I’m trying to get back into writing things, but no promises that I’ll manage to post regularly in 2026. Movies If you want my top 20 of 2025 with no commentary, it’s here on Letterboxd. Here’s a breakdown of my top ten: Books Here’s a summary of my year in books from Storygraph: Not ranking […]
During the pandemic, watching David Lynch’s weather report (and Today’s Number) became part of my daily ritual. Every weekend, he wishes all his viewers well on their weekend projects. I seldom have a weekend project, unless you count playing video games, curling up with a book, or taking a daily nap as projects. Leaving fixing […]
This was pretty much the toughest part of the whole build. I knew it would be, it was more a matter of things no-one mentioned in any of the videos I’d watched causing me problems. Enough foreshadowing, on to the stabilizers. Keyboards have stabilizers under the wider keys. Backspace, left shift, enter, and the spacebar […]
The case I put on the rubber feet, and cut some EVGA foam to fit in the bottom of it, making sure I didn’t obstruct the screwholes for mounting the PCB. The switches One of the problems with watching keyboard Youtubers, is that when you hear a sound test of someone typing away merrily, they’re […]
There are lots of different form factors for mechanical keyboards. Which one you choose will depend on how you use your keyboard. I’ve listed them in descending order from largest to smallest, and you’ll notice how things get subtracted as the board gets smaller. Full-size: All the keys you’re used to, with numpad, arrows, function […]
Or, how to learn from my mistakes so you have a better time building your first mechanical keyboard. Why not just buy a pre-built keyboard, you idiot? Short answer: Because I already own one, and because I wanted to customize it. More honest answer: I need more desk space. I should explain. My bestest pal […]
