Issue 133 / Week 35 / 2023

This is a hand-picked selection of last week's content from a keyboard enthusiast's perspective. Posts that may teach you something, make you think and contribute to the common knowledge of the DIY builder community.

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There are 6+5 entries in this issue:

Editorial

Behind the scenes #2023/35

Quick news, an Olivetti with interesting backstory, Giga40 update, new shops and discounts, meetups.

Projects

cos(y) Kong

The cos(y) Kong by weteor is a 30 or 36 key 3-row keyboard with column stagger.

Grumpy

Another 3-row project by weteor: Grumpy is a cute 28-key angled unibody keyboard with column stagger.

TypeBoy & TypePak

The TypeBoy, designed by FlatFootFox, is a unique low-pro split keyboard requiring a Game Boy cartridge to function.

ALU40

HuibenLAB's ALU40 is a wireless ortholinear mechanical keyboard designed to complement Apple devices.

Community

Milktooth update

One year after launching the try-at-home service, Milktooth's Kevin talks about experiences and trends in the mechanical switch scene.

Quick news

Carpal Tunnel and Rubik's cube – new meme boards by Rudeism.

Ever wondered how much money a custom keyboard store makes? MtnKbd's Oldmate keeps sharing his quarterly financial statistics. Q1 2023 is out. I love this transparency, and it's also nice to see that kbd.news was one of the top referrers.

A guide by Present_Lingonberry: finding Colemak/non-standard layout keycaps.

Transparent split magic by @illness072. Check out his earlier posts for the trick.

Moergo is working on a nice transport case for the Glove80. "Really for the first time, a full blown concave keyboard is portable in a standard laptop backpack – Stephen.

This issue was made possible by the donations of:
splitkb.com, MoErgo Glove80, u/chad3814, MKUltra, Aiksplace, @keebio, Upgrade Keyboards,Cyboard, @kaleid1990, Sean Grady, Jacob Mikesell, Jason Hazel, KEEBD, cdc, kiyejoco, ghsear.ch, u/motfalcon, littlemer-the-second, Bob Cotton, Christian Lo, DROP, FFKeebs, @therick0996, Richard Sutherland, Joel Simpson, Lev Popov, Christian Mladenov, Daniel Nikolov, Spencer Blackwood, Skyler Thuss, u/eighty58five, Yuan Liu, Caleb Rand, Schnoor Typography, Mats Faugli,James McCleese, Davidjohn Gerena, Ergohaven, Benjamin Bell, Matthias Goffette, Hating TheFruit, Fabian Suceveanu, anonymous, TurtleKeebs, 池上昌明, Spencer Dabell, Anatolii Smolianinov, Penk Chen

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