Posted by
timothy
on from the don't-take-the-salmon-fishing-job dept.
japala writes "Many of us will have to use our computers even when it's summer. Getting sweaty and frustrated, but you have to get the work done or that last level played. Why not cool your mousing hand down with something as unique as BreezePad. DIY all the way baby!"
Re:Better Solution?
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Anonymous Coward
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clicky... not sure about that though, a friend of mine bought the nyko airflow gamepad and it broke (fan stopped working and the right analog control is messed up) after like a week.
Re:Better Solution?
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Predius
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Got both their mouse and gamepad. I can't tell when the mouse is on or off unless my hand is on it to feel the breeze. Haven't really done any super hardcore gaming since getting it, so can't comment on it's abiltity to help when gaming or visiting those... moist websites.
Re:Better Solution?
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ottothecow
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the next time my mouse dies
Maybe you wouldnt have that problem if you didnt buy a $16 mouse in the first place;)
-- Bottles.
Re:Better Solution?
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utahraptor
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I have to say, after having that mouse for 3 months with it slowly becoming worse to unuseable at the end, that it is the worse mouse ever. The noises the fan makes is like the buzzing of an angry hornet. You have to hit it gently to get it to stop. Eventualy, after hitting it too many times, the optics gave out.
Perhaps this should give people a clue that violence is not always a good way of fixing things...
-- Martin
Summer is coming?
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Anonymous Coward
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Wow, it's about time Slashdot started breaking some real news like a season starting. Anyway, if you don't have AC, I pity you and your computer.
Re:Summer is coming?
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Anonymous Coward
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Hey now, that's awfully Northern-Hemisphere-centric of 'em!:)
Re:Summer is coming?
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ottothecow
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While the other lamp-oriented reply may have been aimed at humor, I bring a serious suggestion:
In order to do some renovation, I had to clear everything out of a room, so my gaming computer is sitting in a basement room (right next to kitty litter and the washing machine) where it can be rather cold (minnesota here). The first time I went for a gaming session, I had a desklamp on the table and turned it on. As I felt its warmth an idea popped into my head and now whenever I am using that computer for something, I position the lamp right over my hand.
a 60watt bulb a couple of inches above your had does a wonderful job of keeping them from getting cold and stiff and provides just enough light to see your keyboard and the rest of your desk. I only wish that I had it for my left hand as the keyboard fingers need much more agility (since the mouse is mostly hand and arm) but the light makes too much glare there
-- Bottles.
not a good idea
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Anonymous Coward
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sounds like a good way to get RSI, you should allways make sure you hands/arms stay warm, better a bit too warm then too cold
Re:not a good idea
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Anonymous Coward
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Is this the Goldielocks mouse pad ?
First too warm, then too cold, then too warm, then too cold. Ahhh...just right!
Gotta take care of the mouse hand.
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mikeophile
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For some of us, it represents half our love lives.
Re:Gotta take care of the mouse hand.
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sburnett
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Only half?
Re:Gotta take care of the mouse hand.
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maxbang
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I'm Jewish, you insensitive clod!
-- I also reply below your current threshold.
Re:Gotta take care of the mouse hand.
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The+Infamous+Grimace
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Well, if you use only one hand, give your other hand a shot. It's a unique experience.
Like gettin' some strange? =)
(tig)
-- Ignorance and prejudice and fear
Walk hand in hand
is this really necessary?
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quelrods
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"See that's what you have to do, come up with some really great idea and never have to work again. Like that guy, that invented the pet rock."
I live in Michigan and the Winters here can get fairly cold. Does anyone know if there is any type of heated keyboard/mouse out there. I have searched relentlesly but haven't been able to find an actual heated keyboard/mouse.
I have a heated keyboard and mouse (touchpad anyway); It's my P4 laptop computer.
It would also keep my legs warm if I actually kept it on my lap, and it puts out enough heated air from the side vent to use as a hand-dryer/blow-dryer. Thanks Intel!
-- "Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey?"- Peter Gabriel
You're not recycling that energy nearly enough unless you've got an Athlon XP2800 laptop. Buy now and Dell will include a voucher for a free ambulance ride to the hospital for your 2nd degree thigh burns
I've been looking for one too. I wore gloves with the fingertips cut off this winter because my hand was so cold. Anyway, I found this website today: www.theheatedmouse.com
Well, it survived...
