DCD Hundred Acres: When a keycap set becomes something more
The older I get, the more I realise that you sometimes have to be in the right frame of mind to do certain things. Not everything needs to be done immediately. Sometimes you need time. Sometimes you need space. And sometimes you need to wait until your head and your heart are both ready. Strangely enough, a set of keycaps recently reminded me of that. Growing up I didn't have the easiest childhood. Growing up in the 1980s, it sometimes felt to me like children fell into one of two camps: those whose parents were there for them, and those who largely had to figure things out for themselves. Unfortunately, I often felt like I belonged to the latter. So, like a lot of children who needed somewhere else to go, I found refuge in things. Television. Films. Music. Computers. Stories. Fictional worlds became places you could disappear into for a while when the real one wasn't particularly welcoming. Winnie-the-Pooh and his collection of friends in the Hundred Acre Wood were part of tha...
