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[cryoverkiltmilk]

Build I put together for @mandsleanan over the weekend so that she can finally put aside whatever state-issued Dell or HP membrane board her office stuck her with.

Board: GMMK Full Switches: Kailh Box Whites and Box White V2s Keycaps: Magic Girl 'Cleric' by Mintlodica. Icon mods instead of text. 'Summoner' novelties from the same series used for arrow cluster. Hibi brass (rose gold plated) artisan Esc key.

[harshwhimsy]

new baby

board: wobkey rainy75 switches: ktt haluhalo v2 keycaps: mintlodica dss sad girl artisan: namong dreamscape x-ray rudory deskmat: mintlodica pastel picnic sad girl

[oddevan]

Between the coffee and the general environment, I’ve needed this deskmat cleaning guide from Mintlodica for a little while.

[tobias-nf]

2023 recap and 2024 plans.

Hey everyone, this year turned out to be a bit bumpy for my deskspace projects. Starting with the Iris Aluminum Edition, which ran into shipping troubles before the cases were even put up for sale (apparently the 3rd party shipping agent for the manufacturer used counterfeit shipping labes [link]). Most of this batch couldn't be recovered and because of that a new set of cases was made as a replacement which delayed availability until late November. Keebio did use this as an opportunity to add two new colors into the fold, one of them being navy blue and it's the one I ended up getting.

I also had some trouble with the keycaps for this build. Back in May I pre-ordered GMK Peach Blossom which was supposed to ship by Q3 2023 but there's an ongoing dispute between the EU vendor of this set, MyKeyboard.eu and GMK (there's also quite a few more GMK sets that are also affected by this), unfortunately I only found out about all of this well after I had already paid for the keycaps. In the last update from mid October MyKeyboard.eu stated that they had reached an agreement to have some of the keycap sets released, this batch of a dozen or so sets didn't include Peach Blossom and it's been radio silence on this issue ever since. I considered refunding the pre-order but other people have been reporting that it takes forever to get your money back (if you get it back at all) so I dediced to just write it off as a loss and if MyKeyboard.eu does manage to sort things out maybe I'll still get the keycaps sometime in the future.

So with the original keycaps I had in mind stuck in limbo I decided to replace them with another set and got GMK Yuri (the monocolor Skydata base specifically). In hindsight it's kinda odd from me to not have gone for the Soviet Aeronautics themed keycap set in the first place. I think when I started looking for fitting keycaps earlier this year I wanted to have different colors for accents and the additional kit that would've made the standard Yuri base kit work better with split boards was already sold out and I dismissed it based on that.

Despite all these woes along the way I'm here now with a really wonderful keyboard, yay! The fitment on the aluminum case is excellent, the seam between the upper and lower halves is barely noticabley when you run your finger along it and the anodization on the outer sides is literally spotless. GMK Yuri has also massively grown on me with it's pale, light blue that's reminiscent of the cockpits from 80s Sukhoi aircraft, there were some initial worries that the orange legends on the keycaps would make for a harsh contrast based on the renders from the store page but the colors on the real ones actually mesh well together. On the board I have some Witch Girl switches from Mintlodica. This makes it my first tactile board and it feels really great to type on, the little bump on these switches also solved the accidental double taps that were a continued issue on my linear Tofu60 even after years of typing with it.

Adjusting to the split ergo typing experience has been relatively easy to my surprise. The largest hurdle was getting used to enter and backspace being on the thumb cluster but after roughly two weeks it started feeling very natural, now I actually think that those keys are much better placed here compared to where they'd be on a regular keyboard. Having a bit of distance between the two halves also corrected my old bad habit of never using right shift and typing with arms parallel is very comfortable. I dont think I type as fast as on my old Tofu60 yet but even so, the improvements in ergonomics that the Iris offers would not have me switch back to it.

I've also had some trouble laying the groundwork for the PC case swap I want to do next year as the case I've been eyeing, the Yuel Beast Motif Monument isn't being produced anymore and subsequently sold out (there are actually multiple copycat versions of this case but none of them seem like they match the original in build quality or aesthetics). Being an open frame made from a single sheet of bent steel would've made for a really unique looking PC, it would also avoid most of the clearance issues that usually come with small form factor cases and would even allow for easy maintenance of the eventual custom loop I want to build for this project.

While open cases/frames like this are a great showcase for components that also offer excellent thermal performance they do come with some notable downsides. The most obvious one being dust, for me this would've been a non-issue as there isn't a lot of buildup in my room and I clean my desk once a week with an electric duster anyway. The big issue that actually made me somewhat glad the Monument isn't an option is that I discovered that there's a ton of static buildup in my doom during the winter. At first it was a bit of static rustling coming from my IE 300 In-ear monitors alongside Windows showing some sort of USB disconnect error message whenever I stood up at my desk, something I originally dismissed as the IEMs or the extension cable they're attached to being damaged (the Sennheiser IE 300's dont exactly have a stellar reputation when it comes to durability). Then one day after getting off my chair not only did the usual problems occur but my monitor also completely glitched out, for a moment I thought my GPU had died but fortunately everything fixed itself after turning the power on and off a few times, this event convinced me that I was dealing with some sort of ESD issue. Since this happened I've been a lot more mindful about the humitidy in my room and make sure to ground myself properly before doing anything at my desk, this mostly resolved the problems from what I can tell but I fear that my room would not make for a good enviroment to run an open frame build in.

