Damian’s notes

A modular keyboard with a split 60% main board and separate modules for nav cluster and numpad which can be assembled in any order.

• 
  DC-01 Modular Keyboard | MechBoardsUK Coming late 2018 Price is placeholder Information: High Profile, integrated plate, Split 60% Mechanical Keyboard with modules (arrow cluster, numpad) that magnetically connect (physically and electronically) using integrated pogo-pins. 1 cable drives all! Use in any configuration you can think of. Extra modules still work when 60% is in split mode (using TRRS cable or secondary USB) All pieces can work separately! All have USB slots for isolated usage. Pieces can be bought separately (in any configuration) ALU Colours available: Black, Silver, Blue, Gold, Red, Titanium Grey, Cyan, Dark Purple, Rose Gold, Orange. You will be able to select primary and secondary colours (Primay = main chassis. Secondary = side pieces and bottom plate)

A staggered 60% keyboard kit that uses only through-hole components (which should make it easier to solder).

• 
  Gingham Kit | MechBoardsUK Inspired by Plaid, Yiancar has created a staggered 60% through hole keyboard. It supports both ANSI and ISO, split right Shift and split Backspace. Programmable using QMK. This is a great kit for anyone who wants to practice their soldering or even figure out how the electronics of a keyboard actually work! Mini USB is the only way due to the through hole nature of the design. It comes complete with all the components and instructions needed; just add switches, stabilisers, keycaps and a soldering iron!

The Stonewall riots were important event in the struggle for queer liberation but not the first [Comic]

(Via Rob Kirby on Twitter)

• 
  Before Stonewall... It was an important turning point, but by no means were the riots the first act of Queer resistance.

A group biography of renowned crime novelist Dorothy L. Sayers and the Oxford women who stood at the vanguard of equal rights at the star of the twentieth century. (Published in November 2019.)

• 
  Mutual Admiration Society A group biography of renowned crime novelist Dorothy L. Sayers and the Oxford women who stood at the vanguard of equal rights. In 1912, Dorothy L. Sayers ...

Hiroyoshi Chinzei, a fourth-generation traditional paper maker, creates washi with a unique purpose that may help revive interest — both at home and abroad.

(Via Eugen (@Gargron@mastodon.social))

• 
  Skin deep: Japan's washi paper torn by modern life | The Japan Times Once an indispensable part of daily life in Japan, washi paper was used for everything from writing and painting to lampshades, umbrellas and sliding doors