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[8]The big button

May 16, 2026

Here’s Marcin Wichary [9]with a huge guide to the fun of key­board
customization, fea­turing a pic of his own setup … 

Marcin's battlestation Marcin's battlestation

 … which is even better than I expected it would be, and that’s saying a lot,
because my expec­ta­tions were high, given that it’s Marcin, and it’s
key­boards. He writes:

    I also have one big arcade button in a big box. It’s a long story, but I
    com­mis­sioned it hoping it’d be fun to press, and guess what: It’s really
    fun to press.

There are sev­eral exam­ples of the big arcade button’s appli­ca­tions in the 
guide — you’ll find them [10]starting here. At last, Marcin writes,

    But, let’s move away from the big button onto other things.

and I believe my sigh of dis­ap­point­ment might have been audible across the
continent.

(I saw the link to Marcin’s guide in [11]R. W. Blickhan’s newsletter, which is
a reg­ular read for me, highly recommended.)

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