welcome to joroki
hi, i'm joro!!
this website is a compendium of stuff i'm into -- feel free to wander around inside my brain a little bit!! these are the well-lit parts.
- mechanical keyboards
- tarot decks
- calico critters
- lulu the piggy
- chiikawa
- still waiting for you
- cool rocks
- stuff shaped like other stuff
- parasaurolophus
- manta rays!!
- spider overview
- joro spiders
- jumping spiders
- trapdoor spiders
- cicadas
- moth overview
- luna moths
- other cute moths
- hammerhead sharks
- stag beetles
- treehoppers
- isopods
- shrimp
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>> my keyboards ☆

- size: 75%
- base: surmen
- switches: akko rosewoods
- keycaps: "white jade" mda profile
- knob?: yes!!
betty was the first keyboard i ever bought (that was actually hot-swappable). i named her betty after betty white, because she's all white now lol. between the foam, tape, and the rosewood switches, she sounds nice and thocky. her keycaps have sort of a satin texture to them and are lower than most of the others i have. she's a joy to type on :')

- size: 65%
- base: epomaker aula win68
- switches: stock wing chuns; i have gateron magnetic jades for her too but didn't like the resistance on them
- keycaps: "milk cover" xda profile
- knob?: no :c
- dampening: case foam, tape mod on pcb
- special: i applied yellow and white check contact paper to puddin's case. she has a bright-pastel primary color scheme now that i love looking at!!
the flat-topped profile of puddin's keycaps kind of trip me up, but she is still nice and fast. i didn't expect magnetic switches to make so much of a difference! i still need to add some padding in her space bar, it's a little hollow sounding. i plan to get a cute pompompurin keychain strap to replace the fabric strap that came with her originally.

- size: 65%
- base: epomaker ek68
- switches: glorious pandas
- keycaps: taro moa profile
- knob?: yes!!
- dampening: case foam, tape mod on pcb, foam inside spacebar
- special: i applied woodgrain contact paper to taro's case :)
taro was my first board with tactile switches and i love her so much!! she was also my first time playing with contact paper on keyboard cases -- the application on her isn't 100% perfect but i think she looks really cool and i like it a lot better than the slate grey she was before. i have a replacement knob in the mail for her right now. it's purple and hopefully it'll match her keycaps well :)

- size: full
- base: newmen
- switches: holy pandas
- keycaps: voynich manuscript cherry profiles
- knob?: SIGH no
- dampening: none in this guy...i wanted it to look, feel, and sound like a bunch of symbols stuck into a wooden board lol
- special: i applied woodgrain contact paper to the wizard's case too!!
the wizard is loud as hell, but also fast. they're currently my only fullsize keyboard; i got this one because i'd found the keycaps and was like "well i obviously have to be able to display all of these, they need a fullsize keyboard." they're a little wonky to fit on my current desk setup but i love them. i got these keycaps because the grimoire in the writing project i'm working on right now is partially inspired by the voynich manuscript.
there are more keyboards that i want to build in the future, but i have to wait and save the money. these include:
the swordfish III: inspired by spike spiegel's ship, the swordfish II
muthr: inspired by the casette futurism of alien, the interior of the nostromo
latte: i found a board with a translucent brown case that reminds me of iced coffee; i want to build one inspired by a creamy latte
gengar: a translucent purple board inspired by my old gameboy color
!! wu zetian!!: a wooden and brass board with "jade" keycaps and ornate chinese pillar spacebar. this is by far the fanciest one i have in mind and the one i'm most excited for



