I just saw instruction on making a USB keyboard into a roll-up keyboard with stick on letters. My first reaction was I want this and where could I get an extra USB keyboard. That’s when I realized that there are already existing roll-up keyboards that can be bought for under $30. Those keyboards are waterproof and super tough. The homemade keyboard would be fragile at times and susceptible to coffee spillage. Why then would anyone want to make one rather than buy one?
How about not buying from the man? Actually, even making a keyboard means at one time or the other you bought from the man. I think the main reason is that by making it yourself, you can take pride in the fact that it was created by your own hands. In today’s world, anything can be bought (including souls according to ebay). We tend to work less with our hands and more with our minds, therefore we are left with this primal urge to create (the other primal urge to create). I want to make this keyboard and put my own spin on the keys. I want to birth my own roll-up keyboard so that the world will know that I am a creator of stuff. That stuff will be an icon for all other stuff makers. Bow down before my stuff making ability.
So when I eventually forget that I wanted to make this keyboard, someone remind me that I once wanted to make it. At least I have faith that the idea will stick with me for a day or two, maybe a USB keyboard in my basement is enough spurring on. Oh what a dilemma, to hack or not to hack.
The old lady says:
Although I do not wish to put a damper on your “stuff making abilities” I must implore you to resist the temptation to put anything else in my basement.
Jan 25, 2008, 8:09 pm