Smoking around computers

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Tue Dec 11 22:18:55 2001

On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:

> > > But, expect cat and dog hair. In particular, expect cat hair in
> > > keyboards; cats take to keyboards like taxi drivers take to beaded seat
> > > cushions!
>
> On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Chad Fernandez wrote:
> > My cats have always been more intent on distracting me than playing with
> > the computer, or sleep on it. They'll walk on the keyboard while I'm
> > using it, or walk in my line of the monitor, etc.
> > I think what happens with keyboards is that the cat hair settles in it
> > from the air..... cat hair becomes air borne very easily. Since you
> > can't really wipe the hair off from in between the keys.... like you can
> > wipe the hair from the desk, so it just builds up.
>
> I deal with all of the computers for the Berkeley East Bay Humane
> Society. The resident cats in the office all like to sleep on keyboards.
>
> I set them up with keyboard drawers whenever I can get them cheap, or they
> get donated (hint. HINT!) But training the office staff to shut the
> drawers when not in use isn't easy.

Yeh, probably as easy as training a cat!
                                                 - don

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