Behind the Scenes of Issue 58

Keyboard Builders' Digest / Editorial

Behind the Scenes of Issue 58

Quick news, TheBoard December competition, a telnet based literary magazine, etc.

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Published December 27, 2021

Would you like to contribute to this year's MK Advent Calendar? Here are the guidelines for authors, along with last year's edition for reference.

Sorry, I'm a little late, this editorial is still in progress… It may change in the next few hours. :D

Quick news

Some general news which didn't make it to this issue but are worth mentioning:

r/mk passed the 1M member mark – Is that good or bad news?
KiCAD 6.0 released

TheBoard December competition

Do you want to win a Keeb.io kit of your choice? Hear me out:

Dress up your keyboard for Christmas.
Take a photo of it.
Resize the photo to reasonable dimensions/filesize.
Send it to TheBoard podcast (the.board.podcast at gmail dot com).

That's it. And don't forget to check the next episode for the winners.

Don from TheBoard is a nice guy just like Danny from Keeb.io. Don has been running his show for more than 5 years now (omg) and he hosts a competition each month. With a huge chance to win because of the few entries.

Sure, this is not a low effort giveaway – not the "upvote and comment anything" type –, usually you have to listen half an hour into an episode to figure out the details but this time you can spare this effort because I've just summed up what to do.

So send your pimped up keyboard and win something nice.

Btw, just in a few months I won tree times the first prize (my choice of Keeb.io kit) and once the second prize (sticker and magnet pack) and for this month I'm out of the game so you have better chance. ;)

ADM-5 and New Session - a telnet-based literary magazine

Do you feel you're a total freak for hyperfocusing on everything keyboard-related? Well, writing on keyboards week after week is probably even more freakish. However, not nearly as freakish as editing a literary magazine in 2021 – which is accessible only via telnet.

Depending on your age you might have to look up what telnet is and how to enable it in your operating system. To say the truth, I can't remember if I've ever used it.

So I looked up "enable telnet in windows" and a few minutes later I read this zine connected to issue2.anewsession.com.

Give it a try.

Mailbox

I've just received a package from Talpkeyboard's Yousuke. It's already too dark here for a good photo but I'll post the goodies I received later:

I asked for four spring-loaded pin headers, instead Yousuke stuffed in the parcel some extra PCBs as a surprise… :D Thanks!

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Well, that's it for now I think.

Thanks for reading. Keep learning and building – and check the posts in this issue! Cheers, Tamás

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Published on Mon 27th Dec 2021. Featured in KBD #58.

Keyboard Builders' Digest / Editorial