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    Datamancer Ergo Steampunk Keyboard Makes Writing Victorian Fanfics Slightly Less Uncomfortable

    Datamancer Steampunk Keyboard Reviewed (Verdict: Very IBM Clacky)
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    11/06/08

    In reply to Datamancer Ergo Steampunk Keyboard Makes Writing Victorian Fanfics Slightly Less Uncomfortable
    It's quite lovely, I think. I can see writing a good Sherlock Holmes novel on the thing
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    11/06/08

    In reply to Datamancer Ergo Steampunk Keyboard Makes Writing Victorian Fanfics Slightly Less Uncomfortable
    So is steampunk basically a synonym for "Victorian"? Because I would imagine for something to be steampunk, it would have to involve steam (or faux steam machinery) and a punk element of some kind.


    Maybe my etymology is off...

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    11/06/08

    @closhedbb:
    Not _everything_ has to be steam-driven. This, in particular, would be human-powered by design, so there's no need for the keyboard itself to have any steam-powered component, unless that's how it would be designed to transmit the commands to the steam-powered computer.
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    11/06/08

    In reply to Datamancer Ergo Steampunk Keyboard Makes Writing Victorian Fanfics Slightly Less Uncomfortable
    It probably has enough metal to fend off random steampunk zombies or being the ultimate steampunk Clue board game accessory. Worth 1k? No. Don't we have better things to do / spend money on?
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    11/06/08

    In reply to Datamancer Ergo Steampunk Keyboard Makes Writing Victorian Fanfics Slightly Less Uncomfortable
    Someday...I will be able to commission one of these. Beautiful work.
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    11/06/08

    In reply to Datamancer Ergo Steampunk Keyboard Makes Writing Victorian Fanfics Slightly Less Uncomfortable
    i think it looks awesome... on a lady's dressing table. maybe one with chains and spikes would appeal to the boys
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    11/06/08

    In reply to Datamancer Ergo Steampunk Keyboard Makes Writing Victorian Fanfics Slightly Less Uncomfortable
    For god's sake, how do we still not understand the definition of the word steampunk?


    The answer is in the word itself!

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    11/05/08

    In reply to Datamancer Ergo Steampunk Keyboard Makes Writing Victorian Fanfics Slightly Less Uncomfortable
    Also functions as red velvet sex-pillow.
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    11/05/08

    In reply to Datamancer Ergo Steampunk Keyboard Makes Writing Victorian Fanfics Slightly Less Uncomfortable
    Does it have to be in that whiney ass ergonomic style?
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    11/05/08

    In reply to Datamancer Ergo Steampunk Keyboard Makes Writing Victorian Fanfics Slightly Less Uncomfortable
    Gross.
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    11/05/08

    In reply to Datamancer Ergo Steampunk Keyboard Makes Writing Victorian Fanfics Slightly Less Uncomfortable
    that is sick. I'd like to see an entire Jules Verne-themed home office decorated around it.
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    11/05/08

    In reply to Datamancer Ergo Steampunk Keyboard Makes Writing Victorian Fanfics Slightly Less Uncomfortable
    When i first looked at it.... i thought that it was set up so that you'd be sitting basically on the inside of the curve (or in a much easier way of putting it.... at the right side of the pic). Just started thinking "uuh.... i think they got the wrong concept of something being "ergonomic" cause that looks uncomfortable as HELL!". Then i realised that it's set up so you're sitting at the left side of the pic, and thought "well.... at least it follows the ergonomic key setup, but with that massive wrist/palm rest... it looks even MORE uncomfortable than if one were to use it from the other side."
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    11/05/08

    In reply to Datamancer Ergo Steampunk Keyboard Makes Writing Victorian Fanfics Slightly Less Uncomfortable
    A long time ago, I operated a Western Union Telex machine to transmit messages arund the world, and the keyboard looked very much like this one. I had to strike the keys hard enough to punch holes in a tape and have been abusing keyboards with heavy keystrokes ever since.
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    11/05/08

    In reply to Datamancer Ergo Steampunk Keyboard Makes Writing Victorian Fanfics Slightly Less Uncomfortable
    Actually, the wrist rest *is* where it's supposed to be. Look at the keys. The spacebar is up in the nose-bleed section.

    It just is going downhill, for some reason! Does it have an inclined base? I that what she commissioned?
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    11/05/08

    In reply to Datamancer Ergo Steampunk Keyboard Makes Writing Victorian Fanfics Slightly Less Uncomfortable
    We must now be in Zombie-Steampunk mode (Z-S © iamnomad 2008).
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    11/06/08

    @iamnomad:
    I challenge your copyright claim on the basis that Thats Dr Bear to You beat you to it by 1.5 hours.
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    11/05/08

    In reply to Datamancer Ergo Steampunk Keyboard Makes Writing Victorian Fanfics Slightly Less Uncomfortable
    Maybe 10 years from now I'll be able to commission one.
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