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Zygo writes "Again a little bit of hardware news for today: At MonkeyReview a very cool case... At DV Hardware a little article about an aluminium mousepad, called the Steelpad... OCCanada takes a look at the Gigabyte GA8PE667-Pro... ExtremeMHz brings you a guide to power... Some Christmas stuff... And Modthebox checks out a cool tachometer for PC's!" richie2000 submits a holiday-themed case mod: "A gingerbread case mod. Don't tell me you didn't see this one coming. And here's a mirror of one of the images."
Oh yes, those.... they are actually very very bad for you. I used the Sun metal mousepad for quite a while.
When you use a mouse, your wrist will actually rest on the mousepad quite often. A metal one will drain the warmth from your wrist nicely, which does nothing to help prevent Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. After a few months of using this thing my wrist started to hurt, and my physician recommended "keeping my hands warm", even wearing gloves, since cold hands and wrists are more susceptible to CTS than warm ones. I switched to a regular mouse and my problems went away.
No bloody way I am ever using a metal mosuepad again. I'm using an optical mouse now that requires no mousepad at all.
If construction was anything like programming, an incorrectly fitted lock would bring down the entire building...