By Steve Portigal at 11:18 am, Wednesday March 18 2009
Hotel desks are typically covered with a sheet of glass, rendering a optical mouse useless, without finding some at-hand surface to double as a mousepad.
A touchpad covered with cardboard to eliminate accidental touching by the heel of the hand while typing.
Tags: ergonomics, hack, input device, laptop, mouse, mousepad, touchpad, typing, workaround
Had a Physics Prof covered his trackpad RT @steveportigal ChittahChattah: Observed: Input Device Workarounds http://tinyurl.com/cf7zfn
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