Old Retired Guy learns how to type (again)
Behold my brand new Rymark mechanical keyboard, which Rymark calls, somewhat bewilderingly, the KnewKey. And when I say new, I don't mean just Knew to me, I mean Knew to the whole wide world. I'll explain.
Back a year or so ago I invested a stipend in one of those crowd funding sites and promptly forgot all about it. Time passed and I began to receive updates -- if you could call them that, since they uniformly detailed various delays and snafus in the manufacturing process. Ultimately I received notice that the very first production run was soon to ship to that haloed group of early investors they loved so much.
Apparently I was a member in this exclusive Klub because shortly thereafter I received a box of certain other-continent origin; a notion being reinforced by delivery via DHL. (I ask you, when was the last time you received anything shipped domestically via DHL?)
Inside was my brand Knew exceedingly well crafted, superbly finished, and reassuringly -- all but the tiny bits -- metal keyboard - full size to my surprise - along with the unusual bits of miscellany, like a brush and polishing cloth. And an instruction manual -- for although this device looks simple, it is far from it.
So what's so damn special? Best of all, it types like a mechanical typewriter, with keys that have the satisfying feel and sound of just doin' our mechanicy job here folks, precisely like what I (and perhaps you too) learned to type on so long ago. And it wasn't so very long that I was happily notating along, at twice the speed of those poofy knot-Knew electronical keyboards.
Second, it not only connects to your regular desktop 'puter, but with a stroke of that little brass lever you can connect to at least three other devices, for instance your crusty iPad, via those ubiquitous bluetoothed wavelengths. That brass doo-hick at the back holds your pad or phone most conveniently.
Third, and I'll admit at first I didn't think I'd like this, the underside of the keys light up. It will do all manner of lighting tricks, but I eschew tricks and enjoy a soothing white light beneath my crooked fingers. I assume if you were totally without a soul you could turn the lights off, but why?
The only criticism I had was that out of the box it lays flat but I cured that with a couple of rubber baby buggy bumpers (not their real name) glued to it's backside and now, sitting at a modest angle, everything works just fine.
And personally, I think it looks just bitchin'.
Old Retired Guy learns how to type (again)
Behold my brand new Rymark mechanical keyboard, which Rymark calls, somewhat bewilderingly, the KnewKey. And when I say new, I don't mean just Knew to me, I mean Knew to the whole wide world. I'll explain.
Back a year or so ago I invested a stipend in one of those crowd funding sites and promptly forgot all about it. Time passed and I began to receive updates -- if you could call them that, since they uniformly detailed various delays and snafus in the manufacturing process. Ultimately I received notice that the very first production run was soon to ship to that haloed group of early investors they loved so much.
Apparently I was a member in this exclusive Klub because shortly thereafter I received a box of certain other-continent origin; a notion being reinforced by delivery via DHL. (I ask you, when was the last time you received anything shipped domestically via DHL?)
Inside was my brand Knew exceedingly well crafted, superbly finished, and reassuringly -- all but the tiny bits -- metal keyboard - full size to my surprise - along with the unusual bits of miscellany, like a brush and polishing cloth. And an instruction manual -- for although this device looks simple, it is far from it.
So what's so damn special? Best of all, it types like a mechanical typewriter, with keys that have the satisfying feel and sound of just doin' our mechanicy job here folks, precisely like what I (and perhaps you too) learned to type on so long ago. And it wasn't so very long that I was happily notating along, at twice the speed of those poofy knot-Knew electronical keyboards.
Second, it not only connects to your regular desktop 'puter, but with a stroke of that little brass lever you can connect to at least three other devices, for instance your crusty iPad, via those ubiquitous bluetoothed wavelengths. That brass doo-hick at the back holds your pad or phone most conveniently.
Third, and I'll admit at first I didn't think I'd like this, the underside of the keys light up. It will do all manner of lighting tricks, but I eschew tricks and enjoy a soothing white light beneath my crooked fingers. I assume if you were totally without a soul you could turn the lights off, but why?
The only criticism I had was that out of the box it lays flat but I cured that with a couple of rubber baby buggy bumpers (not their real name) glued to it's backside and now, sitting at a modest angle, everything works just fine.
And personally, I think it looks just bitchin'.