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$300 is a little steep. You can get those keycaps that will fit on any cherry MX switch keyboard for $80-$100. Add a TKL keyboard (one without the number block) for $80 and you have your desktop typewriter.
This sentence makes me want to go crush the life of something beautiful. So goddamn pretentious and hipster.
$300 is a little steep. You can get those keycaps that will fit on any cherry MX switch keyboard for $80-$100. Add a TKL keyboard (one without the number block) for $80 and you have your desktop typewriter.
The Ergodox will cost you nearly as much in materials, more pre-assembled.
It is beautiful. I'd probably get one if I had the money. > Qwerkywriter's Patent-Pending keycaps features typewriter inspired keycaps. WHAT THE FUCK.
Yeah, I certainly have seen similar keycaps before. No idea what's so novel about those particular caps that they need a patent.
http://steampunkworkshop.com/keyboard-shtml/
A company also sells these (although they're much more expensive than the one in the article):
Typing on a real mechanical typewriter is really fun, at least until you get tired. You have to put so much force on the keys that your forearms get into it. Stressed? Take out your frustrations on the typewriter. But the best is that carriage return lever -- SLAM! I used to slam that thing so hard that the typewriter would slowly migrate across the desk, and I'd have to readjust it when feeding a new sheet.
> Qwerkywriter is a celebration of those who have chosen the path least traveled, the underdogs, the ones with the impractical college major. This sentence makes me want to go crush the life of something beautiful. So goddamn pretentious and hipster.
> Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes.
Oh, right. Those people might have been rebellious in 1984, but they're mainstream today.
There are several more efficient keyboard layouts too:
http://xahlee.info/kbd/dvorak_and_all_keyboard_layouts.html
http://patorjk.com/keyboard-layout-analyzer/#/main
Ergonomics is key:
https://h4labs.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/the-model-01-an-heir...
It is beautiful. I'd probably get one if I had the money. > Qwerkywriter's Patent-Pending keycaps features typewriter inspired keycaps. WHAT THE FUCK.
There's something called a design patent which IIUC prevents, e.g., Samsung from selling a tablet computer that looks too much like an iPad.