In March 2022, I bought a RAMA M65-B in the Yolk color on Mechmarket. The seller bundled up a ton of extra parts with it, too. In fact, it was enough to build a second M65-B if I could find a top case. I found one about six months later and was able to build this one: RAMA M65-B in Milk with Spark keycaps. They are great keyboards. I keep this one at my desk at work.
Notes: I’ve purchased three items from folks on Mechmarket, and all three have been 100% standup people. It’s one of the small things that gives me faith in humanity. Also, I often refer to this keyboard as my free keyboard since I had most of the parts, but like everything in this hobby, it was not remotely free. I think I consider it free because I had most of the parts, but overall, it still cost me around $200. “Free.” Sheesh.
Late supper on the roof
Random walk in Brooklyn.
It’s not a birthday until you have the cake. Happy 17th birthday, Abbe!
Jen and Melissa We finally made it out to Queens to see our friends and despite it being a late night, it was what we needed. Well, what I needed anyway.
Opening Act Willie Nile
Steve joined in Willie Nile’s encore to sing I Ain’t Ever Satisfied
Main Set List
Ain’t Nobody’s Daddy Now
My Old Friend the Blues
Someday
Guitar Town
Devil’s Right Hand
Now She’s Gone
Goodbye
Sparkle and Shine
Every Part of Me
You’re the Best Lover That I Ever Had
South Nashville Blues
Cckmp
Angel is the Devil
John Henry is a Steel Drivin Man
Desperados Waiting for a Train
Goodbye Michaelangelo
City of Immigrants
Galway Girl
Copperhead Road
This is the keyboard I've wanted to put together for the longest time. Thanks to my quite generous brother-in-law, I finally got the keycaps I've wanted. I decided to use just the numbers from the number pad on the number row (rather than the keycaps with the extra glifs like @ and *) and now it has a super old-fashioned look. I get irrationally happy using this keyboard with my 11" iPad Pro. Thanks Dave!
Grace Hill mansion, now known as Litchfield Villa.
So this is Grace Hill. It was built as a private home and is now part of Prospect Park. I love looking at it all year long, but come winter... I stare at it. #prospectpark
Melissa Johnson and Jen (sorry for the smoothing).
We couldn’t make it to their Friendsgiving, but we needed to celebrate anyway. Although, now that I think about, we made them travel to Brooklyn rather than us traveling to them. Anyway, here’s to Melissa and Jason for being our friends for over 20 years. ❤️
That's a plant growing out of a chimney and I liked it.
My original comment about this was "Plant! #directive", but it didn't come out the way I wanted. Maybe the angle isn't wide enough? Maybe I needed to be higher? Anyway, I like to think plants will take over when we are all gone.
