Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Rollup Keyboard


Have you ever noticed that all this junk falls into the keys on your keyboard? A few months ago I bought a Saitek Eclipse. It is backlit so you can see those spaced in between the keys really well. I have to shake this keyboard out every night just to keep it in good clean shape. Ever spilled a drink on your keyboard? The keys start to stick and if you're lucky, none of the electronics go bad.

Well, tonight I wanted to tell you about a different kind of keyboard. It's nothing new, by any means, but it is extremely relevant in our "live at the computer" times. People eat, drink, smoke, and do other unspeakable things often times at their computer, and the keyboard, being a human interface device, can often just get plain cruddy. The roll-up keyboard is a solution to that. You can spill drinks on it, and just wash it off. You can flick ashes all over it (smokers know how annoying it is to have ashes all over your keyboard) and just dust it right off. Its made of.. something like rubber. There's no way to get under the keys, and no need to. It's like a keyboard with one of those clear plastic protective covers built in. And, its good for travel since it bends and forms to whatever shape you need it. I found this keyboard on thinkgeek.com for about 24 dollars, and I sure would love to have one!

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