« previous next »
Pages:  [1]     Go Down

Author Topic: What is this warm fuzzy feeling...  (Read 1735 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Karura

  • Professional Canadian
  • * Destiny Supporter
  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 1574
  • Location: Canada
  • SKidata life.
What is this warm fuzzy feeling...
« on: Wed, 13 August 2014, 23:31:21 »
Seeing those candy-coloured keycaps, hearing the soft clonk of a MX Red switch with PBTs, will I be okay?

Thought I'd make an introduction post. I've been here since 2011, bought a Filco Linear R TKL, PBT keycaps, and felt pretty good about it.

Fast forward to today, I'm back in the hobby, and I can't understand this new-found sensation of browsing all these colourful keycaps and keyboards.

What is this feeling?
Logged

"Remember boys, raccoon cold... don't worry, raccoon will find cave." -Sent

Offline Hundrakia

  • Posts: 172
  • Location: Northwest Territories, Canada
Re: What is this warm fuzzy feeling...
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 14 August 2014, 00:01:31 »
It is likely a rash. It should start to sting in a few moments.
Logged

Offline SSIPAK

  • * Maker
  • Posts: 449
  • ★ Bootlegcaps ★
Re: What is this warm fuzzy feeling...
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 14 August 2014, 00:02:11 »
feeling of your money slipping away from your wallet  :p
Logged

Offline rowdy

  • HHKB Hapster
  • * Erudite Elder
  • Posts: 21175
  • Location: melbourne.vic.au
  • Missed another sale.
Re: What is this warm fuzzy feeling...
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 14 August 2014, 06:02:19 »
Welcome (back?) to Geekhack!

The feeling is called poverty.  It affects everyone who is enthusiastic about keyboards.
Logged
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

NEC APC-H4100E | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED red | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED green | Link 900243-08 | CM QFR MX black | KeyCool 87 white MX reds | HHKB 2 Pro | Model M 02-Mar-1993 | Model M 29-Nov-1995 | CM Trigger (broken) | CM QFS MX green | Ducky DK9087 Shine 3 TKL Yellow Edition MX black | Lexmark SSK 21-Apr-1994 | IBM SSK 13-Oct-1987 | CODE TKL MX clear | Model M 122 01-Jun-1988

Ị̸͚̯̲́ͤ̃͑̇̑ͯ̊̂͟ͅs̞͚̩͉̝̪̲͗͊ͪ̽̚̚ ̭̦͖͕̑́͌ͬͩ͟t̷̻͔̙̑͟h̹̠̼͋ͤ͋i̤̜̣̦̱̫͈͔̞ͭ͑ͥ̌̔s̬͔͎̍̈ͥͫ̐̾ͣ̔̇͘ͅ ̩̘̼͆̐̕e̞̰͓̲̺̎͐̏ͬ̓̅̾͠͝ͅv̶̰͕̱̞̥̍ͣ̄̕e͕͙͖̬̜͓͎̤̊ͭ͐͝ṇ̰͎̱̤̟̭ͫ͌̌͢͠ͅ ̳̥̦ͮ̐ͤ̎̊ͣ͡͡n̤̜̙̺̪̒͜e̶̻̦̿ͮ̂̀c̝̘̝͖̠̖͐ͨͪ̈̐͌ͩ̀e̷̥͇̋ͦs̢̡̤ͤͤͯ͜s͈̠̉̑͘a̱͕̗͖̳̥̺ͬͦͧ͆̌̑͡r̶̟̖̈͘ỷ̮̦̩͙͔ͫ̾ͬ̔ͬͮ̌?̵̘͇͔͙ͥͪ͞ͅ

Offline Karura

  • Professional Canadian
  • * Destiny Supporter
  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 1574
  • Location: Canada
  • SKidata life.
Re: What is this warm fuzzy feeling...
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 14 August 2014, 06:18:45 »
Man, you guys are way too cynical haha!

Or maybe I haven't been here long enough to understand.

I was thinking more of a feeling of nostalgia, you know, your first time in the candy store as a child. Similarly, seeing old Model Ms remind me of my childhood where my elementary school classrooms had two of them, and kids would take turns during recess and lunch to play Point and Click adventure games (:

Edit: changed a word.
« Last Edit: Thu, 14 August 2014, 06:23:24 by Karura »
Logged

"Remember boys, raccoon cold... don't worry, raccoon will find cave." -Sent

Offline rowdy

  • HHKB Hapster
  • * Erudite Elder
  • Posts: 21175
  • Location: melbourne.vic.au
  • Missed another sale.
Re: What is this warm fuzzy feeling...
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 14 August 2014, 06:34:47 »
You've been here longer than most GHers, even if you haven't been active all that time :))
Logged
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

NEC APC-H4100E | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED red | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED green | Link 900243-08 | CM QFR MX black | KeyCool 87 white MX reds | HHKB 2 Pro | Model M 02-Mar-1993 | Model M 29-Nov-1995 | CM Trigger (broken) | CM QFS MX green | Ducky DK9087 Shine 3 TKL Yellow Edition MX black | Lexmark SSK 21-Apr-1994 | IBM SSK 13-Oct-1987 | CODE TKL MX clear | Model M 122 01-Jun-1988

