Ah, I didnāt realise it took 2 yearsā¦that makes sense! My tastes have changed in just 6 months, so I totally get that!
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I was thinking more that could she have used her Gmail account to sign up for your ISP? In my case, my Gmail address is the username for my FiOS account. Or just some shady database where all these bits are cross-referenced for the maximum creepy stalking factor like Dave mentioned. Great way to scare away your customers.
Iāve had a draft sitting in the workbench thread for almost a week to this effect, but Iāve had Kangaroo Inks sitting around since I lucked out on a NKās mystery switch sale and just put them in the Iris board I received last week. They felt ok to me in-hand, but I had a similar experience and straight out love them in this board. I picked them mostly because I thought they color-matched well with the brass stand-offs. 
Typing feel is so solid and satisfying with a lovely thocky sound (shockingly, considering my Iris is just the two FR4 plates and the PCB, with no middle layer).
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Meta Quest VR v50 adds in āvirtual keyboards,ā which appear to answer the question of āhow can we make text input more frustrating than a non-capacitive touchscreen keyboard?ā
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Could this beā¦ the new keyboard trend?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mammothbar/mammoth-bar
It does remind me of the SteelSeries M800ās spacebar (which was a board that sold quite poorly).
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Pls no.
The Kickstarter is currently at 0% funded. If the market has anything to say about it, it wonāt get funded.
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The space bar is the one key that I have the least trouble hitting consistently. Adding a carbuncle to it is hardly innovation.
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I once again search the internet for some strange keyboards. This is what I found today:
There was even an Indiegogo campaign on it around 2016:
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Thatās brilliant! It would be hard to come up with anything more ill-conceived and dangerous!
[Car makers intent on removing physical tactile controls and replacing them with touchscreens that you canāt operate without taking your eyes off the road: āHold my beerā¦ā]
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At first I thought āthere is no way they patented a mechanical keyboard for steering wheels in the USā - relieved to find no, not exactly;
- Patent is in South Korea
- Despite the illustration with traditional plastic keys, the actual patent is for something much more like membrane switches - more a layered sheet with domed bits for keys
So, while itās borderline criminally irresponsible in concept, at least it wonāt double as a big flat shotgun shell aimed at your face while driving. 
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At first I thought this was a driving wheel for PC Gaming, and not a bad idea. But, nope. 
Maybe someone trying desperately to get money from companies in the future searching to patent similar tech. Theyāre really banking on self driving cars needing this input. I would assume any self driving iCar would connect to your phone for inupt or at least use a large touch screen. lol
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GMK Boho has been up for preorder for a while now on Kono. I donāt know if I like the set enough to order it, but Iāve pondered over it several times.
Yesterday I got a message saying that my GMK Boho GB order was about to ship. Hmmmā¦
I wish my present self would think more about what my past self did sometimes. If only I could remember a word for that
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HOW WAS THIS NOT FUNDED??!!!
Now we just have those stupid touchscreen infotainment screens in our cars that have no haptic feedback, and get all smudgy and grossā¦
Would like to know where the airbag would go with out turning this thing into a claymore mine during a crashā¦
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I feel like this is a very niche product that doesnāt fit the crowdfunding model well. Could maybe sell a few dozen at higher cost/markup if it was more bespoke like āCherry profile in greenā or āKAM profile in white.ā
And I thought Clickiez were expensive; OG Rabbits are $1.85 apiece when you buy 100. I guess these are kind of like āhero carsā of the switch world; Dodge sold a lot of random garbo cars in the 90s because the Viper existed. And yeah, like the snake, the bunnies are really good.
The last over-engineered e-sports ultra-premium TTC was a light linear called the Tiger; the Rabbit makes a slight alteration, going back to the rectangular shrouded stem and adding dampeners, further reducing the travel. Yep, these are a silent speed switch. Iāve only got the one sample, but they remind me a lot of Frozen Silents, but like, with a cherry on top or something. Super smooth, super quiet, with a refreshing crispness.
Should you buy these? I mean if you hate money - otherwise I really donāt recommend it. The Frozen Silents are at least 90% as good and like, 40% the price.
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Shipping is more expensive than the keycaps to New Zealand. Seems to be around US$27/set for most quantities. Slightly cheaper to USA though, especially if you buy a few sets.
Definitely Iād want to know they were good quality, since this price isnāt unusual for doubleshot pbt cherry sets on AliExpress.
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Weird. Itās almost like trying to replicate a membrane but with mechanical parts. Hmm indeed.
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TTCās silents are a bit like that.
They feel like if dome/membrane keebs were built well. 
That, and you donāt have to bottom them out to actuate - but Iād say that bottom-out feels more similar to a 'brane than not. Iāve seen a few people say the tactile ones remind them of Topre - I canāt confirm because I havenāt jumped down that hole yet. (Yet. Itās a matter of timeā¦ probably a bit less time now that URSA is on the horizon.)
After a fair bit more fidgeting with the OG Rabbit - I honestly think the Frozens are better in-practice.
The ālegoā housing as TTC calls it doesnāt work quite as well with the rectangular stems as it does the round ones - I think the more traditional TTC housings work better with those rectangular stems. That is, thereās a little bit of play and a little bit of slip-stick at glancing angles. Nothing crazy - or even noticeable in normal use - but focusing-in closely on an individual switch in the hand Iād say the Frozens are more clean.
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I appreciate you throwing your wallet on the grenade to save the rest of us. 
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Ha, well I canāt take too much credit - I only bought one:
I donāt think Iād have given them a try if SwitchOddities hadnāt offered individual samples for sale; I think the cheapest option next to that is a 30-something pack for almost 60 bucks.
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