Posted by sedativestorm on 05/08/2008 9:56am

2 Bumps

I couldn't find my keys for 20 minutes on the way to class, and I don't feel like showing up for class a half an hour late, so I decided to write a blog. As you're sitting there with your hands on the keyboard, bacteria is pouring all over your hands. Not to scare any OCD people out there, but you might want to consider cleaning your keyboard or washing your hands after using it. Some studies have shown that a keyboard could be 100X dirtier than your toilet. Recently I cleaned my keyboard because of the sticky keys, and it wasn't a pretty sight. Wish I took some pictures of all the crap that was in it. eyelashes, cathair, lint, cookie crumbs and just random gunk.

It wasn't until yesterday I learned the truth about how keyboards can be a health hazard. It started out with this article I came across when I was bored in class. I, like many others eat and drink at my computer. I'm pretty sure people play with themselves too, and then handle their keyboard, or don't wash their hands after going to the bathroom. Depending on what you eat those crumbs can get stuck under the keyboard and grow bacteria and mold over time.

As I dug deeper on the truth of keyboards, some keyboards at hospitals are known to cause infections from the nurse to the patient. So take your keyboard now and turn it upside down, or if you have your laptop flip your laptop upside down. Make sure you don't drop it though! If you can collect a meal out of your crumbs it's time for a cleanup! Maybe you should get a pair of keyboard pants...ahahahaha. Don't press the enter key too hard!

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