Ị̸͚̯̲́ͤ̃͑̇̑ͯ̊̂͟ͅs̞͚̩͉̝̪̲͗͊ͪ̽̚̚ ̭̦͖͕̑́͌ͬͩ͟t̷̻͔̙̑͟h̹̠̼͋ͤ͋i̤̜̣̦̱̫͈͔̞ͭ͑ͥ̌̔s̬͔͎̍̈ͥͫ̐̾ͣ̔̇͘ͅ ̩̘̼͆̐̕e̞̰͓̲̺̎͐̏ͬ̓̅̾͠͝ͅv̶̰͕̱̞̥̍ͣ̄̕e͕͙͖̬̜͓͎̤̊ͭ͐͝ṇ̰͎̱̤̟̭ͫ͌̌͢͠ͅ ̳̥̦ͮ̐ͤ̎̊ͣ͡͡n̤̜̙̺̪̒͜e̶̻̦̿ͮ̂̀c̝̘̝͖̠̖͐ͨͪ̈̐͌ͩ̀e̷̥͇̋ͦs̢̡̤ͤͤͯ͜s͈̠̉̑͘a̱͕̗͖̳̥̺ͬͦͧ͆̌̑͡r̶̟̖̈͘ỷ̮̦̩͙͔ͫ̾ͬ̔ͬͮ̌?̵̘͇͔͙ͥͪ͞ͅ

Offline Karura

  • Professional Canadian
  • * Destiny Supporter
  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 1574
  • Location: Canada
  • SKidata life.
Re: What is this warm fuzzy feeling...
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 14 August 2014, 08:01:02 »
Quote from: rowdy on Thu, 14 August 2014, 06:34:47
You've been here longer than most GHers, even if you haven't been active all that time :))

True enough! I'm kinda like a NIB Model M :)

On a more serious note, I never expected mechanical keyboards to explode like it did. I still remember browsing EK for keyboards when they had the Clack Factory Candy Corn for sale at an absolutely expensive price of $20 or something.
I thought they were really nice, but being the starving student I was, I thought I could always buy them a few years later, haha, we know how that turned out.

Still hoping to get one of the solid-color red skulls someday. Do they ever get remade? Not sure if the best way is to camp the sales thread or ask around.
Logged

"Remember boys, raccoon cold... don't worry, raccoon will find cave." -Sent

Offline rowdy

  • HHKB Hapster
  • * Erudite Elder
  • Posts: 21175
  • Location: melbourne.vic.au
  • Missed another sale.
Re: What is this warm fuzzy feeling...
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 14 August 2014, 17:39:03 »
Quote from: Karura on Thu, 14 August 2014, 08:01:02
True enough! I'm kinda like a NIB Model M :)

On a more serious note, I never expected mechanical keyboards to explode like it did. I still remember browsing EK for keyboards when they had the Clack Factory Candy Corn for sale at an absolutely expensive price of $20 or something.
I thought they were really nice, but being the starving student I was, I thought I could always buy them a few years later, haha, we know how that turned out.

Still hoping to get one of the solid-color red skulls someday. Do they ever get remade? Not sure if the best way is to camp the sales thread or ask around.

Yep - CC has made a few different red Skulls, including Slushy Red and Forgotten Red (which is a nice dark colour).

Camp CC's subforum.  Check EK site regularly (in case he does another sale there, been a while since the last one though, which was more of a drawing than a sale).
Logged
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

NEC APC-H4100E | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED red | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED green | Link 900243-08 | CM QFR MX black | KeyCool 87 white MX reds | HHKB 2 Pro | Model M 02-Mar-1993 | Model M 29-Nov-1995 | CM Trigger (broken) | CM QFS MX green | Ducky DK9087 Shine 3 TKL Yellow Edition MX black | Lexmark SSK 21-Apr-1994 | IBM SSK 13-Oct-1987 | CODE TKL MX clear | Model M 122 01-Jun-1988

Ị̸͚̯̲́ͤ̃͑̇̑ͯ̊̂͟ͅs̞͚̩͉̝̪̲͗͊ͪ̽̚̚ ̭̦͖͕̑́͌ͬͩ͟t̷̻͔̙̑͟h̹̠̼͋ͤ͋i̤̜̣̦̱̫͈͔̞ͭ͑ͥ̌̔s̬͔͎̍̈ͥͫ̐̾ͣ̔̇͘ͅ ̩̘̼͆̐̕e̞̰͓̲̺̎͐̏ͬ̓̅̾͠͝ͅv̶̰͕̱̞̥̍ͣ̄̕e͕͙͖̬̜͓͎̤̊ͭ͐͝ṇ̰͎̱̤̟̭ͫ͌̌͢͠ͅ ̳̥̦ͮ̐ͤ̎̊ͣ͡͡n̤̜̙̺̪̒͜e̶̻̦̿ͮ̂̀c̝̘̝͖̠̖͐ͨͪ̈̐͌ͩ̀e̷̥͇̋ͦs̢̡̤ͤͤͯ͜s͈̠̉̑͘a̱͕̗͖̳̥̺ͬͦͧ͆̌̑͡r̶̟̖̈͘ỷ̮̦̩͙͔ͫ̾ͬ̔ͬͮ̌?̵̘͇͔͙ͥͪ͞ͅ

Offline Manchias

  • Posts: 55
Re: What is this warm fuzzy feeling...
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 22 August 2014, 23:01:41 »
Quote from: SSIPAK on Thu, 14 August 2014, 00:02:11
feeling of your money slipping away from your wallet  :p
Totally AGREE.
A thousand like for your reply
Logged
Pages:  [1]     Go Up
« previous next »