What is SpaceFN and why you should give it a try
The SpaceFN concept - setting up your space key as a layer switch when held - is probably one of the most useful tweaks in the keyboard hobby. Let me explain how it works. My SpaceFN article on kbd.news made some rounds recently - quite surprisingly given the age of this concept. This piece you're reading is a condensed version of the full post. If you're left with unanswered questions, you'll most likely find the info you're looking for in the original write-up. On my imaginary top list of the most useful keyboard features, tweaks and hacks, SpaceFN would deserve a podium finish for sure. But what makes it so special? In short: SpaceFN is easy to implement, easy to learn, costs nothing, can be used with any keyboard, and can improve your productivity instantly. I will list its benefits below, but can state right at this point that the SpaceFN concept, setting up your space key as a layer switch when held, is clearly one of the most useful tweaks in the keyboard hobby....
Apr 30, 2024
A work in progress, but it's getting there!
Includes a sidecar command station for my mini-me that I can swing around and use for a second monitor when he's not attached to me at the hip.
It looks better than the corrugated plastic junk I've always used, it feels very high quality (like those anti-fatigue mats you woukd stand on) and the foam also has considerable structure to it, so I was able to secure it to the desk where it goes behind the shelves in such a way that there is no weight pulling on the motherboard outputs at all. The only thing I could see being a problem for some is that the curve is VERY set on this stuff, so if your application requires a straight line, this may not be the product for you, but who knows, perhaps you could straighten it out with time.
In my application I like the curved look anyway.
As pretty as the machine is to look at, I feel I really need to call attention to the Monitor for a moment.
Since I built this Beast about 2 months ago, I've tested it's performance in a variety of different settings, e.g. 65" 4k television, 200"+ Home Cinema Projector, and even 3 sweet 1440 IPS displays in surround mode...
Yet, in the end I bought the one you see in my battlestation, not because it fits perfectly in the eccentric shelvedesk I chose as a base (which it does) and not because it happened to be in stock and on sale at Fry's when I went to buy the GTX 1080ti (which it was) but because I wanted to see what gaming at 165hz refresh rate with NVIDIA's g-sync felt like.
I have to drop a few of the settings in a some of the games I play to maintain a consistent frame rate near 165, but the slight dip in detail means nothing at all when you experience how unbelievably smooth the movement becomes!!
After a few weeks gaming exclusively on this setup, I tried to help my son get through a part in Horizon Zero Dawn on the PS4, which is one of this console generation's crowning jewels as far as graphics are concerned, and I couldn't believe how badly it seemed to stutter when quickly looking around.... How did I never notice that before?
I can't praise this thing highly enough, though I almost wish I had splurged the extra $$ on the IPS version, because it took quite a lot of futzing with the settings to get the colors to feel just right, and I hear that is not such an issue with IPS panels.
With the sale going on at the time though, the price differential was considerably larger than it is now, and I had already burned a great big pile of money on this thing as it is!!
My Version https://www.amazon.com/PG279Q-2560x1440-G-SYNC-Gaming-Monitor/dp/B01N4ENDXR with IPS https://www.amazon.com/PG279Q-2560x1440-G-SYNC-Gaming-Monitor/dp/B017EVR2VM
Got pics of the T?