Bamboo Keyboard Defines Plasticky Tat

A mass PR email is the perfect start to a dreary Monday, especially one which begins so anonymously.

Dear Sir/Madam, We have contacted you today regarding a product which we believe you may be interested in featuring or writing about. [emphasis mine]

The product? A wooden keyboard and optical mouse, which look as if they were made in a school woodwork class, complete with poorly fitting joints and a thick coating of shiny shiny varnish. The body of the keyboard and the mouse are both made from four-year old bamboo, which "gives them a stunning visual appearance and helps to reduce the amount of plastics we use in everyday life." I have extracted the salient product features from the list:

Keys are wood coloured plastic

105 keys and full of tactile key touch

Keyboard cable length is over 150cm

Mouse cable length is over 140cm

And the USP? "This keyboard is different from others as it uses wood coloured keys rather than black plastic keys or wooden keys." Yes. wood colored plastic. So very much less tacky than black plastic.

To be fair, if this was made in shop class, it's not a bad job, and the set only costs £30 ($60) from the sellers eBay store. Or you could just ask your kids to make you one -- don't forget the varnish.
Product page [Wooden Keyboard]