en-usCopyright 2006palrich@gmail.compalrich@gmail.comSun, 05 Feb 2012 07:58:47 +0000Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:58:47 +000060WeirdLooking.comhttp://www.weirdlooking.com/WeirdLooking.com: Michael Barton's Bloghttp://www.weirdlooking.com/images/feed.pnghttp://www.weirdlooking.com/Michael Bartonhttp://www.weirdlooking.com/blog/new-keyboardhttp://www.weirdlooking.com/blog/new-keyboardMon, 11 Jun 2007 09:28:52 +0000About a month ago, I put in an order for a <a href="http://www.daskeyboard.com/" style="position: relative; padding-left: 8px; zoom: 1;"><span style="position: absolute; top: -5px; left: 0px; width: 16px; height: 16px; background: URL(http://www.weirdlooking.com/exticon?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.daskeyboard.com%2F) no-repeat center center; -moz-opacity: 0.3; opacity: 0.3; filter:alpha(opacity=30);"></span>Das Keyboard</a>.&nbsp; It finally came in, I guess about a week ago, and I&rsquo;ve been putting it through the motions since.&nbsp; It is, as advertised, very heavy-duty and tactile in the style of the old IBM keyboards I learned to type on.&nbsp; And yes, typing is pretty loud.&nbsp; I don&rsquo;t guess anyone would be happy if I got one for my cubicle at work :)<br /><br />It&rsquo;s also completely blank, which looks cool and is basically a good way for us touch typists to nerd out.<br /><br />It&rsquo;s fairly expensive, about $100 with shipping, but the quality and retro nerd factor made it totally worthwhile.&nbsp; A++++keyboarddas keyboardhttp://www.weirdlooking.com/blog/new-keyboard#commentshttp://www.weirdlooking.com/comments/89http://www.weirdlooking.com/rss/comments/890