End QWERTY hegemony A one-handed writer’s search for the perfect mechanical keyboard.
KBD.news Published August 11, 2021
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Britt H. Young wrote a review of Wirecutter's mechanical keyboards based on her specific needs as a one-handed writer.
The write-up is mostly on prebuilts, but its unique perspective makes this an interesting read:
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/search-for-the-perfect-mechanical-keyboard/
Published on Wed 11th Aug 2021. Featured in KBD #39 (source ).
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Continuously Variable Tenting – An 3D-printed open-source tenting solution by
macroxue .
Ben Vallack's video demonstrates a workflow of making your custom PCB with Ergopad, Ergogen and KiCAD.
A
guide to easily convert an XT keyboard to Bluetooth by
PM_ME_YOUR_MAUSE (
docs ).
This piece of code by
anduril_tfotw generates 3D-printable STL files from a keyboard-layout-editor layout.
ThereminGoat celebrates passing the 1000 switch mark writing about the collection, the background behind some of the switches and his collecting history.
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