Just another digital dreamer and reality nomad
Dover, NH
Joined April 2008
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I was told one of them had a spec list so asked and got this 🙃
Going to have to have a talk on fundamentals and managing expectations.
I imagine most parts were mentioned on YT, but really curious how that Pentium 4 cooler got in the mix 😂
ALT Child's PC wish list
Not nearly as old as the RCA, but shorter cable length for the same year connector as VGA.
RJ45 has managed to hold on to relevancy though (I actually keep this exact cable in my bag), so pretty solid career here.
ALT RJ45 ethernet to USB C dongle
If you are unfamiliar I encourage you to take a few minutes to watch the segment here.
youtube.com/watch?v=Fl32aV3R…
You don't even have to spend big money, you just have to try.
Craigslist Steelcase chair, Lowe's DIY desk and Amazon box chic PC can be a look that leaves you $$$ for functional parts.
Know what else is cheap on CL? Nice quality knockoff mid-century dressers.
Instead of using $25 for 100 holtites I used $0.89 for 100 M1.3 x 3.5 rivets from Ali: aliexpress.com/item/32784673…
Just solder in place and then bend the switches ever so slightly.
Overall it was faster and cheaper. Super happy with it.
Now to write that keymap...
ALT Mechanical keyboard PCB with rivets soldered into the holes.
ALT Rivets in a mechanical keyboard PCB holes.
ALT Mechanical keyboard switches demonstrating slightly bent pins.
I wanted to update my keyboard, but I didn't want to jack up my daily driver so this afternoon's project was slapping together this sibling from spare parts.
One bit that will interest the MK crowd is that I figured out a way to make it hot-swappable for dirt cheap.
ALT Mechanical keyboard
You should check out /r/cyberDeck. Mostly RPi based, but same feel.
There are a few /r/sffpc builds like this too using iPad screens, ex:
Finally dusted off Unity and spent the day getting a Quest project working, messing around with Shader Graph and experimenting with hand tracking.
This sync with @archillect on my time line tells me your students are on to something.
