Maniacal Keyboards

[jvlgato]

I think what you have is catching!

If what I have is contagious, y'all are in big trouble! 

 

But I do love that my delusions become reality here! 

[Sherwood]

Your heart is all fucked up.

 

I think it has something to do with the pollution and the lifestyle. I remember when it seemed ridiculous to own headphones that played full volume out of both sides.

 

Getting a noisy-as-fuck mechanical keyboard was pretty awesome. Such a nice typing experience. I have 2 "compact" keyboards without the dedicated number pad on the right. 

 

Sherwood - what switches do you have? 

Loudest ones, MX blues. I do have little silicone rings on the key stems to help deaden the sound when I press a key hard enough that it bottoms out, but that only goes so far. I have mine in an acoustically-treated room, and my wife doesn't seem to mind. I can't bring any personal electronics to work, so I've no idea if my coworkers would mind.

  

When I look at the title of this thread, I see 'Maniacal Keyboards'.

Interesting...

[luvdunhill]

This thread needs moar DOTU

[grawk]

I have a box of ibm m3s in the basement.  I actually prefer the apple keyboards these days.

[guzziguy]

I typically use the Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard.  Yeah, I know that I'm boring.  Sigh ...

[Sherwood]

If they're clean, they might fetch you some cash, Dan.  There is some kind of prognosticative devil worship to IBM keyboard pricing, though, so who knows.

Edited May 29, 2014 by Sherwood

[grawk]

they'd only fetch me cash if I were willing to part iwth them.  I may need to beat someone to death with a keyboard one day

[Hopstretch]

I may need to beat someone to death with a keyboard one day

 

"Tell us about the great shovel shortage of 2023, Dad!"

[nikongod]

[jvlgato]

 

  

Interesting...

Did you rub your chin as you said that?

[aardvark baguette]

i like the mbp keyboard alot now

 

i still have the das keyboard somewhere

[falkon]

I have a Quickfire Stealth with browns sporting sph 4 keycaps.  They're my unicorn.  I'm a big fan of SA keycaps.  Like you, Tyler, I also have Penumbras coming.  I've also been meaning to try ergoclears but too lazy/incompetent to desolder/resolder.  But with the imminent introduction of the CM Novatouch, I probably won't even bother with MX switches much longer.

 

Not my pic but looks like this without the iso layout.

 

 

I was never a fan of ErgoDox because I couldn't get used to some of the key locations.  If I wanted to do nonstandard key configs, I'd spend the time and effort to learn Dvorak instead.

[Voltron]

All that mumbo-jumbo to describe a fucking keyboard?  It has letters and numbers and symbols and you hit them with your fucking fingers.  I don't think your quality of life is going to skyrocket if you re-solder your penumbraclears.  Jesus Christ on a bike, is there anything people won't obsess about?

 

 

This thread needs moar DOTU

 

How was that?

[grawk]

some of us spend more time each day using a keyboard than anything else...a good keyboard matters.

[Torpedo]

All that mumbo-jumbo to describe a fucking keyboard?  It has letters and numbers and symbols and you hit them with your fucking fingers.  I don't think your quality of life is going to skyrocket if you re-solder your penumbraclears.  Jesus Christ on a bike, is there anything people won't obsess about?

 

 

 

How was that?

Yup, why obsessing about keyboards, headphones, bikes, amps, photography or watches when we can obsess about sex, whisky and food. Much healthier.

[RudeWolf]

All that mumbo-jumbo to describe a pair of fucking headphones?  It plays music and you can hear it with your fucking ears.  I don't think your quality of life is going to skyrocket if you re-solder your capacitors.  Jesus Christ on a bike, is there anything people won't obsess about?

[roadtonowhere08]

Computer nerds talking about keyboards = 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOTU finding out = 

 

 

 

 

 

Their rection = 

 

 

 

 

 

Myself, I have this with Cherry Blacks:  http://www.deckkeyboards.com/product/deck-legend

 

Fucking love it.  Sorry, Al.

[nikongod]

I am intrigued by the unicomp keyboards. 

 

https://www.pckeyboard.com/

 

But really like compact layouts without the numberpad. grumbles. 

[blessingx]

This keyboard might improve my quality of life. 

 

[Torpedo]

This keyboard might improve my quality of life. 

 

Maybe if your wife ever finds out.

[Sherwood]

I have brought this pox upon your house, Al.  Forgive me.

[cutestory]

I see the title of this thread as 'monomaniacal keyboards.'

 

And I have one of these on my PC:

 

http://www.corsair.com/en-us/vengeance-k95-fully-mechanical-gaming-keyboard

 

I added 0.4mm dampeners on the switches as well, god help me.

[Sherwood]

A dude in Venice custom designed some keycaps and I bought them, and I spent 10 bucks and some of my own time to buy and install little silicone rings to change the sound of typing.  I feel terrible about myself.

[nikongod]

Does anyone know of a high quality keyboard with the number-pad on the left? 

[n_maher]

In 15+ years pounding on varoius keyboards I've never had an unpleasent keyboard that made me want to go out and spend $$ on one.  I don't know if that means that all of them have been bad or good...

 

It's also unlikely that I could actually do anything about my keyboard situation since what I plug into my computer at work is a heavily regulated situation.