There are many, many solutions that could help to eliminate the inequity and discrimination perpetuated by our criminal justice system.  The following approaches are a combination of my own opinions, as well as the solutions posed by the Sentencing Project’s report to the United Nations. To start, more funding should be provided to all institutions […]

This post will be a fairly simple one; we wont really be discussing anything that technical at all.  Rather I figured we’d keep this one pretty light, and go over some of the best GMK keycap sets – in my opinion, of course.  I’ll also be sure to include a picture of each of the […]

In general, if you like basketball, you probably like football, or baseball, or soccer.  Hobbies intersect all the time, so it’s not too surprising that fans of custom keyboards would also be interested in other technology, or even just accessories to complement their builds.  In this post we’ll cover a few of these options that […]

If you have been following this blog over the last couple months, you may have become somewhat intrigued to learn about the hobby of building custom mechanical keyboards.  That being said, finding information about mechanical keyboards can be somewhat difficult – unless you know where to look.  That has kind of been the purpose of […]

So far in this blog we’ve discussed the ins and outs of mechanical keyboards, and all their respective components – particularly switches.  Switches are the most fundamental aspect of a mechanical keyboard and they can define nearly every characteristic of the board from its feel to its sound to its cost.  Today we’ll be discussing […]

I’ve spent the last 12 or so weeks detailing almost everything I know about keyboards.  I haven’t really spent that much time, however, explaining how I got into the hobby in the first place.  I’ll try to shed some light on that in this post. In high school, I played a lot of video games, […]

In previous articles I have discussed what form factor means in terms of keyboards.  It essentially just refers to the size and orientation of the keyboard.  You’re probably most accustomed to seeing full size keyboards or maybe TKL, which should have all of the keys that you are already familiar with.  There are, however, some […]

Hello, my name is Naveen Szymkowiak, and for the second semester of RCL, I will be continuing my passion blog series about custom keyboards.  Some technical language regarding the hobby will definitely be used, so checking out the first post or two from semester one here would probably be helpful.  Of course, this is not […]

Over the last 10 weeks we have covered a variety of topics so that you can gain a full understanding of the work that goes into building a mechanical keyboard, as well as the benefits of doing so.  In this article, we will seek to answer whether or not you should actually build one for […]

The IBM Model F was a keyboard manufactured in 1981-1985 by IBM and other companies in the following years.  In 1985, another version called the Model M was released, and was meant to improve upon the design and cut costs.  In retrospect, though, the Model F outshines the Model M, as it provides more tactile […]