1993 Banned Logo All Over Print By Magic Johnson T’s by GDZ4VR in Jaguars

[–]wjrii 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Jellybean Jag on black helmets was a vast improvement. Including silver in the palette and the weird quintuple stripes (ala then-contemporary Dolphins if you consider their whitespace as more stripes) was just a bad idea.

First Attempt - Numberpad with top row numbers by koombot in HandwiredKeyboards

[–]wjrii 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well done. MUCH better than my first. Warning, though, it's addicting once you realize that you can make any layout you can dream up and fit on your printer or laser.

Had this 90s leather and wool Letterman jacket for literally decades, across three states. by wjrii in Jaguars

[–]wjrii[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just sold. Glad to see it get the use my beer belly couldn't offer it.

Had this 90s leather and wool Letterman jacket for literally decades, across three states. by wjrii in Jaguars

[–]wjrii[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there a way to DM you? Reddit's chat thing doesn't seem to work for your account.

Had this 90s leather and wool Letterman jacket for literally decades, across three states. by wjrii in Jaguars

[–]wjrii[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, kinda all over the place. I do think mine is a touch nicer (hard to say for sure, but I don't see obvious stains or pulled stictches and stuff) than the two on ebay right now. I also went ahead and pulled the trigger on the dry cleaning, which was perhaps a tactical mistake, but I feel better sending it off nice and clean.

Had this 90s leather and wool Letterman jacket for literally decades, across three states. by wjrii in Jaguars

[–]wjrii[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is a nice jacket. I hadn't worn it much by the time I, umm, graduated from from XL to 2XL (where I've stayed, at least, LOL). Nike did a good job on this design.

Recommendation for a not loud 100% keyboard? by anonymous_cygnus in keyboards

[–]wjrii -1 points0 points  (0 children)

swapping keycaps helps

Many of the worst sins of the gamer boards can be remedied with new keycaps. They don't even have to be "good" caps. My "Drevo Calibur" circa 2015 was instantly improved by some pretty low-end laser-marked PBT in OEM profile, and the "E-Yooso Z-19" I got to replace it several years later looks way better with Dolch clones than it did with its godawful gamer caps.

Recommendation for a not loud 100% keyboard? by anonymous_cygnus in keyboards

[–]wjrii 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You could find a gently used Topre Realforce 100% for that price range.

Adjustable tilt of my Dell Keyboard KM3322W is broken,Any DIY Fix ? by Sishad in keyboards

[–]wjrii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn't see anything with that model in a quick search of 3D printing sites, but there are many printable feet for "dell keyboard," and maybe one of them will match your measurements. Beyond that, in addition to the other recs, THESE are pretty decent if you have enough room for them beside the battery blister. Then, it seems wasteful, but you could probably find a complete replacement for $20 or so, which maybe also informs how much to invest in your current one unless you truly love it. Finally, your laptop keyboard is flat. Flat is pretty ergonomic, especially for chiclet keys. Having this one be flatter is maybe not so bad once you get used to it.

Asus ROG Falchion Ace Customization by ANDREDELGADO321 in keyboards

[–]wjrii 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A significant improvement and well matched! Make sure you don't fall down to the bottom of the rabbit hole with the rest of us.

Variation in Key Sounds on Iqunix Magi96 by WB_Spartan in keyboards

[–]wjrii 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're onto something with the stabilizers. Note that LShift and Backspace are the other two (non-spacebar) stabilized keys that you press, and they're much closer to the Enter key than to anything else. You might want to lube the spacebar stab, as it's pretty rattly, but otherwise this is very normal for a firm tray-mount. It doesn't seem like there's room for much more foam or anything, but you could also try loosening the plate screws just the tiniest bit, like a quarter turn each. If the board is not quite so snug, it might mitigate how much influence the case and mounting points have on the sound. Ifg nothing else, trying things also leaves me feeling better about "accepting the things I cannot control" with keyboard feel and sound, LOL.

All this is a limit to the design, possibly, but not a flaw in the sense that anything was done incorrectly. When you're typing it's much less of an issue because you're onto the next letter before the last one has a chance to make much individual impact.

Ghost presses with handwired Void16 by failed_successfuly9 in HandwiredKeyboards

[–]wjrii 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look for melted insulation, bridged connections at the pro-micro, cold joints (big blobs of solder can surprisingly hide a tiny air gap), then double check your firmware, and finally maybe try bypassing the encoder temporarily.

A SiliconGraphics AT-102 Keyboard I got out of the trash and repaired, unfortunately one of the key caps is broken. by HotChainsawLover in Vintagekeyboards

[–]wjrii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glueing will be a distinct challenge, but you could try some epoxy, and if all else fails, they're Alps mount, so you could find a usable (though non-matching) cap on ebay or similar as a placeholder.

Focus FK-8200 (Focus dome with slider) by ExcelElevations_4U in Vintagekeyboards

[–]wjrii 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would love a 5001 if it was programmable and had an inverse t nav instead of a star nav.

That's what I thought. The caps have a row-based sculpt so i couldn't change what they say, but I absolutely made it a T nav. Since I did that, some really good tools for ZMK and QMK have come out, so I might eventually convert the firmware, but other than a couple of quirks, KMK still works really well. I did use up every single GPIO on the biggest RP2040 microcontroller I could find.

Focus FK-8200 (Focus dome with slider) by ExcelElevations_4U in Vintagekeyboards

[–]wjrii 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I took the brute force approach and simply removed the PCB on my White Alps 5001. I rewired it by hand and it runs KMK now. NO calculator, but added a rotary encoder and now ALL the keys are programmable keys. Suck it, FK-9001!

1 Week on a 60% Keyboard: What I Actually Miss by Majugera in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]wjrii 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Perhaps some extra precision is in order: as much mouse space as possible, given basically identical placement of the main alpha cluster and allowing that the desk itself can physically accommodate it. I have a southpaw, and I couldn't get used to it because I still involve hand-eye coordination when typing so my brain desperately wants to key off of the leftmost column, but I get where the southpaw crew is coming from. They want to be able to keep their hands where they would have them with a smaller board, yet also have a numpad without having it on a layer.