So with the Motif Monument unavailable and my now higher caution around electrostatic discharge the current plan is to get a FormD T1 (I always knew it in my heart that my SFF journey would have me build in one of these sooner or later). I did completely miss that there was some kind of dispute between the people behind the T1 at some point and now the case is now being sold on two, very similar named websites. The original one hasn't had a restock for a while it seems but the other, newer storefront has had some variants of the case consistently availabe so hopefully I wont have trouble getting one sometime early next year.

A smaller addition to the desk this year are two of these bookshelves that I placed to the left and right under my monitor, they're from this shop on Etsy [link]. Made from a single piece of bent steel (like the unobtainable Motif Monument) and coated in a pale, almost pastel green they fill the previously empty space nicely even with the monitor hiding a bit of their top.

I'm super glad I found them as I began reading manga this year, starting (unsurprisingly perhaps) with Laid-Back Camp which made me fall in love with that series all over again, the art of the original is just incredibly beautiful (not that the C-Station adaptation doesn't look great or anything, it's more that the manga really stands on its own in a way that could not have been adapted into motion). In addition to that K-On!'s four main volumes were something I enjoyed very much, a bit to my surprise as I heard people weren't huge on the four-panel style in comparison to the anime. I'm looking foward to continuing my Laid-Back journey throughout next year and also starting Bocchi the Rock!, all while filling my fancy new bookshelves along the way.

So this wraps up 2023 for me, despite a few hick-ups I'm pretty happy with how my deskspace evolved over the past twelve months. The PC case swap and the custom loop that will be built around it are shaping up to become a pretty massive task, so 2024 is already looking like it'll be very busy but I'm looking forward to sharing my progress on all of it in due time.

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[katzebliss]

new keyboard day 💜🎉

Monokei Standard w/Silent Red switches + mintlodica Moon Phases 🌙💜

first thoughts:

this is a t h o n k y board

i cannot understate the thonk

not too thrilled at the keyfeel, I'm either too used to my half-height nuphy switches or this is a really mushy board

now i can justify buying another set of keycaps and switches

[namidatchi]

Just a lil setup ✨

[ikittykaye]

My Magic Girl cable came in! So pretty! Now I just have to wait for my Portico and Magic Girl Keycaps to come in 😭💕💖💗💓💞 #KeebCable #RazerQuartz #GamerGirl #Geekhack #Cookiecables #Pink #PinkAesthetics #PinkSwitch #Mintlodica #GirlStreamer #KeebGeek #RazerStreamer #PCGamer #PastelCable #GamingSetup #Sakura #MagicGirl #MechanicalKeyboard #BattleStation #Kawaii #KawaiiCute #KawaiiStuff #KawaiiOfTheDay #KawaiiSetup #KawaiiAddict #Artisan #KawaiiAesthetic #PinkSetup #KawaiiRoom Please support me by following me on: YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/iKiTTyKaYe Twitch - https://twitch.tv/ikittygamerz Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iKiTTyGaMeRz/ TikTok - https://TikTok.com/iKiTTyKaYe Facebook Gaming- https://facebook.com/iKiTTyGaMeRz YouTube Gaming Channel - https://youtube.com/iKiTTyGaMeRz Twitter - https://twitter.com/iKiTTyGaMeRz Discord - iKiTTyGaMeRz#5446 Snapchat - iKiTTyKaYe Help support the stream - https://streamlabs.com/ikittygamerz Thank you for your support! ❤️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CLxi-9FnzYl/?igshid=8v0b2zo8s0y3

[yournewkeyboard]

“DSA Magic Girl color samples on ErgoDox EZ on my office desk.” via u/mintlodica on Reddit.

[styletracing]

Magic Girl™ (Mintlodica's Version) returns for her Third Anniversary.  This updated version hones in on what made Magic Girl so special: Perfected alpha text alignment, refined pastel colors true to Susan's original vision, and new novelty icons. To celebrate three years with Magic Girl, a limited edition colorway Mill, https://ift.tt/yHefTVX

[lindsayerynux]

Notes from “Leading with Integrative Thinking”

Presented by Susan (@mintlodica) at Refactr.Tech 6.6.19

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Simple can be deceiving because even the simplest interfaces house conflicts underneath. Integrative thinking  leads us to not oversimplify our options but to respect the complexities of both the problem and potential solutions, which offers a broader understanding.

[erqx]

wonderful art made by https://twitter.com/mintlodica

[murderofcro-ws]

Favorite tweets: this is my life now 🌙🎀💖 @mintlodica @TheKeyCompany pic.twitter.com/HhplNGZFVu— creamy mami (@skullface) January 16, 2020

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[trantwitterfavs]

Favorite tweets

xanax + nap = magic

— 🌿 (@mintlodica) December 17, 2019

via http://twitter.com/mintlodica

[iwillreadthesesomeday]

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[criscables]

This is @mintlodica Ergodox with Pastel keycaps, Paws Artisans and Custom Made cables. Astonishing! . . . #keycaps #usb #sleeve #cable #customcables #mechanicalkeyboard #deskthority #geekhack #mod #cablemod #keyboard #minimalsetups #minimaloffices #minimal #desksetup #workspace #developer #photography #diy #crafts #handmade #madeinportugal #customcables #sleevedcables #paracord #coils #geekhack #cableporn #tech

[yournewkeyboard]

“NPKC Sunset Gradient blanks on ErgoDox EZ with mint cables“ via u/mintlodica on reddit