I did realize that I could really use a nice keyboard for typing at work and thus I went down the endless rabbit hole that is mechanical keyboards.
For the uninitiated, building custom mechanical keyboards is all the rage right now, and you can customize everything from the feel of the switches to the keycaps to the cable – have I mentioned soldering LEDs yet.
You get the picture.
The result is about 8 weeks of waiting patiently for parts and tools to arrive from all four corners of China (and one thing from Vancouver). Turns out that was the easy part.
The last parts came in the mail yesterday so I sat down at the kitchen table to start in earnest.
And learned why not everyone does this.
My fingers hurt from pushing in sharp switches and stabilizers and I nearly went mad when I realized I had to pull every switch because I needed to put the stabilizers in first. It’s been a real journey.
So all that to say, hopefully, someday, I will write this blog from a nice thocky, fancy keyboard.
But not today. Today, it’s my worn-out Dell work keyboard with all the letters rubbed off.
I've looked into that before but I think I'd prefer just a small 6 or 9 button keyboard that I program some macros in or something like that. Give myself just a bit more flexibility with my buttons.
ReplyDeleteI've already been thinking about keyboard v2 with lots of knobs.
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