Typing out all the Harry Potter books would be crazy, right? What would be the point? Seems like a weird flex even by keyboard enthusiast standards. Yep, that's right. Typing it out once makes no sense. That's why I'm going to type out the books a few million times! For the benefit of humanity and especially of you, fellow keymap wizards.
This is a demonstration of the power of alternative/custom layouts. Given the huge extent of this topic, we can barely scratch the surface here so consider this write-up a mere teaser.
Imagine you are an aspiring writer with a brilliant idea, just about to start typing out your magnum opus, staring at a yet empty document on your screen. Cursor blinking, annoying orphan relatives locked up in the cupboard under the stairs.
Your story, about a young boy who ends up saving the world, is quite complete. You "just" have to type out heaps of your manuscripts and notes: about 6.5 million keystrokes.
Everything is prepared for the...
Figure 1: Not even all of these (mostly) KTT-made linears are the same!
After all of my years of collecting, reviewing, and obsessing over switches, I can say with certainty that linear switches are the most misunderstood of all of the switch types. No, I’m not talking about mechanically either, as all of the claims of them “just going straight up and down” are somewhat kind of true. (Not too much though, don’t get that excited.) The part that is often misunderstood, though, is usually in what is being implied when people say that these switches just go straight up and down – “All linears might as well be the same.” If the title of this article didn’t make that obvious enough to you, I find that sort of idea to be completely and utterly wrong. The people who make these implications wouldn’t say that a Cherry MX Black is the same as a Novelkeys Cream switch? They also certainly wouldn’t ever claim that every Gateron-made linear is the same as every fancy TTC one out there...
“Anne Marie? Do the interns get Glocks?” asks Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) in Wes Anderson’s classic The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. “No” she replies without pausing from looking up from sunbathing… “they all share one.”
If you’re new to director Wes Anderson and his collection of artsy, charming, and sometimes problematic but otherwise entertaining films, The Life Aquatic is a good place to start. Not because it’s his best work (The Royal Tenenbaums) or even his most approachable (The Fantastic Mr. Fox) … but because it is all of the things I described above and is a perfect example of what a Wes Anderson movie is. The actors, who make up his all-star casts are reduced (if that term can be used this way) into extensions of Anderson’s creative mind and play their parts to perfection. The plot is funny and also tragic, the music in the movie is completely unique and also instantly recognizable (Portuguese covers of David Bowie songs) and the movie blends dialogue and...
As we publish more articles in the "Mech Keys How-To" series currently ongoing, navigating the various topics and finding previous articles will only become more difficult. This thread will serve as a table of contents to help add some structure to the whole project.
Feel free to also suggest future topics in this thread, as it will surely be easier to identify gaps and opportunities for further exploration when viewing everything as a whole.
Mechanical Keyboards
Introductory Topics
Mechanical vs Membrane
Sizes and Layouts of Mechanical Keyboards
Short Intro Into Split Keyboards (dovenyi)
Staggered and Ortholinear Layouts
Low-Profile vs High-Profile Keyboard Designs
Build Materials and Other Case Design Considerations
Selecting Your First Mechanical Keyboard (The_Manic_Geek)
Keyboard Layouts
Support for Alternate Layouts (dvorcol)
What is SpaceFN and why you should give it a try (dovenyi)
Keymap Layout Analysis (Keymap wizardry: Typing out the Harry Potter saga)...
I just ordered all of the parts for my dream keyboard, (Spr67 blue and DCX Sapphire) except for the switches. I’ve built a few other keyboards before and enjoy thoccy keyboards. However, I love the little bump you get when clicking tactile switches. But I also love deep, thoccy switches. All I’m curious about is a good, thoccy tactile for a reasonable price (below $45 for 70/72). I also would prefer it either pre-lubed or just smooth in general. Any help is greatly appreciated!
When I open the DROP app with my CTRL V2, I see that Layer 0 has MO(1) mapped to the key two right of the spacebar amd Application mapped to the key three right of the spacebar. I want to put MO(1) three right of the spacebar, but I could not find MO(1) in the list of possibilities after successfully unlocking my keyboard. Any hints for me? Does MO(1) have a different name? By the way, MO(1) acts just like the FN key, meaning that I hold it down and press Q, W, etc. to change the RGB lighting.
the keycaps look great on this keyboard :D
keychron q5 max barebones white
ttc frozen silent v2
krepublic screw in stabs
holee mod with UHMW tape with
permatex dielectric grease
keycaps have...
Hey guys, I am interested to buy this barebone, looks very nice, but I have some questions. The firts is about the foam in the barebone, is necessary to buy the kit I found in accesories section? Sounds a bit strange but I think I have read that is necessary.
And the second is about stabs, the same, is it necessary to buy separatly or the barebones includes ones?
Other thing, I was looking for videos of this barebone to listen the sound experience typing with it, but I couldn't find nothing. Is it good experience?
Thanks in advanced
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