[03:22] <cmaloney> lo
[03:47] <rick_h_> party party
[04:38] <jrwren> par T
[16:53] <gamerchick02> happy Sunday, everyone. i've been hanging out in reddit on the mechanical keyboard subreddit. now i kinda want to upgrade to a Ducky Shine 3. what have you guys heard about it?
[16:55] <rick_h_> never heard of that one that I can recall
[16:55] <rick_h_> at least never poked at one to consider buying
[16:55] <rick_h_> what are you looking for in a mechanical keyboard gamerchick02 ?
[16:56] <gamerchick02> hold on we're about to leave.
[16:56] <gamerchick02> i'll be back though
[16:56] <rick_h_> gamerchick02: k, have fun
[16:59] <rick_h_> gamerchick02: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=27032.0 I'd go filco unless you're buying it for the pretty lights
[17:00] <rick_h_> I own a filco and many more and filco is best built cherry based switch
[17:40] <gamerchick02> i'm back. we went to Gordon's for burrito dinner stuff for tomorrow
[17:42] <gamerchick02> rick_h_ i have a Razer BlackWidow and i'm looking at Cherry Browns, hence the Ducky Shine 3. also backlighting. i use it for WoW/D3, typing, etc.
[17:43] <gamerchick02> i'm not using the macro keys in WoW on the Razer and i have blue switches on it and it's quite loud. i'd probably try to sell the Razer at work… it's in excellent condition. the only thing i'd probably miss are the mic/audio passthroughs as well as the USB passthrough. also i'm looking for a slightly smaller desk footprint as my desk is rather small and i would like a hair more room.
[17:46] <rick_h_> gamerchick02: so I've got a filco 10less which I really like. Solid built. No backlit keys though. I'm not much of a fan and just extra parts/etc.
[17:47] <gamerchick02> yeah. i'd like the backlighting because of nighttime use.
[17:47] <rick_h_> cool
[17:47] <gamerchick02> and i love the backlights on my mac air. :-P
[17:47] <gamerchick02> i need the keypad though. i'm used to it i guess.
[17:54] <gamerchick02> i'm also looking at the WASD keyboards and wow
[17:57] <gamerchick02> also this: http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/products/code-keyboard/code-104-key-mechanical-keyboard.html#ad-image-0
[18:04] <rick_h_> yea, I've gotten keycaps from wasd
[18:05] <rick_h_> and I know someone that got their keyboard, but ended up having an issue with it
[18:11] <gamerchick02> oh no! that's not cool :(
[18:11] <gamerchick02> you spend $150 on a keyboard then it should work, dangit
[18:15] <rick_h_> hmm, of course G+ doesn't have a 'search posts in my stream' just global search
[18:16] <rick_h_> https://plus.google.com/+CoreyGoldberg/posts has one, not sure if he was the one with issues later
[18:18] <gamerchick02> ok i'll look
[18:18] <rick_h_> maybe I'm mis-remembering
[18:22] <gamerchick02> i'm looking at the filco ones you were talking about.
[18:25] <rick_h_> yea, nevermind if you the light up is important then the ducky gets good reviews
[18:26] <gamerchick02> i've heard lots of good reviews on the ducky
[18:26] <gamerchick02> i should have bought the lighted razer
[18:26] <gamerchick02> oh well
[18:26] <gamerchick02> the non-lighted was on sale and i wanted a mechanical keyboard. :-P
[18:29] <gamerchick02> i'm still glad i bought it, but having the back-lighting on the mac air is really handy
[18:39] <jrwren> what is worse than doing windows pc support for a spouse?
[18:42] <gamerchick02> doing windows pc support for someone you don't know who was told to contact you by a friend.
[18:43] <gamerchick02> or, doing windows ME support.
[18:43] <gamerchick02> *hearty laugh*
[18:49] <jrwren> nah, them you can charge money, or accept beer.
[18:50] <jrwren> its a trick question. nothing is worse than windows pc support for a spouse :p
[19:00] <gamerchick02> :)
[19:02] <gamerchick02> i have no spouse. she can't do it herself?
[19:02] <gamerchick02> (note, i do all my own support with the sometimes question in here or other forum)
[19:02] <gamerchick02> (maybe i'm just a strange lady, but i think everyone should know basic support)
[19:04] <gamerchick02> (i also have no issues taking apart my pc and fixing it myself. which reminds me i need to take apart my computer and do some re-routing of cables. the ex didn't put much thought into calbe routes when we built it.)
[19:04] <gamerchick02> *cable
[19:10] <rick_h_> jrwren: doing windows support with citrix for the spouse's work computer becuase their tech guy left and the 'temp' tech guy can't figure it out?
