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I Created a Frankenstein Keyboard by Mixing Switches, Here’s How It Went

Large keys with stabilizers, such as the Spacebar, Enter, Backspace, and Shift, are the most popular to swap because the feel and sound change drastically depending on the switch. The spacebar, in ...
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I Tested This Open Source Keyboard for a Month, and It Replaced Gboard

The toolbar (the tiny row of buttons that sits above the QWERTY row) is mostly a recent addition to virtual keyboards. If you don’t like it or find it distracting, you can disable it in Heliboard to ...

Why many young adults turn on TV or movie subtitles, according to a new poll

A new poll finds that younger adults are more likely to use subtitles while watching TV or movies than are older adults.

You should care more about the stabilizers in your mechanical keyboard—here’s why

Still, a good-quality set of stabilizers, properly installed and lubricated, is probably the best upgrade you can make to a ...

What you need to know about typewriter-loving QWERTYFEST 2025

From Oct. 3-5 history and typewriter buffs will gather to celebrate a past Milwaukeean's hand in patenting one of the first ...
Milwaukee Magazine

MKE’s Quirkest Event? Embrace the Typeweriter at QWERTYFEST

That’s the resting place of Christopher Latham Sholes, the Milwaukeean who invented the QWERTY keyboard and one of the first ...