Hooray for illuminated keyboards! Boo to buying new keyboards! There’s got to be a better way! Ah, wonderful, here are some glow in the dark keyboard stickers for nine bucks. In yo’ face, replacement keyboard!
Available at BaronBob.com:
“Made of high quality fluorescent print, The Glowing Keyboard Sticker Set reflects any ambient source of light – even the dimmest sort like the glow of your monitor. Make the keyboard letters illuminate in a crisp clear bright light that, literally, glows in the dark!”
Stupid? Yes. Useful? Maybe, especially if you’ve got a favorite keyboard like I do. As a world-famous blogger, I’ve worn down the letters of my most oft-used keys and it’d be nice to get those back because I type hunched over my keyboard using just my two index fingers. If you can think of a magical way to type without looking down at the keyboard, I’d like to hear it.
Glow in the Dark Keyboard Stickers [BaronBob.com via Foolish Gadgets]
I’ll preface this with the fact that I’m very, very lazy.
Putting all those stickers on the keyboard sounds like a LOT of work. (I’m also pretty anal about things being oriented “just so”. It would take me HOURS to apply those things.)
I’m still waiting for someone to come out with a decent keyboard. I’ve been seeing the same thing for years.
Check out the Logitech Illuminated Keyboard. Very nice board, and dosen’t look like a stupid toy like all the illuminated “gaming” boards. Also it keep popping up on Techbargains for around $50. Not a bad deal at all.
Well, one way to type without looking down at a keyboard is to learn how to type without looking down at your keyboard. That’s why those two little bumps exist on the F and J key. Find those with your hands and now you know where everything is.
Well, nicely put, Joshua!
Put an angled mirror above your monitor, so you only need to loop up to see your fingers on the keyboard.
Problem solved!
I don’t have time to loop up to see my fingers…Can I hang the mirror off my glasses instead?
Too much genius in this thread!
Doug,
The absurdity of your posts always makes me smile.
Thanks!