From the time when I first heard of it, I loved the idea of the Das Keyboard. In fact, I see now that they have a few different models, but in the day they just did the one, and it matches the “Model S Ultimate” model that they do now, in that all the keys were blank. This seemed like such a cool idea that myself and my programming buddies were reaching for our credit cards, until we saw the price – something in the region of 80 quid for a normal keyboard, which they haven’t bothered to label up. I’m sure it’s a very nice keyboard, and all that, but it really felt like being ripped off for a gimmick. I note now that the price is $129, which Teh Google tells me is £80, so they haven’t gone down any in the last 5 years.
Anyway, today I noticed a really cool thing on The Awesomer – The Blank Wall Clock. A wall clock that has no numbers on it, but a writeable surface and it comes with a dry-wipe pen. Price? $155, or £97.
Fuck that right off, and come back when it’s £40. I might think about buying one then.
–c.