Author Archives: Kristina Panos

Hackaday Podcast Episode 360: Cool Rubber Bands, Science-y Stuff, and the Whys of Office Supplies

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This week, Hackaday’s Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos met up over assorted beverages to bring you the latest news, mystery sound results show, and of course, a big bunch of …read more Continue reading Hackaday Podcast Episode 360: Cool Rubber Bands, Science-y Stuff, and the Whys of Office Supplies→

Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With the Beginner’s Guide to Split Keyboards

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Illustrated Kristina with an IBM Model M keyboard floating between her hands.

Curious about split keyboards, but overwhelmed by the myriad options for every little thing? You should start with [thehaikuza]’s excellent Beginner’s Guide to Split Keyboards. Your education begins with the …read more Continue reading Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With the Beginner’s Guide to Split Keyboards→

Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With the NEO With the Typewriter Shell

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Illustrated Kristina with an IBM Model M keyboard floating between her hands.

Isn’t this glorious? If you don’t recognize what this is right away (or from the post title), it’s an AlphaSmart NEO word processor, repackaged in a 3D-printed typewriter-esque shell, meticulously …read more Continue reading Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With the NEO With the Typewriter Shell→

Motorola’s Password Pill Was Just One Idea

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Let’s face it; remembering a bunch of passwords is the pits, and it’s just getting worse as time goes on. These days, you really ought to have a securely-generated key-smash …read more Continue reading Motorola’s Password Pill Was Just One Idea→

Keebin’ with Kristina: the One with the Height-Adjustable Key Caps

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Illustrated Kristina with an IBM Model M keyboard floating between her hands.

Now, we can’t call these LEGO key caps for obvious reasons, but also because they don’t actually work with standard LEGO. But that’s just fine and dandy, because they’re height-adjustable …read more Continue reading Keebin’ with Kristina: the One with the Height-Adjustable Key Caps→

Keebin’ with Kristina: the One with the Split with the Num Pad

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Illustrated Kristina with an IBM Model M keyboard floating between her hands.

I love, love, love Saturn by [Rain2], which comes in two versions. The first, which is notably more complex, is shown here with its rings-of-Saturn thumb clusters. So what was …read more Continue reading Keebin’ with Kristina: the One with the Split with the Num Pad→

Keebin’ with Kristina: the One with the Ball-Joint Keyboard

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Illustrated Kristina with an IBM Model M keyboard floating between her hands.

Get a handle on this bad boy! Okay, so those voids are really more for airing out your palms, I’d imagine, because palm sweat sure is real — you should …read more Continue reading Keebin’ with Kristina: the One with the Ball-Joint Keyboard→

Keebin’ with Kristina: the One with the Cheap-O Keyboard

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All right, I’ll cut to the chase: Cheap03xD is mainly so cheap because the PCB falls within a 10 x 10 cm footprint. The point was to make a very …read more Continue reading Keebin’ with Kristina: the One with the Cheap-O Keyboard→