Poor Man's Kinesis Keyboard: The K'nexis Keyboard

Jon_Aquino writes "For programmers like me with wrist pain (the dreaded Emacs Pinky syndrome), I have made a simple keyboard modification that lets you press the Ctrl, Alt, and Shift keys with your thumbs. Just like those expensive $240 Kinesis keyboards, but made using a $30 K'nex building toy. (K'nex is like Lego but uses rods instead of bricks)."

Comments

Suck it up, maybe?

[NineNine]

Are computer people really becoming the 90 lb weaklings that they're so often made out to be? I remember reading a Slashdot article about a 10lb notebook a few weeks ago, and everybody was screaming about them being "too heavy". And now, it's hard to use a keyboard? You gotta be kidding me. Are all geeks *really* that fat and pasty now? Honestly... I can't imagine a healthy person complaining about it being "hard" to press 3 buttons on a keyboard.

In addition, switch your layout to Dvorak instead

[Anonymous Coward]

Qwerty is a terrible choice, for English speakers. Dvorak is much better, and safer for your wrists. This will not solve the ctrl, etc. but it will preserve your wrists for years to come. Additionally, it is much faster, too.

And you call yourself a geek!

[mc clown]

So like any geek would, I decided to make my own Kinesis keyboard.

Is that a lexmark printer I see in the background...no self respecting geek owns one of those horrible contraptions.