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Offline swimmingbird

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Hi from Sydney!
« on: Thu, 12 March 2015, 00:21:35 »
Hi everyone!

I'm Swimmingbird! I bought my first mechanical keyboard about a year ago (Ducky Shine III White Edition with MX Browns) and have been getting more and more into mechanical keyboards since then. I recently picked up a Ducky Mini (MX Reds) for cheap on auction that has stoked my interest in 60% boards and different switch types. My addiction is getting so bad I bought a Ducky Shine IV (again with browns) for work.

I've started experimenting with keycaps as well in the last few months starting with a set of white Vortex Backlit Doubleshot keycaps I got on Massdrop to just laying down more money than I care to admit on the GMK Hyperfuse set group buy. So far the Vortex ones make almost as big a difference as the mechanical switches themselves

Also been playing a bit with O-Rings - started with some red ones I picked up on eBay and some off brand (clear) ones I bought from China (through Ebay). I have just started using the clear o-rings on my work kb and am really satisfied so far!

I'm big into PC modding and have found that my modding mindset/addiction has gotten me into the wallet-burning territory of Mechanical Keyboards! I'm most interested in modding, groupbuys and exotic keycap sets, and am looking forward to learning a lot from the community.

Cheers!
Swimmingbird
« Last Edit: Thu, 12 March 2015, 00:23:37 by swimmingbird »
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Offline Cottonsox

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Re: Hi from Sydney!
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 12 March 2015, 00:23:29 »
Welcome!!


Good to have another Aussie around. I started with a Ducky myself, Shine II here.
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Re: Hi from Sydney!
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 15 March 2015, 02:09:55 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

My first modern mech was also a Ducky Shine - version 1 with MX blues and red backlighting.

Keycaps can make a huge different to a keyboard - different material, different thickness and different legends can make a keyboard seem like new.
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Offline swimmingbird

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Re: Hi from Sydney!
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 15 March 2015, 07:17:51 »
Help! Just ordered 4 sets of Hyperfuse GMK!
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Offline joneslee85

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Re: Hi from Sydney!
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 15 March 2015, 07:23:58 »
How are you doing mate? I am in Sydney too, been addicted since, not curable now.

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Offline rowdy

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Re: Hi from Sydney!
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 16 March 2015, 04:26:30 »
Quote from: swimmingbird on Sun, 15 March 2015, 07:17:51
Help! Just ordered 4 sets of Hyperfuse GMK!

4 sets?

Yikes!

One set for each of your keyboards?
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Re: Hi from Sydney!
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 18 March 2015, 19:41:08 »
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 16 March 2015, 04:26:30
Quote from: swimmingbird on Sun, 15 March 2015, 07:17:51
Help! Just ordered 4 sets of Hyperfuse GMK!

4 sets?

Yikes!

One set for each of your keyboards?

I'm probably going to use just two - possibly only one depending on how much I get used to it.

The other two are an investment I will probably sell 6 months to a year from now
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Offline Ludovician

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Re: Hi from Sydney!
« Reply #7 on: Wed, 18 March 2015, 22:39:23 »
Quote from: swimmingbird on Sun, 15 March 2015, 07:17:51
Help! Just ordered 4 sets of Hyperfuse GMK!

Nobody can help you now. You're trapped forever.
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Re: Hi from Sydney!
« Reply #8 on: Thu, 19 March 2015, 04:59:14 »
Quote from: swimmingbird on Wed, 18 March 2015, 19:41:08
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 16 March 2015, 04:26:30
Quote from: swimmingbird on Sun, 15 March 2015, 07:17:51
Help! Just ordered 4 sets of Hyperfuse GMK!

4 sets?

Yikes!

One set for each of your keyboards?

I'm probably going to use just two - possibly only one depending on how much I get used to it.

The other two are an investment I will probably sell 6 months to a year from now

I've got a box full of keycap sets.  I like the variety - I can swap and match (within certain constraints) as much as I like.
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"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

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Re: Hi from Sydney!
« Reply #9 on: Thu, 19 March 2015, 11:38:50 »
Welcome to GH! Yeah mechs can be a real wallet burner.  :-[
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