Secret Santa 2013 Photo Thread

webwit · 28 Dec 2013, 15:37

Didn't get mine before xmas.

Either stuck in customs or shipped way past the deadline.
Maybe when I return from my Secret Holiday.

Aleksander · 28 Dec 2013, 17:13

I think I got a slow santa, still have not seen anything in my mailbox.. :/

HzFaq · 28 Dec 2013, 18:14

Same, nothing here yet

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Kurk · 30 Dec 2013, 17:33

My Secret Santa was well on time so here is a - long overdue - picture. A beautiful set of dye-subbed Cherry MX-compatible caps from a Gabriele typewriter. Nice

On top of that there were three special caps thrown in, one of them skillfully hand-crafted!

Thank you, Santa!

Muirium · 30 Dec 2013, 17:52

That hand crafted cap is a classic!

If I were you, I'd be figuring out a smart layout for a custom MX board to take those Cherry dyseubs. They don't make fish bone legends like that any more…

Findecanor · 30 Dec 2013, 22:03

Kurk wrote:My Secret Santa was well on time so here is a - long overdue - picture.

Whoa.

Nice dze-sübs!

scottc · 30 Dec 2013, 23:00

Kurk wrote:My Secret Santa was well on time so here is a - long overdue - picture. A beautiful set of dye-subbed Cherry MX-compatible caps from a Gabriele typewriter. Nice
On top of that there were three special caps thrown in, one of them skillfully hand-crafted!

Thank you, Santa!

That ® cap is very nice!

7bit · 30 Dec 2013, 23:03

Please post a close-up of the hand-crafted cap!

scottc · 31 Dec 2013, 00:13

Please do, it's difficult to see what it is!

Dubsgalore · 31 Dec 2013, 02:51

Thanks Santa! Love these caps!

From a Triumph Adler Gabriele 7007 L, with Dutch Layout.

webwit · 01 Jan 2014, 20:54

Secret Santa had delivered this during my absence over the holidays!

Muirium · 01 Jan 2014, 21:22

ErgoDucks.

7bit · 01 Jan 2014, 21:36

This is for people who have 2 left hands!

webwit · 01 Jan 2014, 21:51

That's just a misprint. I turned it around, and it's for people with 2 right hands.

7bit · 01 Jan 2014, 21:56

If you can't use it, just put it on a wall!

Kurk · 03 Jan 2014, 15:06

7bit wrote:Please post a close-up of the hand-crafted cap!

Here we go:

kint · 03 Jan 2014, 18:39

wohoo thanks Santa.

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Likely arrived just in time, only received it yesterday because I was away for the holiday. How on earth did you know I was keen to know how metal keycaps feel but always to cheap to buy some? perfect gift, thanks a lot...

Now this Santa however is sad his gift hasn't arrived presumably yet though...

002 · 04 Jan 2014, 01:21

Very pleased with my gifts

Thanks Santa! The PS/2 converter is really cute.

7bit · 04 Jan 2014, 14:19

Kurk wrote:
7bit wrote:Please post a close-up of the hand-crafted cap!

Here we go:

The candles are missing!

No candles, no Christmas tree!

Muirium · 04 Jan 2014, 14:25

That's a fine (and superbly clean!) little haul you've got there, 002. The converter is a little more elegant than mine:

And multi coloured Cyrillic legends are right up there with Greek on my "don't really have a need for but really want anyway" list.

Kint's been damned with metal caps, though. I'd twitch until I had a whole set!

mtl · 05 Jan 2014, 02:24

Santa came through with a very nice set of Cherry double-shots, a cherry.co.uk shopping bag, and two blend-a-dents!

The latter I don't have much use for (yet?), but the key caps will go great on my ANSI Phantom with 1.5x modifiers.

Thanks, Santa!

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wheybags · 05 Jan 2014, 11:40

I thought they'd sent you two condoms for a second there

Ascaii · 05 Jan 2014, 15:49

Use the blend-a-dent to clean the caps. It makes them minty fresh.

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=6856.0

Compgeke · 06 Jan 2014, 18:32

Purple modifier keys, as well as a proper ISO enter and some AltGR keys (of which I'm sure few people here would know what it does).

I'll take a better picture later, I have to go do some other stuffs right now and I don't have time to wait for my flash batteries to charge.

Broadmonkey · 06 Jan 2014, 20:49

Compgeke wrote:Purple modifier keys, as well as a proper ISO enter and some AltGR keys (of which I'm sure few people here would know what it does).

That would have been true on GH, but I doubt it here on DT.

Compgeke · 06 Jan 2014, 21:06

Oh, I meant in real life people, not on the site. I'm around people who don't know a Model M from an Apple A1048 all the time.

nathanscribe · 06 Jan 2014, 21:11

Lovely purple, and I approve of the old IBM binder/slipcase in the background

kint · 06 Jan 2014, 21:33

true, very nice colour.

Muirium wrote:...Kint's been damned with metal caps, though. I'd twitch until I had a whole set!

If regular thin PBT's clacking sound is chop sticks on a rice bowl these Aluminum caps feel like a baseball bat. Not in a bad way, I just wouldn't want a whole set. Also there is some slight sideways motion possible since the cross in the caps stem is milled out of the circular surrounding. Maybe modable with a plier though. I can imagine metal caps are great for spacebars though.
Tesoro, the company that made those, and of which I had never heard before however just recently released a RGB illuminated Mechanical keyboard:
http://www.tesorotec.com/lobera-and-lob ... -led..html

7bit · 11 Jan 2014, 14:56

No secret santa package for me ...

scottc · 11 Jan 2014, 15:39

7bit wrote:No secret santa package for me ...

Maybe you will get a secret Chinese New Year present instead...