I just used a combination of an air can and pocketknife to clean out the keyboard on my work computer.
Either the office has a cat loose in here at night, or this keyboard has been around here a loooooong time.
And I'm pretty sure there are some chemical engineering researchers that would be interested in a few of compounds I dug out of this thing into the trash...
Plus side: my keyboard no longer qualifies as an emergency ration under FEMA guidelines.
LOL
I think that my keyboard at work came from the Tardis, since the last time I turned it over and gave it a bit of a shake, more crap fell out than could possibly fit inside. I think I may have actually have destroyed a thriving civilisation by my rash action ???
I routinely dump a can of Pepsi in mine - it leads to some real interesting key mapping at times :D
And this is why toilet seats are cleaner than computer keyboards! :P
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7377002.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7377002.stm)
I used to pay big money for keyboards - them I realized I was better off with cheaper models that could be viewed as "disposable," due to the limited amount of time they lasted and the abuse they took.
I bought a washable Seal Shield keyboard for my office that also has an antimicrobial product in the plastic.
http://store.sealshield.com/silver-seal-keyboard-p26.aspx (http://store.sealshield.com/silver-seal-keyboard-p26.aspx)
Kewl and not a bad price !
This is a disgusting conversation. Well done all! My work computer is littered with matter that has fallen from my eyebrows and nose.