cloffwrangler

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[–] cloffwrangler 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Here it is! (Sorry I’m guessing imgur wasn’t really what you had in mind when you said not a centralized platform)

[–] cloffwrangler 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Honestly it was a joke that got out of hand

[–] cloffwrangler 2 points 4 days ago

Oh yeah I can upload it to imgur or something

[–] cloffwrangler 1 points 4 days ago
[–] cloffwrangler 12 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Haha it was at my wife's family cottage for decades and we tried to sell it in a garage sale but nobody wanted it so it's been sitting in our basement for several years. I had a SNES and N64 hooked up to it for a while but didn't play them much so now it's back in the basement.

Also getting a screenshot of a typing test on it was kind of a huge pain and I probably did it in the most convoluted way possible. But in the end I was super happy with how the shot turned out, especially since a friend of mine made this insanely cool video out of it.

[–] cloffwrangler 5 points 4 days ago (4 children)

In a good way or a bad way?

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submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by cloffwrangler to c/[email protected]
 

This was an actual typing test using the QAZ keys over on the right side which is less horrible than I imagined it would be. I probably got lucky, though, because there weren't many Q's or Z's in my test.

[–] cloffwrangler 2 points 1 month ago

I'm almost always on Mac so I don't need Ctrl much but it is in a layer when I do need it.

 
[–] cloffwrangler 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s honestly really useful having the three keys off to the right. You can just map them to macros or something.

[–] cloffwrangler 3 points 1 month ago

I write JavaScript on the tiny ones so I have to type a lot of () and {} and stuff. It took me a little while to get used to.

Also I have them mapped so that QAZ are Esc, Tab, Shift. So all letters are accounted for on layer 0.

[–] cloffwrangler 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That, my friend, is the keymap of the future.

I haven't tried home row mods, but I really should. I use a Mac most of the time, so most of the stuff I would do with F keys is just mapped to media controls on the third layer. I've barely even used any of the QAZ boards on Windows since I pretty much only use W for gaming.

[–] cloffwrangler 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Here's the map I've been using for the past month or so. I use pretty much the same layout minus the macro keys on the Vault 35.

I also have used this unhinged map and it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. It's the default map that I wrote for the firmware.

And then I started trying out this gaming layer on the Vault last week. Still getting used to it.

[–] cloffwrangler 3 points 1 month ago

So about gaming… A couple weeks ago I had a dream that I was gaming and my friend told me I was playing poorly because of my keyboard so then we got in a fight. I usually use a 65% for gaming but last week someone convinced me I could use the Vault 35 (green one on the bottom left) so I tried it last week. It went okay after I got everything mapped the way I wanted but then at one point I accidentally turned off my gaming layer and the friend who I got in a fight with in the dream started to get annoyed so I pretended my game was messing up. Then I came clean the next day and he said "fuck you".

Moral of the story is I'm going to continue gaming on the 35%.

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Family photo (lemmy.world)
 

Top: KBt RE: 66, Akko Mod 005 Middle: Zoom 65, Qazimodo Bottom: Vault 35, Daisy 40, mISO 34

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[IC] Qazimodo (lemmy.world)
 

Qazimodo interest check is now open!

Qazimodo is an aluminum Vial-compatible QAZ-ish keyboard with an exploded right column of 3 keys, inspired by the Vault 35 HHKB.

Details:

  • Aluminum case
  • Top mounted
  • 3 degree typing angle
  • POM switch plate (subject to change)
  • STM32F072-based PCB

Additional photos

Interest check form

 

GMK Polybius on Qazimodo. Plus a modded Game Boy Pocket.

 

I started designing the Qazimodo in February and just got the first aluminum case from the manufacturer a couple days ago. Very happy with how it turned out.

 

Vault 35 by MechVault

  • Lubed Banana Milk Tactiles
  • Akko Cream MDA keycaps
  • Everglide stabs
 

What are some of your favorite GR restaurants that you think more people should know about?

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Welcome! (self.grandrapids)
 

I set up this community mostly because r/grandrapids went private as a part of the ongoing protest (which I fully support) and I missed having a place to see what’s going on around town. Hopefully we can get at least a small portion of that here.

If anybody stumbles upon this and knows of a better alternative, let me know!

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