i'm a week out from finishing my coding school thing. only ever told a few people i was doing this. i am a few weeks out from my amtrak trip. thought i came across an issue regarding how long i actually had to use my rail pass. but i biked over to the station and asked in person after not hearing back from the oniline message i left them. they said i should be fine once i take the first trip. which is what i assumed but wanted to double check in order to avoid scheduling issues

i finally modded my keyboard a bit after cocnluding that i would not be replacing it. the backlight has been giving me issues, and after accepting a refund for the backlight add-on from the manufacturer, i opened it up and put the foam sheet from the shippng packaging below the pcb. i'm not sure how much that alone helped, since i also added painters tape to the underside of the pcb. in theory, the tape reflects some of the noise, and the foam absorbs the remainder. it was empty inside, so that explained the hollow sounds. it was just bouncing around in there. it definitely feels heavier. and the sound is different. it's still not where i want it to be, but i think a lot of the remainder has to do with the switches themselves. a bit rattle-y, so lubing them would still be needed, but also feels like overkill on a sub-fifty dollar keyboard. looks like a tedious task. popular keyboard youtuber stated it takes minimum five hours...

i hate when i accidentally leave my mic on in the zoom chat. it's embarassing because i can never remember if whatever deranged thoughts crossed through my head were vocalized or stayed in my mind. like did i say the thoughts that i had? and if so, was it loud enough to be picked up? or was it like a whisper under my breath? i'm at the mercy of the forgiveness of the otheres in my call. what did they hear? i know they heard this dumb video about modding a keyboard, that's fine. kinda funny. but did they hear my thoughts on what i was looking at on twitter? i don't know.. maybe it's better that i never know.. could make it worse, the embarassment