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No+Such+Agency
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My mousing hand survived Quake, Quake 2, Half-Life, Counterstrike, a smattering of non-FPS games, and (so far), America's Army. However, when it's released, Half-Life 2 may turn out to be the final nail in my carpal tunnel, cooling or no cooling.
-- Freedom: "I won't!"
Wimpy computers
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andy_shepard
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What kind of pathetic little computers do you use that your computer room isn't hot year round?
Computers beat electricity company (by cracking the customer database).
It's a whole new game for the summer folks!
-- Beep beep.
Drysol is the answer
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cookie_cutter
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Its basically an industrial strength antiperspirant that plugs your pores. Its great for those with overactive sweat glands.
(Yes, this means there is a cure for ball-sweat)
My brother uses it and now has dry hands year round. Just reapply once a week before bedtime. The stuff can really burn the first couple times you use it.
In Canada its available without a prescription at any drug store. Just ask for it at the Pharmacist's counter.
Other alternatives include iontophoresis (don't buy the unit, just build one yourself with some aligator clips, a resistor and a bunch of 9V batteries in series).
Surgery is also an option for overactive sweat glands, but I'd say the risks outweigh the benefits in that instance.
Re:Drysol is the answer
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Fnkmaster
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Other alternatives include iontophoresis (don't buy the unit, just build one yourself with some aligator clips, a resistor and a bunch of 9V batteries in series).
I'm sorry, did you just recommend I put an alligator clip, a resistor and a bunch of 9V batteries in series with my balls to cure ball sweat? You sir are a disturbed man.
Re:Drysol is the answer
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M.+Silver
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Kind of like the reason anti-persiprant deodorants are bing phased out in some places - they've been lined to breast cancer.
And Bill Gates is going to send me $25 if I forward this email, too. Uh huh.
Re:Obligatory /.ing joke
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FrYGuY101
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More obligatory Slashdot jokes:
Yeah, but does it run Linux?
Imagine a beowulf cluster of those!
I for one welcome our new climate-controlling-mousepad overlords.
In Soviet Russia, Mousepad cools YOU!
1: Slap fan on mousepad
2: ???
3: Profit!
Sadly, I can't figure out any way to work in either hot grits, or Natalie Portman.
-- "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living."
Serious problem for some users
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fo0
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Many slashdoters may think this is a joke, but it is a serious problem for some users. I had a friend at college who's hand would sweat so profusely that he had to put a rag over his mouse to keep it from shorting out. No joke!
Re:Serious problem for some users
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Spoing
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Many slashdoters may think this is a joke, but it is a serious problem for some users. I had a friend at college who's hand would sweat so profusely that he had to put a rag over his mouse to keep it from shorting out. No joke!
Sure that was "sweat", sunshine?
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Re:slashdotted already
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beeplet
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But if they used that as a reason to subscribe, everyone would be signing up... and suddenly it would be false advertising.
totally insensitive
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big+daddy+kane
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you insensitive clod I live in Antartica!
subliminal hit
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quetzalc0atl
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>sweaty and frustraited >cool your mousing hand down..
riiiiight...thats something that one dude shouldn't say to another dude
mice are bad news
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Anonymous Coward
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A lot of RSI injuries are mouse-related. I don't believe an ergonomic setup should include a mouse type device. Myself, I use a Kinesis Classic (it's $200, but worth every penny) and stick to the shell whenever possible. If your windowing environment supports keyboard shortcuts (as any good one should) then you don't even need a mouse. There are exceptions, but even then there's usually a better, less injury-prone device to use (frex, graphic artists are better off using a tablet).
forget mice. use a trackball.
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herrd0kt0r
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using a mouse requires movement of the entire upper extremity.
using a trackball requires movement of yr thumb.
it's much more efficient, and now i have MUSCLES, something i never could've gotten, using a mouse. of course, only my thumb is awesomely rippled, but hey, it's a start.
Re:forget mice. use a trackball.
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Morganth
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One of the great RSI myths is that trackballs are better for you than mice. Repetetive movement of your thumb directly causes harm to your wrist in much greater degrees than does movement of a mouse, especially a properly designed mouse like the Quill.
The second myth is that wrist rests are good for you, which they are not, under any circumstances. By resting your wrist on a pad, you are forcefully reducing bloodflow, and asking for trouble. Your wrists shouldn't lay on ANYTHING.
Anybody Who Visits /.
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Anonymous Coward
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Is almost certainly "sweaty and frustrated" by definition.
Will my mousing hand survive?
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dougmc
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... probably. It almost didn't survive Diablo 2, which should have been renamed `carpal tunnel syndrome in a box', but it did, because I just stopped playing -- it was just too hard on my mouse pointing finger. Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click...
