The Mission Continued ARTICLE – A while back, I got the opportunity to build a custom mechanical keyboard with a budget of $300, where I got to source all my own parts. I had a lot of fun picking out switches, stabilizers, and barebones keyboard kit. With my budget, I decided to go with a […]
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REVIEW – Everyone who sits at a computer day in, day out needs a good chair. Sure, you can go to your local office supply store and get a chair. I’ve done it. I’ve also gone on to Amazon and gotten an inexpensive (relatively speaking), well-reviewed chair. Let me tell you, in my experience, they
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REVIEW – Please don’t take the moniker trash panda too seriously. No one is calling the Vosteed Raccoon trash. For those who don’t know, trash panda is an alternative name for the living, breathing raccoon. With that out of the way, I recently got to get my hands on the ever popular Vosteed Raccoon. This
REVIEW – I’m back again with another mechanical keyboard. This time from Akko. I’ve never had a keyboard from them, but I have read/seen/heard good things about them. So when the Akko MOD007b HE PC Santorini came along I was very eager to grab it, not only because it was from Akko but because it
Akko MOD007B HE PC Santorini mechanical keyboard review – HE stands for Hall effect Read More
REVIEW – Productivity. I’ve been told I need to be more productive, in more ways than one. In an effort to avoid any “physical” productivity, I decided to try my hand at being more electronically productive, at least while on the road. I have a tiny little laptop and not the best eyes anymore. When
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NEWS- Calling all sports ball fans! Apparently, there’s some big game happening soon, one that’s so popular thousands of people get a new TV just to watch it with their friends. Are you one of those people? What if you’re not but you do love watching movies and other media in beautiful 4K? Then I have
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REVIEW – I am, at best, an amateur photographer. I don’t have a lot of fancy equipment. I do have what I consider to be a good camera but my tripod was getting long in the tooth. One of the legs just flops around willy-nilly and I have to take apart the head numerous times
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REVIEW – It’s that time again. Yet another review of a mechanical keyboard from me. I wouldn’t have it any other way. This go round I’ve got the Drop ALT V2 High Profile keyboard. Drop has gotten lots of praise for their original ALT, CTRL, and ENTR keyboards. I always wanted one based on the
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REVIEW – I work from home. On a laptop. A small laptop. I have 2 – 27″ HDMI monitors (just regular ol’ HD, sniffles), a USB DAC for 2 studio monitors I got for a steal, a USB speakerphone because I got tired of wearing a headset all day, a USB keyboard because I prefer
REVIEW – The Kapco team is always coming up with new designs for the keyboard nerds of the world. The latest in the lineup is their Greekeys line, and what I have here is the Medusa set. Being a kid of the 80’s, I was enthralled by The Clash of the Titans. Does anyone else
REVIEW – Earlier this year I got to review the original Vosteed Thunderbird in S35VN steel and loved it. The only real issue I had with a knife that nice was the pocket clip. Well now, our good friends at Vosteed have released a new version of the Thunderbird with different options for knife scales
REVIEW – I’m back with another keyboard review, which has an aesthetic some of you may recognize. My first experience with a mechanical keyboard was an IBM Type M. I found a stack of them to be thrown away years ago and snagged a couple as a goof. The keyboard was huge and weighed a
REVIEW – Much to my wife’s chagrin, I’ve recently gotten back into video games. Luckily for her, it’s now on the hand-me-down Nintendo my son gave me. Now I’m not hogging the TV. She can watch what she wants and I can happily spend way too many hours exploring Hyrule. Since the original Joycons are
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REVIEW – I’m back with another, more affordable offering from Kiiboom, a company I had never heard of until I reviewed their, in my opinion, stellar IEMs, the Evoke. I loved the Evoke but admit the price could be prohibitive. But are you tired of only getting 4-6 hours out of your Bluetooth earbuds? Do
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REVIEW – I work from home as I’m sure many of you are. I sit through numerous Teams meetings each week and take cell phone calls constantly. I used to use a wired set of headphones with an add-on mic because it was what I had available and couldn’t wear a set of earbuds for
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REVIEW – It’s hard keeping up with teenagers. It seems like every week, they’re into something new. Three of my four teenagers were getting into skateboarding and were harping on me to join them. Man, I’m 50 years old. I couldn’t ride a skateboard when I was their age, but I was determined to try.
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REVIEW – I watch a lot of gadget review and repair videos on YouTube and always take notice of the tools they use. Because of this, I discovered iFixit tool kits and promptly bought their Manta driver and bit kit. It’s great. Then I noticed a trend with a battery-operated screwdriver called the Wowstick. It
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REVIEW – I recently began a journey to build a custom keyboard. I had a list of requirements, a couple of known parts I wanted, and the drive to go a-huntin’ for parts. Luckily, I wasn’t locked into a specific case or PCB and I was willing to make some compromises. I went to several
REVIEW – It’s me again with another keyboard review. I can’t help myself. These things are like Pokemon. I gotta catch them all, and like Pokemon, there seem to be millions of them. This time it’s the Lofree Flow, a low-profile mechanical keyboard. I reviewed the Nuphy Air75 a while back, sent to me by
Lofree Flow low profile mechanical keyboard review – A smooth operator Read More
The Mission, should I choose to accept it. ARTICLE – With a budget of $300 dollars, I get to build a custom keyboard by sourcing the parts from various vendors and manufacturers. Was there ever any doubt I wouldn’t jump at the chance to do this? That proverbial snowball stood absolutely no chance. For those
I’m on a mission of the utmost importance – to build myself a mechanical keyboard! Read More