4 keyboards, no consistent Fn/Ctrl/Super/Alt keys layout. Yeah I know you can remap them, but is it too much to ask if I want to switch keyboards around without worrying about which layout they have and whether this particular one had been configured on that particular device? 🙄

Solution: buy YAK (yet another keyboard)? 😆

https://www.verkkokauppa.com/fi/product.amp/36619/dsgxq

Lenovo ThinkPad Compact USB Keyboard with TrackPoint, väri musta

So my solution was buying not one, but two ... #mechanicalkeyboards !! ⌨️⌨️🤪

First one is #Varmilo VA88M Charcoal with Cherry reds, plus Violet Rubber Doubleshot #TaihaoKeycaps

Second one is #Dareu Dreams TKL with Cherry browns, as I dream of flying around the world again hopefully soon.

My most current setup, making use of limited desk space. And some mood lighting with #PhillipsHue Play light bars.

#thinkpads #blueyeti #mechanicalkeyboards #Ansibull

Even though I was already working from home before the pandemic, I was also traveling 40-50% of the time, and had the freedom to work from cafes whenever I wanted. So my home office was quite sparse. Quite a change over the past year...

Pic from July 2018 just after I built a new work desk.

New setup: my #Dareu #mechanicalkeyboard (cherry browns) overlaid on top of my #X1Carbon #thinkpad (gen 7). Works pretty well.
@cybette Love the keyboard!

@gauteweb

thanks! I'm too lazy to customize my own, but this one feels like it's made specially for me :)

@cybette
My two favorite keyboards.

Really cheap boards, burI've replaced the keycaps with Corsair/Tai Hao on the green one, and with KBDfans DSA keycaps on the white one.

@gauteweb

omg BB8 <3

and is that the "new" Game & Watch in the top left?

@cybette
Yes, it is. I'm not a big Nintendo fan (have only owned an original Game & Watch, no consoles) I bought it on sale, just because it looks cool sitting on the desk.

A bit sad it can't actually be used as a watch like the old ones.

@gauteweb

I've played quite a few Game & Watch games as a kid (I had one, and would exchange them with my friends who had different games) so it has nostalgic value. I debated getting one but I'm not a big fan of Super Mario 😅 I don't dislike it, I just don't find it as appealing as other games.

That said, it looks cool and is definitely a conversation piece 😄

@cybette
I'm dreaming of a Game & Watch with Metroid, basically the only (S)NES game I've ever really liked.
@cybette That's what we mean when we say computing consists of layers upon layers. :D

@nicd

hehe yeah. I see so many pics of people's cats layering on their laptops. I don't have a cat, so I layer a keyboard on a laptop.

Although speaking of cats and keyboards I was reminded of this https://xkcd.com/1031/

s/keyboard/leopard/

xkcd
@cybette that looks nice

@make

thanks! since I have to spend so much time at my desk I might as well make the best of it :)

@cybette true, mine is a mess even though I worked home already pre-corona