[19:10] <rick_h_> at least that's what I've got later today on the todo list :)
[19:18] <gamerchick02> ugh, i'm so sorry, rick_h_
[19:39] <gamerchick02> rick_h_ what do you think of this? http://www.amazon.com/CM-Storm-QuickFire-TK-Mechanical/dp/B00A378L10/ref=sr_1_29?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1390160251&sr=1-29
[19:50] <jrwren> rick_h_: I hope you get to bill them.
[19:50] <jrwren> gamerchick02: she does most of her stuff herself. This is a case of me trying to help out.
[19:50] <jrwren> its stretching my windows knowledge
[19:50] <gamerchick02> ah, jrwren, that's good. :)
[19:51] <jrwren> I have 2 VHD files each which are a partition from a disk, sda1, sda2. I'd like to merge them into a single VHD with a partition table. Anyone suggest tools to help me?
[20:00] <gamerchick02> uh. no clue? :(
[20:03] <jrwren> i think I maybe wrong. it maybe that VHD always has a part table
[20:05] <gamerchick02> i'm not really good with partitioning.
[20:05] <gamerchick02> i found the keyboard i think i want but it's out of stock. golly i'm a pain.
[20:05] <gamerchick02> http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=551
[20:48] <cmaloney> Good morning
[20:48] <cmaloney> er, wow.
[20:48] <cmaloney> Time-change. :)
[20:48] <cmaloney> How about I try again
[20:48] <cmaloney> Good afternoon. :)
[20:49] <cmaloney> gamerchick02: I use Cherry Black switches on my keyboards
[20:49] <cmaloney> they're a little harder than Cherry Browns but I like them
[20:49] <cmaloney> I'd love to try some cherry clears at some point
[20:53] <cmaloney> I have Leopolds both at work and at home
[21:19] <gamerchick02> cmaloney sorry we were having dinner
[21:19] <gamerchick02> and yes, afternoon to you too!
[21:20] <gamerchick02> the BlackWidow has blue switches. i like it BUT i want to try the browns and i'm interested in a tenkeyless model to save room on my (overly) small desk
[21:20] <gamerchick02> maybe i should just get a new desk. :-P
[21:22] <gamerchick02> this is also one i'm looking at: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823129005
[21:23] <gamerchick02> blacks? i've heard they don't have the first bump on them. i dunno
[21:31] <gamerchick02> also how are they for general typing and gaming, cmaloney?
[22:24] <jrwren> rick_h_: huge thanks again. those 500GB drives you gave me are really coming in handy right now
[22:54] <rick_h_> jrwren: oh heh, didn't remember about that
[22:55] <rick_h_> jrwren: cool, glad someone is getting some use out of them
[22:55] <rick_h_> gamerchick02: looking at the other one looks the same as the ducky thing
[23:12] <cmaloney> Bah, she left
[23:12] <cmaloney> was sleeving cards so was watching some videos instead of payin attention to IRC>
[23:15] <gamerchick02> i'm finally back. geez that took FOREVER and should not have.
[23:16] <cmaloney> ;)
[23:16] <cmaloney> Bah, she left
[23:16] <cmaloney> was sleeving cards so was watching some videos instead of payin attention to IRC>
[23:16] <cmaloney> gamerchick02: I like the blacks for typing but they're definitely a harder keyboard than most
[23:17] <gamerchick02> hah
[23:17] <gamerchick02> i did leave and then my mac did the "i'll disconnect from wireless because yea i need to" thing. but now i'm back
[23:17] <gamerchick02> how are the blacks for gaming?
[23:18] <gamerchick02> i really do like the blues on my razer
[23:19] <cmaloney> Ixlike'em
[23:21] <gamerchick02> cool
[23:21] <gamerchick02> have you tried browns?
[23:22] <gamerchick02> that's what i'm aiming for. preferably a Ducky Shine series (2 or 3) TKL.
[23:24] <cmaloney> I tried the Leopold Cherry Browns that rick_h_ had.
[23:25] <cmaloney> They were OK, but a little clacky.
[23:25] <cmaloney> I'm more for something quieter which is why I went with the blacks
[23:25] <cmaloney> but overall they were fine
[23:25] <cmaloney> If you're coming from blues there's likely no noise problem to concern yourself with. :)
[23:26] <gamerchick02> yeah i know
[23:27] <gamerchick02> luckily i live alone
[23:27] <gamerchick02> i'd also like to get a real keyboard for work to replace the potato one i'm stuck with there
[23:33] <gamerchick02> what do you know about MaxKeyboards?
[23:33] <gamerchick02> build quality, etc? i've heard reviews of the BlackWidow and though it's holding up for me, i'm worried it might have issues. also i hate the Synapse driver. it sucks
[23:55] <widox> tmux'ers - what does your config look like for auto-launching windows?
[23:55] <widox> examples have it creating a new session then creating windows, but when I do that it creates two sessions :-/