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Offline meowizzle

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Greetings
« on: Sun, 19 June 2016, 23:57:20 »
Hello,

I am glad to be here. First off this is my first time posting in a forum. Ever. While I have used forums before however I have never become an "active member" until now. This community is very fascinating and great. It has passion and style.

Now, why would I decided to actually become an "active member" now? Well because I have an addiction. I am addicted to keyboards and keyboard accessories.

This all started when a friend of mine showed me the ways of a poker 60% keyboard. It made me laugh at first. Not only how much money was spent on things as silly as keyboard but then also eventually small pieces of plastic.

I know have a pok3r 3 and a divge2. I am now in too deep. I need more. I have moved on to small pieces of plastic. I now want to start making artisans and hope this is my first gigantic leap toward having an amazing creation all of my own.

Ready set go!

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Re: Greetings
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 20 June 2016, 06:05:06 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

It can be a very addictive hobby - there are so many nice things you can get, or even make if you have the skill.

If you are thinking of making your own keycaps, the :~$ynth might pique your interest.  Available from Techkeys.us (when they get back in stock): http://techkeys.us/collections/accessories/products/synth

And before your addiction goes too far, have a quick skim through this post ;)
"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

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Re: Greetings
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 20 June 2016, 06:14:43 »
Welcome. Sure, one could buy a crate of rubber dome keyboards and be set for years but why spend all that money on shipping when you could buy artisans? Right? ^-^
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Re: Greetings
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 20 June 2016, 23:11:15 »
Rowdy - Thanks for the reply. Trust me I have been looking at the :~$ynth and if I would have had the "Mrs." approval then I would have gotten one. As it happens I did not get approval to start until they were sold out :'( -- Also thanks for the addiction post, I have already been following some of the advice that was given "If you can't control your spending, get married."

csmertx -- Wait you can get a create of rubber domes? haha just kidding. I used to be a desktop field tech for a large healthcare company and they had many pallets of cheap dell keyboards. I bet there was 3000 easily on a single pallet and they had a few stacked taller than I am. I now see that they were even more useless.

thanks for the kind greetings.
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Re: Greetings
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 20 June 2016, 23:15:02 »
geekhack is basically a forum for addicts

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Re: Greetings
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 20 June 2016, 23:20:09 »

Rowdy - Thanks for the reply. Trust me I have been looking at the :~$ynth and if I would have had the "Mrs." approval then I would have gotten one. As it happens I did not get approval to start until they were sold out :'( -- Also thanks for the addiction post, I have already been following some of the advice that was given "If you can't control your spending, get married."

csmertx -- Wait you can get a create of rubber domes? haha just kidding. I used to be a desktop field tech for a large healthcare company and they had many pallets of cheap dell keyboards. I bet there was 3000 easily on a single pallet and they had a few stacked taller than I am. I now see that they were even more useless.

thanks for the kind greetings.

I heard someone on here once had 3 cubic meters of mech keyboards

geekhack is basically a forum for addicts

aren't all forums? I was on sufu for a bit and another streetwear forum when I was really into clothes. Now I'm on a forum for keyboards  ;)

« Last Edit: Mon, 20 June 2016, 23:22:15 by Reigning Hell »

Offline xtrafrood

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Re: Greetings
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 21 June 2016, 02:19:47 »

Rowdy - Thanks for the reply. Trust me I have been looking at the :~$ynth and if I would have had the "Mrs." approval then I would have gotten one. As it happens I did not get approval to start until they were sold out :'( -- Also thanks for the addiction post, I have already been following some of the advice that was given "If you can't control your spending, get married."

csmertx -- Wait you can get a create of rubber domes? haha just kidding. I used to be a desktop field tech for a large healthcare company and they had many pallets of cheap dell keyboards. I bet there was 3000 easily on a single pallet and they had a few stacked taller than I am. I now see that they were even more useless.

thanks for the kind greetings.

I heard someone on here once had 3 cubic meters of mech keyboards

geekhack is basically a forum for addicts

aren't all forums? I was on sufu for a bit and another streetwear forum when I was really into clothes. Now I'm on a forum for keyboards  ;)

Yea seriously, a crate of keyboards to maybe find a couple decent boards. From what I've read most people that buy a crate only buy the one because the success rate is pretty low. I would entertain the idea until I imagine a truck dropping the crate and the work it would take to move it all in the house before it rains :-[
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Re: Greetings
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 21 June 2016, 05:32:43 »
Rowdy - Thanks for the reply. Trust me I have been looking at the :~$ynth and if I would have had the "Mrs." approval then I would have gotten one. As it happens I did not get approval to start until they were sold out :'( -- Also thanks for the addiction post, I have already been following some of the advice that was given "If you can't control your spending, get married."

One trick is to offer to buy your financial controller something of similar value.  It can get expensive, but at least you both get a little toy to play with.

Also be tolerant, and even show an interest, in something your other half collects.  It goes a long way towards tolerance of your obsession ;)
"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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