MAR.28.2026 - #64

Hi all 👋, it has been a busy few days while writing clicks 'n clacks this week so I am going to keep this one short—2 clicks, 2 clacks. As promised, I've kept my eyes glued to the TV to watch the premiere of Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 which is quickly shaping up to be an action-packed season. I've also been trying (and failing) to secure some good seats to Project Hail Mary while hearing nothing but positive reviews and reading about the real-life astrophotography featured in the movie.

Spinning out from a previous clack, a small artisan keycap group buy from the Orenji collection is running until next week, and a few other Canadian vendors, including Unikeyboards and Apex Keyboards, are launching their own Spring Sales.

A little side note: next week I'll be taking a week off from the newsletter to celebrate my birthday and spend time with family. See you all on the 11th!

Buckle up and get ready to blast off into outer space for this week's out-of-this-world features!

→ Comics have always been a huge part of my life, from picking up my first Spider-Man issue, to hoarding as many Walking Dead volumes as I could, or binge reading Green Lantern runs in high school. In every stage of life, I've loved comics as a comfort hobby that I could always rely on and enjoy no matter what. Recently, my relationship with comics has gone from personal to professional since I started working at a local comic shop—something that has long been a dream of mine. As I began reading and collecting more seriously in my adult life, an app/platform that has been crucial to the hobby (and now job) is League of Comic Geeks. It's used to track your comic collection, browse new releases, wishlist books, and browse community-made lists (my most used feature). I also discovered that the mobile app can scan comics using image recognition to instantly pull up all the details of any book, which has been invaluable for me while working. It doesn't stop there—the platform hosts AMA's (Ask Me Anything) with artists and creators, can track market value/sales of books, and offers an entire social platform to read user reviews and communicate with like-minded comics lovers! I've had the app for years now, and even though it's mainly used by enthusiasts, I think it's also a great tool for all, regardless of one's interest or knowledge level of the hobby.

→ You might be wondering, “Hey, didn't this guy feature a coffee journaling app just last week?” Well, you'd be right, and you might be even more surprised that this app shares the same name as last week's…Beans! I've been keeping a close eye on developer Shaunak Gokhale's work as he shared progress, and the public release of this app just happened to drop in a caffeine-heavy two weeks for clicks 'n clacks! This coffee journaling project takes a simpler but crafty approach to bean tracking—snap a pic of your beans, and it uses photo recognition to create a “sticker” which it then slaps into a chronological journal log. If you want to leave it at that for basic tracking, no worries, but you can also dive into each entry at any point to add grind size, flavour profile notes, or jot down how you enjoyed the coffee.

→ Check out this build log for a tech-packed 40% ortholinear board dubbed Ground Control 40, made by Nick Coughlin. A project that has been 3 years in the making finally sees the light of day in fully constructed form—it has wireless charging, a lidded case, a knob doubling as a 5-way joystick, OLED screen, and even custom printed keycaps! Since the GC40 is minimal on keys, I found it intriguing to see the custom layers and key mapping layout chosen by Nick. An incredibly unique setup, and the work put in to make those layers work flawlessly with Nick's custom firmware is impressive. Wireless charging is also a feature I never thought I'd see included on a board, but the inclusion of it here is meant to stand out, hence the transparent case showing it off on the back of the board.

→ I used to play a lot of Rainbow Six Siege. It was my go-to game to play with friends, but I've since left it behind for healthier gaming habits. I know it has gone through multiple revamps since I stopped playing years ago, and those updates occasionally give me the itch to go back and dive deep into it again, but I've never caved. This keycap set is more fuel to the fire that may lead me down that Rainbow Six hole again—the Six Siege Tactical Ops by GMK. I'm a sucker for the black and red colour scheme, and the front printed in-game controls on the caps really seal the deal. In my opinion this is miles beyond GMK's first Rainbow Six set, and I would love to see them do more collabs and gaming-inspired drops in the future.

That’s all for this week! I hope you enjoyed it, and now it’s time to hear from YOU 🫵. I want to know your opinion—what you liked, what you loved, what you didn’t like, what you skipped. Email [email protected] (or reply to this issue!) and have a great weekend!!