, 23 May 2011, 06:23:46 »
Quote from: cfishy;350139
By the way, I did post Frankenstein in the mod section here when I made it in Oct 2009:   http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:7422

did you get around to making any pictures of your stand ?
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« Reply #21 on: Mon, 23 May 2011, 06:58:54 »
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Offline DesktopJinx

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« Reply #22 on: Mon, 23 May 2011, 20:16:07 »
It was cool to see Frankenstein in person.
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« Reply #23 on: Tue, 24 May 2011, 14:01:44 »
Dammit, Maker Faire tickets cost money. And they hate it when you make your own tickets.
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