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Spherical Keyboards?
Jesse Middleton asks: "I was wondering if anyone knew of an ergonomic keyboard that is a ball shape? Someone told me about it, but I can't seem to find it. I would really be interested in it. In otherwords, it is shaped like a ball and you sit it on your desk and elevate your hands and type sideways. Any help would be appreciated!"
Man, I havn't had my tentacles on a shperical keyboard since Randall Carter was alive!
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
The requirement of this keyboard is that it be shaped like...a...ball?
Well guys, you asked for an Ask Slashdot that couldn't be solved by a google.com search. Be careful what you wish for...
Slashdot: Where people pretend to be twice as smart as they really are by behaving like children.
Not only your arms. So with a round keyboard I dont have to worrie about the cat on it. But what happens when the cat finds out the keyboard can roll around?
How about this rather unique solution? No tired arms here!
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Knowledge Adventure presents a whole new concept to the Baby Software world with JumpStart Baby with Baby Ball. The ball is big and sits on the desk in front of your child. Rather than clicking a mouse or striking a key on the keyboard baby pushes down on the oversized ball and gets the same effect.
I had this image in my mind of my boss walking into my office, while I'm not just posting to Slashdot, but doing it moving a Teddy bear around by pressing on this big baby ball on my desk with a big, stupid smile on my face. It must be a good thing, after all a happy worker is a productive worker. Just think of my productivity increase as I make the bear run around the screen pecking out C code. Go Teddy go!
My boss has been telling me to get on the ball for awhile now...
how about the orb from Woody Allens "Sleeper" ?
...a Mosix cluster of these?
Someone told me about it, but I can't seem to find it. I would really be interested in it.
Is this "someone" a reliable person? Have you seen a picture of it? Does this "someone" have others who can back up his claim?
Needless to say, if no one here on slashdot says they've heard of such a thing I think chances are pretty good that it doesn't exist.
GMDwatch this
"player 4 hit player 1 with 0 stroms"
Your dog starts bugging you, so you pick up his toy ball and throw it. "Fetch!"
Then you turn back to your computer... To find his pink toy ball sitting on the desk, and realize you've just thrown him your keyboard.