Issue #176 - Keyboard Builders' Digest
Keyboard Builders' Digest // Issue #176
Check out this week's editorial with awesome projects, tips, ideas, meetups, discount codes, etc!
Hey y'all,
Here are some of the posts I thought were worth sharing this time:
- You loved the September switch compilation. A monthly overview of community favorite mechanical switches, based on real sales data provided by vendors and manufacturers.
- The double-sided Gboard is Google Japan's latest crazy project, a keyboard with a twist – ie. a Möbius strip. Ikeji et al. have been very creative again.
- SolidusHal's btrfld v3 is still a foldable tenting keyboard, but now with ultra low-profile switches.
- The Manta58/s is an update of pixljar's popular 3D-printed case for the Lily58 kit.
- Alexander Miller shared his MadMacro, a 33-key gaming macropad with wrist rest.
- T.G. Marbach released the reJESK, a diodeless monoblock split keyboard with 70 keys.
- GOOS is a Rae Dux inspired wireless 36-key keyboard by Felix Brüggemann.
- Matt Petiteau released a slightly splayed version of his 30-key Sweep Cat.
- Vitaly Volkov released version 3 of his 60-key low-pro monoblock keyboard, the Chocofly.
- A 36-key low-profile wireless split by Đức Đào with huge battery: Chocowi36.
- Florent Linguenheld shared his Chew, an awesome keyboard design with cute graphics and a bit of splay.
- Glyphica: Typing Survival is a roguelite survival game that lets you mow down hordes of enemies in a minimalist arena using your finger dexterity and your choice of weapons.
As always: much more projects and resources in my weekly (sort of) editorial write-up, MK meetup calendar and keyboard shop database - with 500+ keyboard vendors!
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Weekly keyboard art
Amber keycaps with bug inclusions :) – committed by KeycapQuarry.
This issue’s supporters
splitkb.com, MoErgo Glove80, ZSA Technology Labs, Aiksplace, Upgrade Keyboards, @keebio, Cyboard, Jason Hazel, Jacob Mikesell, Sean Grady, kiyejoco, KEEBD, @kaleid1990, Ergohaven, littlemer-the-second, ghsear.ch, u/motfalcon, Bob Cotton, FFKeebs, Timo, @therick0996, Christian Mladenov, Joel Simpson, TALPKEYBOARD, Schnoor Typography, Daniel Nikolov, u/eighty58five, Caleb Rand, Skyler Thuss, Brendan P., James McCleese, Benjamin Bell, Yuan Liu, Ben M, zzeneg, Spencer Dabell, Penk Chen, Anatolii Smolianinov, Clacky, Matthias Goffette, Stefan S., Alex Miller, Hating TheFruit, Trey Causey, Davidjohn Gerena, Mario S., Dylan Ingham, Gordon Diggs, Cloyce, Shnobble, Raphael Stanzani, Duncan B., A Keyboredfan, HubertTheMad, Jesse L., s_p_l_o_d_e, Andres Sakk.
(You are awesome! Thanks everyone!)