Yeah I never developed the muscle memory for the num row so it shouldn’t be a problem
Seeing this board again inspired me to revisit my own custom. I really love how even with 14 columns it remains symmetric without using too many odd-sized keycaps (not against using a few blanks for the mods). And the arrow keys! This is the layout I've settled on for my own use: https://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/gists/68b440125bd9755baf0fcb5faf19ed61
If it turns out OK I might have to get a case milled.

Had my eye on this. What are your thoughts so far?
Finished up Cytonic and started Defiant by Brandon Sanderson. Tried to pace myself with this series but… the days are dark and cold so there are too many opportunities to read.
Blasted through Skyward and will probably finish Starsight tonight, enjoying it way too much. My first reading of any Sanderson and will probably check out Mistborn after this series. Trying to catch up on all the good quality SF/F released in the past decade or so!
We have a Kobo Clara and a Pocketbook Touch Lux 5 in our house. Neither are color so I can’t speak to that, but both are usable offline with wired file transfer support, which was our main requirement. And decent privacy. Though I can’t speak to Boox, I will be considering another Kobo if the Pocketbook ever dies.