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Alihja · #1 06-19-2006, 04:46 AM

Author's note: As a technophile, I absolutely love cool, and innovative geek gadgets. So when someone asked me to try out The Virtually Indestructible Keyboard, I jumped at the chance. After all, it wasn’t going to cost me anything to try it out, and who hasn’t spilled soda or beer on his or her keyboard once or twice? To enhance the review experience, I decided to type my review of the keyboard as I was trying out. However, as I began to type, I realized that I was experiencing technical difficulties. In a moment, you’ll see what I mean. Enjoy my review!

Oh look eeryone, it's the virtually indestructible kyboard. Isn' it awesome? It's so sleek and bendable. it's squishy, like a rubbery sex toy. it isalso virtually untypeable! Ithink these will bea eally hot item this year.


	Look, it bends! That's because it's virtually indestructible!

When you type upon theVirtually Indestructible Keyboad, the first thing that you will notie, is that it is as soft as a gamer's biceps.. After that, youill notice, is thatit catches about half of your kystrokes. It also has avery small spacebar. In fact, I'm typingon it right now, as you cansee Therefore, if this lacks coherency, Iappologiz wholeheartedly. I justwant you togetthe full effet ofwhat isgoing onwhen I'm usingThe Virtually Indestructible Keyboard.

I'm missinig thespacebar about halfof thetime. Sometimesthe keyysstick, andsometimes, when I DO hit the spacebar, it spaces out forlonger than I xpect it to. By golly, this thing is just full of surprises! Tee Hee!!

However, let uslook at some of thepositive things aboutTh Virtually Indestructible keyboard. First of all, you can dump your BAWLS all over this bad boy and not have to worry about how you'e going to clean off th kys because the whole thig is encasdin soft silione. This hasmore silicone than a porn star's breasts. Hah! How hotis that? You can’ttype onit, but you “virtually” can’t break it either.

The only desire that I have right now is the desire to break The Virtually Indestructible Keyboard, just to make myself feel better. By the way, it isn't rally inestructale, it's only virtully indeestructable, judging by the look of horror that my keyboard donor gave me when I suggested taking it out into the driveway to back over it. Well, Imso glad thatI got a chance to try one out any way. Am I lucky, orwhat? I'm not certain about this, but I have a really big hunch that90% of AOL, EverQuest, Wold of Warcraft, and Yahoo chat users are already usingthem.

Thanks forrreading this everyone! This Alihja signing off on The Virtually Indestructible Keyboard; it neverworked very fucking well inthe firt plae.

Epilogue: In recapitulation, this gadget could use some improvements, and if it were improved, I might give it another try. In its current state, I might still be persuaded to use it if it was the last keyboard on earth, but I’d have to think about it for a while. If you already type badly, the shoddy response of the keys might not make any difference to you, but I can honestly say that I would not use it to type my resume. This keyboard may be virtually indestructible, but I’m not so sure if that is a good thing. On a bright note, it makes for a really festive hat.

Siddhartha · #2 06-19-2006, 07:12 AM

If you ask me, this article needs more information regarding porn stars and their relationship to this wonderfull product. The pictures are good, but small, leaving many breasts to my imagination.

Alihja · #3 06-19-2006, 07:42 AM

I lost my breasts... left them in a taxi cab, and some bitch won't give them back. If you find them, please call 555-6387.

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Jynxe · #4 06-19-2006, 08:41 AM

That's a great hat.

Alihja · #5 06-19-2006, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Jynxe

That's a great hat.

Thanks! I also made it into a fashionable leg warmer, and a cool Xena Warrior Princess gauntlet. I don't recommend the legwarmer look. I tripped over the cord when I did my Flashdance routine around the computer den; scared the hell out of the cat.

Jynxe · #6 06-19-2006, 10:37 AM

I wonder if you could take it in the bathtub or shower for those really despeate moments.

Spike Dude · #7 06-19-2006, 01:51 PM

I think you have a wonderful haircut.

Eaglie · #8 06-19-2006, 02:56 PM

Can you fling things with it, like a catapult?

Unregistard · #9 06-19-2006, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Eaglie

Can you fling things with it, like a catapult?

I think a catapult would be too heavy... It doesn't look like The Virtually Indestructable Keyboard has enough spring to fling something that large, attractive as the idea of a recursive meta-flinging human interface device might be.

You might be able to fling something small though... like a starwars figure or legoman... (or a LEGO CATAPULT?! MYGODMAN IT JUST MIGHT WORK!!!)

Uncle Morgy · #10 06-19-2006, 09:37 PM

No, seriously. Is it submersible?

knjnbh · #11 06-21-2006, 02:44 AM

I want it!

Nkai · #12 06-21-2006, 07:42 AM

This reminds me very much of the roll-up piano I got. Got one for my son (ok, for me too, it looked cool) and one for a bed-ridden nephew. If your piano playing style is to pound on the keys in a note-missing frenzy, then, yeah, the roll-up piano rocks. If you want to play anything delicate, soft, complex, or actually according to the way the composer intended (that means ALL those pesky notes) then... not so much.

RabidBadger · #13 06-25-2006, 05:48 PM

The only saving grace for the VIK is that it packs well, has a numberpad, and is a full size keyboard. Though it blows for actual typing it does work somewhat better than a 85% scale laptop keyboard for gaming purposes.

I think the VIK would be much better if they improved the feel/feedback from the keys and made the keys themselves a bit more rigid. The one that I have been tempted to try, but can't believe will work worth a damn is one of the projected keyboards (http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/searc...ctCode=PROKEY). Anyone ever try one?