chips and keyboards don't mix

[rickcr42]

I am sitting here eating some Bar-B-Q chips and posting and now my keyboard and mouse need a good cleaning !

My mouse feels absolutely NASTY and i can't take it anymore !

Is there any way short of a finger bowl at the computer desk to snack and post at the same time ?

I think not

time to wipe down.it is really getting on my last nerve

Oh yeah.
Spilling a Sam adams on the keyboard also sucks.One sticky beer when it hits thermoplastic ICKKKK !

 

[Snake]

Feed bag

I thought you had household slaves to hand feed you like all good emperors of a land??

 

[Jahn]

baby drool also does not mix. it acts as some kind of alien venom, dissolving the click wheel and grunging up your mouse. suffice to say i'm using a new mouse right now.

 

[rickcr42]

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I thought you had household slaves to hand feed you like all good emperors of a land??

It's saturday and they have the day off

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baby drool also does not mix. it acts as some kind of alien venom, dissolving the click wheel and grunging up your mouse. suffice to say i'm using a new mouse right now.

i didn't even OWN a computer until mine were well past the drool stage.the only drooling they do now is when a hotty walks buy barely dressed and then it is also dad needing a chin wipe

I am thinking maybe a sandwich baggie open end to the cord as kinda a disposable mouse cover.the keybord i can just wipe on my pant leg

Hmmmmm....eating a hot dog fresh of the grill and just dumped sour kraut on my desk top.This weekend is tuning out very messy.............

 

[Snake]

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Originally Posted by rickcr42 It's saturday and they have the day off

Damn. It's so hard to find good household slaves nowadays. They grow up, go to school, get married...

 

[Elec]

Though I can't provide documentation, somebody or other did an investigation of a "typical office" to see what's dirtynastyfilthyhorrible and what isn't. The usual suspects like communal telephones were pretty bad. The big surprise was that keyboards ane employee work spaces were REALLY bad, in fact worse than the toilet seats. The reason being that disinfectants and regular cleaning are applied to the toilets. People eat at their desks and drop food in keyboards all the time but rarely bother to give either a good cleaning (cleaning a keyboard can be damn near impossible anyway). If you use the cheapie type keyboard and not some fancy $100 wireless deal, it'd almost be worth it to just buy a new one every 6-12 months.

 

[rickcr42]

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). If you use the cheapie type keyboard and not some fancy $100 wireless deal, it'd almost be worth it to just buy a new one every 6-12 months.

I do that anyway but not entirely by choice.I have a really bad habit of slamming my fist down on my keyboard when windows decides to go nut boy and crash on me in the middle of doing something for no good reason I can think of

[size=large]WHAM !!!!!! [/size]

off to the store go I so i am not only always upgrading but have the cleanest keybord around,if i can stop eating at my desk that is....

 

[Stephonovich]

I try to clean my keyboards out once a year, and usually end up replacing them every 2 years. Of course, mine are of the $20 variety, so it's not too big a deal. Cleaning keyboards really isn't that hard anyway. Unscrew 'em, remove all the layers (membrane and two circuit-embedded plastic sheets, unless you have an IBM clicky - good luck), and wash them thoroughly in plain water. Do the same for the keys, then blast 'em with an air compressor. Or canned air, I suppose, but that gets expensive.

Just make sure to let them dry for about 24 hours before re-assembling it (which doesn't take all that long, really. Either make a diagram beforehand, or find a high-res picture of it on Google) and you're good to go.

 

[Oink1]

I eat/drink with leftie and mouse/post with right - works a treat!

(Suppose it depends on your choice of munchies though - i can see the hotdog combo being tricky!)

 

[rickcr42]

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I eat/drink with leftie and mouse/post with right - works a treat! (Suppose it depends on your choice of munchies though - i can see the hotdog combo being tricky!)

My left hand is like some foreign object connected to my body as a practical joke.

Totally useless except to balance me so I can stand straight and not fall over

 

[rickcr42]

no more on the "Pyro 101" course guys.

I don't need to babysit the thread right ?

 

[Oink1]

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Originally Posted by rickcr42 My left hand is like some foreign object connected to my body as a practical joke. Totally useless except to balance me so I can stand straight and not fall over

Now thats funny!

- Blender/beaker/large bore straw?

 

[gloco]

What i do every so often is that i shake out all the crumbs by just picking up the keyboard and banging it on the table a few times, works like a charm.

 

[rickcr42]

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What i do every so often is that i shake out all the crumbs by just picking up the keyboard and banging it on the table a few times, works like a charm.

that works great for the big chunks but the greasy feel on the mouse from the oils in the chips is just NASTY man !

gives me the brrrrrrs just thinking about it

brrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[bundee1]

Only 2 people use my keyboard me and my wifey. Compressed air and a paper towel full of windex are ok to get the grease off. Once in a while a paper towel full of rubbing alcohol does the trick. Those lysol disinfecting wipes are mighty helpful too. Lets go Mets!