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Offline Melvang

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Interesting keyboard found in a TV Show
« on: Mon, 14 July 2014, 19:59:12 »
So I was watching Warehouse 13 the other day at the wife's request.  It gets a few minutes in and the wife says I need to check out Artie's keyboard.  I'm looking at it in couple second glimpses.  I think to myself "I know this keyboard".  I start digging online and I find that it is a Datamancer.  I told her I found the site with that exact keyboard for sale.  She said "Ohh I want".  That changed quickly when I told her the price.
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Re: Interesting keyboard found in a TV Show
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 14 July 2014, 20:05:39 »
You have a wife who understands your hobby :D
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Re: Interesting keyboard found in a TV Show
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 14 July 2014, 20:08:32 »
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 14 July 2014, 20:05:39
You have a wife who understands your hobby :D

Yes I do.  I love my wife.  Every geekhacker could only wish to have a wife as understanding as mine.
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Re: Interesting keyboard found in a TV Show
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 14 July 2014, 20:09:20 »
My SO understands my obsessions.

And I understand hers.

Our daughter is old enough to be getting her own obsessions now.

this is getting expensive :eek:
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Re: Interesting keyboard found in a TV Show
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 14 July 2014, 20:16:29 »
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 14 July 2014, 20:09:20
My SO understands my obsessions.

And I understand hers.

Our daughter is old enough to be getting her own obsessions now.

this is getting expensive :eek:

The wife said she was curious what the SO's obsessions and the daughters obsessions are/were.  Also sounds like Rowdy might want to start thinking about working some overtime.
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Re: Interesting keyboard found in a TV Show
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 14 July 2014, 20:22:35 »
If you guys want something with a similar esthetic at a lower price, check out the QuerKeys kickstarter. No brass, and a little less steampunk, but it oozes nostalgia.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/954250822/the-qwerkywriter-typewriter-inspired-mechanical-ke
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Re: Interesting keyboard found in a TV Show
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 14 July 2014, 20:25:31 »
Oops, never mind, it ended. Maybe the starter will begin producing them for sale, though.
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Re: Interesting keyboard found in a TV Show
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 14 July 2014, 21:51:29 »
I believe I heard SonicRevolution state at Keycon that he is still taking preorders for the QwerkyWriter. Maybe you can send him a PM here, if you're interested. But I don't think they are scheduled to ship for another 12 months.
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