Wooden mouse / keyboard for the budget-minded set
By Darren Murph 
posted November 3rd 2007 5:57AM
posted November 3rd 2007 5:57AM
[Thanks, Phuong]
posted November 3rd 2007 5:57AM
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Note that the keys are "wood coloured" rather than actual wood.
Please stop using "iteration" for "version."
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iteration
Main Entry:
it·er·a·tion Listen to the pronunciation of iteration
Pronunciation:
\ˌi-tə-ˈrā-shən\
Function:
noun
Date:
15th century
1: the action or a process of iterating or repeating: as a: a procedure in which repetition of a sequence of operations yields results successively closer to a desired result b: the repetition of a sequence of computer instructions a specified number of times or until a condition is met — compare recursion
2: one execution of a sequence of operations or instructions in an iteration
3: version, incarnation
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/iteration
Wow. i guess it looks great used in your cabin in the forest @_@;
That is cheap! And made out of wood?
Well, the product page SAYS solid wood... but I'm not so sure...
why do people want wooden keyboards? i dont get it.
Cuz they're pretty.
Well that was deceiving, the keys are only wood colored.
Plus, it's up to $19.99...
Wood knot!
That's the keyboard Grizzly Adams would use if he had a PC. I'm assuming he doesn't.
Oh God, I hope they don't make a Wooden Optimus keyboard.
does it blend? that is the question
No, but it will shred in to mulch using a wood chipper.
I have this set though sadly I got the older set with white keys. I would have preffered the wood colored ones :-) would LOVE an affordable keyboard with wooden keys :-)
Its actually pretty nice and well built. Even the mouse is not all that bad. For the price its hard to beat and it does look nice.
By looking at the grain, it appears to be bamboo. I have a bamboo cutting board in my kitchen and it has the same thin strips of grain with mottled/dotted coloring. That might be why it's so cheap and possibly (relatively) sturdy. But then why not call it out as such in the product description?
It does look like stained bamboo. I have a bamboo floor in my house and I agree, the grain is the same. The color isn't, though; they've obviously stained this to look like wood.
Calling this "real wood" if it's bamboo is false advertising. Bamboo isn't a wood, it's a grass. Still, it's harder than wood and looks just as nice IMO. I actually would have preferred it if they hadn't stained this at all, and just left it natural.
Bamboo is also much more sustainable than wood (it grows quite fast), so they could have taken the environmental angle with this. This is probably more eco-friendly than plastic, and certainly moreso than wood.
I think on a wooden desk, this might be tacky. How about a wooden computer?
It reminds me of a page from the 419 Eater (Nigerian Scam-Baiter) website. They got a scammer to carve "artwork" from wood and ship it to him.
Here is a link. Go about halfway down :
http://www.419eater.com/html/john_boko.htm
girls love the wood.