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards /6afa/
Wow, it's about time Slashdot started breaking some real news like a season starting. Anyway, if you don't have AC, I pity you and your computer.
sounds like a good way to get RSI, you should allways make sure you hands/arms stay warm, better a bit too warm then too cold
For some of us, it represents half our love lives.
"See that's what you have to do, come up with some really great idea and never have to work again. Like that guy, that invented the pet rock."
:(){
Just leaves your hand in perfect shape for the other good use... ..sax.
/.'er... ;)
What? You were thinking something else than Saxophone? You dirty minded
Perhaps the slashcode's submit script should have a spell checker.
Make America grate again!
Ratpoison.
Or you could just buy a cat.
one of these (the second row)
"Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
Many of us will have to use our computers even when its summer.
Excuse me, but just what kind of a geek are you ??
I hear there's rumors on the Slashdots
You use the mouse? I'd rather have cooling for my foot peddles.
I like the idea of a cool stream of air blowing up my pants...Oops, did I say that out loud.
whose time has come
Mousing? Is that what you internet perverts are calling it now?
I live in Michigan and the Winters here can get fairly cold. Does anyone know if there is any type of heated keyboard/mouse out there. I have searched relentlesly but haven't been able to find an actual heated keyboard/mouse.
....use nothing but a keyboard
My mousing hand survived Quake, Quake 2, Half-Life, Counterstrike, a smattering of non-FPS games, and (so far), America's Army. However, when it's released, Half-Life 2 may turn out to be the final nail in my carpal tunnel, cooling or no cooling.
Freedom: "I won't!"
What kind of pathetic little computers do you use that your computer room isn't hot year round?
(Yes, this means there is a cure for ball-sweat)
My brother uses it and now has dry hands year round. Just reapply once a week before bedtime. The stuff can really burn the first couple times you use it.
In Canada its available without a prescription at any drug store. Just ask for it at the Pharmacist's counter.
Other alternatives include iontophoresis (don't buy the unit, just build one yourself with some aligator clips, a resistor and a bunch of 9V batteries in series).
Surgery is also an option for overactive sweat glands, but I'd say the risks outweigh the benefits in that instance.
...and it blows.
What if they just made a hovercraft mouse? Smooth scrolling and forced air - the perfect hack!
Humor from a Genetically Molested Mind
More obligatory Slashdot jokes:
Yeah, but does it run Linux?
Imagine a beowulf cluster of those!
I for one welcome our new climate-controlling-mousepad overlords.
In Soviet Russia, Mousepad cools YOU!
1: Slap fan on mousepad
2: ???
3: Profit!
Sadly, I can't figure out any way to work in either hot grits, or Natalie Portman.
"If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living."
- Seneca
Summer Is Coming; Will Your Mousing Hand Survive?
Must... Resist... Lame... Masturbation Joke.
-Colin
Check it out
This is a dupe...
use the search luke
Many slashdoters may think this is a joke, but it is a serious problem for some users. I had a friend at college who's hand would sweat so profusely that he had to put a rag over his mouse to keep it from shorting out. No joke!
But if they used that as a reason to subscribe, everyone would be signing up... and suddenly it would be false advertising.
you insensitive clod I live in Antartica!
>sweaty and frustraited
>cool your mousing hand down..
riiiiight...thats something that one dude shouldn't say to another dude
A lot of RSI injuries are mouse-related. I don't believe an ergonomic setup should include a mouse type device.
Myself, I use a Kinesis Classic (it's $200, but worth every penny) and stick to the shell whenever possible. If your windowing environment supports keyboard shortcuts (as any good one should) then you don't even need a mouse. There are exceptions, but even then there's usually a better, less injury-prone device to use (frex, graphic artists are better off using a tablet).
Slashdot Is Coming; Will Your Server Survive?
using a mouse requires movement of the entire upper extremity.
using a trackball requires movement of yr thumb.
it's much more efficient, and now i have MUSCLES, something i never could've gotten, using a mouse. of course, only my thumb is awesomely rippled, but hey, it's a start.
Is almost certainly "sweaty and frustrated" by definition.
Japala already submitted the exact same thing a year ago.
Not to mention his user info shows about 5 comments posted from him, most concerning mouse pads. Talk about a self-promoter
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Instead of building that mousepad, maybe he should have patented that transformer with DC output. --tarballedtux
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Now I'm just more careful about what I play :)
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