“You have a replacement key for your keyboard… And it is a grilled cheese sandwich?” “Exactly.” “So it’s like… Jewelry for your keyboard.” “Yup.” This just about sums up the idea of artisan keycaps (No, they are not all grilled cheese sandwiches). Simply put, they are specially made and designed keycaps that many enthusiasts in … Read more
Welcome fellow keebnerds, keebros, and normal humans to another episode of What’s On My Desk?! Wait.. how did my setup change so drastically so quickly? Well, it’s not mine. This time, I am featuring a setup shared to me by a fellow mechanical keyboard enthusiast Ryan (ig: @rnambu). Ryan’s setup is full of fun stuff … Read more
My first impression of switches being a thing: “What’s the point? Who cares what’s under the keycap? As long as my keyboard looks cool. You don’t even get to see the switches!” I was wrong. Having switches that suit you best is absolutely essential for your perfect typing experience. As with all components of a … Read more
Today, I’ll be sharing something that changes a bit more often: my home setup! Naturally, the home setup is for work, play, and study and that that in mind, things tend to change and move around more often. Looking back, when I was prototyping the SMORTCAR, I had 3 different boards on my desk at … Read more
Welcome to the very first episode / blog-a-sode / something-a-sode of “What’s on my desk?”! Here I will keep everyone posted about what I am currently using. Though I don’t think this is something that will change too often, I may switch out some setups here and there and will be updating the main “What’s … Read more
Ok. Neat. So people have cool keyboards. How customizable can it actually be? Here are just a few features that people in the mechanical keyboard community customize to make their keyboard really theirs: Keycaps: Colorways / Color schemes, different shape profiles, premium plastics. Cases: Aluminum, Acrylic, 3d Printed. Cases tend to set the price for … Read more
The first things you notice on a keyboard are the keycaps. The first thing you notice about the keycaps are probably the colors. In the hobby, there are several different popular colorways and some artisan keycap makers even create their caps to match these popular keycap sets. The colorway is the first impression of the … Read more
