deskthority

002 wrote:Jesus that MX switch really gives a sense of scale to these bohemoths..

Only if you know how big an MX switch is. Since I’ve never seen one in the plastic, I’m still in the dark.

Geekhack has it's strengths (numbers), and DT has it's strengths too (everything else, lol). Everyone raved about the wiki on Geekhack in the past but in my opinion it was way too messy and difficult to find information there. Maybe this will be changed now that they are using decent software and I...

I like how he somehow tries to get credit for deskthority by naming it a "spin-off". It is a bit disgraceful to see such a claim from a not so inspiring site admin who has managed to erase all attachments multiple times (this was not the first time) and then says he likes the "fresh start". GH happ...

Djuzuh wrote:what stops us from creating this keyboardwiki?

Absolutely nothing. keyboardwiki.com, .net, and .org are all available to be registered.

Djuzuh wrote:Or, as I said, the new matias ALPS.

But they're not out yet, so we'll have to wait to see !

Any more news on them? I haven’t heard anything else since the R00tworm episode took down Geekhack, and I’m very interested in finding out more.

“I won’t tolerate slander of DT,” quoth iMav, “ even though they’re all dicks over there ”. He badly fumbles his attempt at claiming the moral high-ground. Whilst moving to a new, hopefully easier-to-organise, wiki platform is a good idea, the fact that they’ve lost everything that was there before ...

Photos like that make me glad my keyboards have detachable cables.

Anyone try to put sugru on keycap, to have more grip? I can’t see any reason why that wouldn't work, but you’d end up with a rubbery-feeling keycap unless you put on a *very* thin layer. An experiment — and accompanying write-up with photos — is called for. On ebay for the last 2 years there have b...

Preventing editing out of prices post-sale has the benefit that it creates a permanent record of previous sale prices for others to refer to later. Whether this actually has value to the members of this board, I couldn’t say, but the idea appeals to me. Regarding ratings, I’m not particularly oppose...

I like idea of using a strikethrough to indicate a ‘closed’ thread — it would make it more obvious that the item/s have sold. One idea I had was locking older, completed sale threads so they can’t be edited afterwards. That way valuable information like pricing is preserved for future reference and ...

Nice find. When was it made? My understanding is that HP stopped routinely making truly great hardware in the late ’80s, with some exceptions (HP 48GX, for example). Their Made in USA Voyager calculators (HP-1xC series, early ’80s) are absolutely fantastic; I have two and would recommend them to any...

gimpster wrote:

koralatov wrote:I avoid American t-shirts because the body is too long compared to the width.

Well when you're 6'2" (1.9m) tall, you need something that's undersquare.

I’m 6'1"!

I don't buy European t-shirts any more because the shirt is too short and the fit is too wide. I use only American Large. I avoid American t-shirts because the body is too long compared to the width. A lot of them resemble short dresses. I prefer a classic ‘English’ cut — sits on the hip, and sligh...

longweight wrote:In so hard.

I read “in” as “I’m”, and had to re-read your post to make sure it didn’t say what I thought it said…

Yes. The legends on the keycaps will obviously be wrong, but the keyboard will work just fine set to QWERTY.

The AEK(I) in question isn’t painted, so it shouldn’t have a problem with paint being removed by the shelf-liner, but I’d be a bit concerned about whatever it is that caused the paint loss attacking the desk itself. I hadn’t realised that the HHKB was painted either, so that’s something new I learned.

Mine is basically glued to the spot. The only time I ever move it is the rare occasion when a pencil or whatever falls behind it and rolls underneath.

It’s maybe not too complicated to fix, but it is pretty poor that the keyboard has failed — in any way at all — at 14 months old. I have several heavily used keyboards that are way more than 14 *years* old that still work perfectly. Even the Compaq rubber dome I used to use at work was five+ years o...

Thanks for the information, guys.

It’s even worse than I thought. I just checked the wiki and it’s still there, and not one attachment disappeared during this so-called “maintenance”.

If we can’t rely on you to arbitrarily lose or remove parts of this site during maintenance, what’s the point?

Since I’m stockpiling spare parts in an attempt to keep my main keyboard in working order indefinitely, it occurred to me that the one thing I *hadn’t* considered was the lifespan of the capacitors used. I know that the IBM Model M2 can appear to ‘die’ because the capacitors used in it dry out, but ...

I’m appalled by the competent and professional manner in which this board is run. Shame on you, webwit, for informing users of downtime an communicating in an effective manner. Worst of all, no posts were lost and we weren’t treated to a roll-back of several days or more. You disgust me.

I was assuming "your" as in "ripster's". Referring to ripster's post above. But nevertheless, if there's no GH wiki with the content there was before the hack, there's a significant lack of precious info. The wiki over there was dreadfully disorganised, but it did have a lot of good stuff in it. It...

codehead wrote:

mkawa wrote:we will not be migrating your wikis to the new platform

W.T.F. ??! Well, that makes GH just another forum then. Won't be seeing me in there... Not that it would make any difference though

“Your” being happy rainbows, or “your” being *everyone*?

fossala wrote:I looked into getting some for my HHKB, they are very expensive to import to the UK.

F— me. Shipping for one small pack of eGrips was $37(!). I’ll email them later on and see if they can do it more reasonably. It shouldn’t cost more than $5 to post it to the UK.

Where’s “You Know Where”?

So far so good: I’ve been using it for over a week now without any problems.

webwit wrote:You are painfully mistaking me with a bitch, and deskthority with a game.

This is probably the best phrase I’ve ever seen used on Deskthority.

Maybe, but by now I guess he would just ignore it as well! Several people here are waiting for stuff from him. We should do something together. Do weights, take martial arts training, then fly over together and pay him a visit? :evilgeek: But seriously, you’re right: he may refuse to even accept de...

I wonder if 3D scans will cause troubles with copyrights etc. I can’t see how it would, as long as you don’t claim copyright over the design itself. You can claim copyright on the *drawing* you made of the design, but not the design itself. Being as the project would be non-commercial in nature tha...