[PLUG] Keyboard Label Replacements

[Brian Beattie]

On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 19:10 -0800, Ronald Chmara wrote:
> On Mar 1, 2006, at 6:32 PM, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > On Wednesday 01 March 2006 13:11, Carla Schroder wrote:
> >> On Wednesday 01 March 2006 12:32, Paul Johnson wrote:
> >>> On Wednesday 01 March 2006 09:44, Rich Shepard wrote:
> >>>>    I use a small, black keyboard; it's the best one I've ever used  
> >>>> in
> >>>> 20+ years with microcomputers. But, my heavy use of joe and emacs  
> >>>> means
> >>>> that the white key labels are worn away on the left side; e's
> >>>> completely gone and a, s, d, f, c, and v are hanging on by their
> >>>> fingernails. This is the second time I've worn them off, but this  
> >>>> time
> >>>> I'd like replacement labels.
> >>> How necessary are keylabels if you're just going to wear them off  
> >>> again?
> >> Hey Rich, don't you love it when geeks cover up their lack of an  
> >> answer by
> >> questioning your question? :)
> > On the other hand, Carla, it's not an invalid question.  Why flush  
> > good money
> > on something obviously superfluous?
> 
> Dremel. Enamel paint. Etch letters into keys with dremel, fill letters  
> with paint, letter labels will last longer?

You must have a steadier hand than I :P

> 
> And of course, there's the much less geeky:
> <http://www.google.com/search?q=Keyboard+labels>
> but maybe kick it up a notch:
> <http://www.hooleon.com/miva/merchant.mvc? 
> Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=KBH&Category_Code=OV-D>
> So more keys will wear out based on the layout (Qwerty vs Dvorak) used?
> 
> -Bop
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