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>Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:48:59 -0600
>From: Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum
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>Subject: Re: #9221.2 (!) H1N1 flu preparations
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One of our campus lab directors jokingly suggested Keyboard Kondoms 
(TM) as a million-dollar business idea.  I'm trying to figure out if we 
could do something of the sort with plastic food wrap.  I think it 
might make an acceptable, disposable, one-use keyboard cover, for 
students who want to use it.  I'm going to try different thicknesses 
and brands, to see which feels best for typing.  I think I can cover 
the mouse, too.

I don't like to introduce more ecological wastefulness by introducing 
disposable plastic items to our labs, but I am ready to do it to 
protect student health.  I also rationalize that keyboard wipes, hand 
sanitizers, and illness all have their environmental costs.

If anyone else has ideas along these lines, I would love to hear from 
you.  I will post the results of my experiments.

Derek


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