It turns out that the Dyson Airblade is a hit.

dhughes@softwareknowhow.info — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:56:00 GMT

Following the replacement of many keyboards, mainly due to USB and PS2 incompatibility, there has been a realisation that some of the older Keyboards are just a bit, well, mucky.

I have had several discussions around putting them in the dishwasher, which has been known but perhaps not recommended. It seems that a good jet of air is the safest and easiest method of giving the old keyboard a good clean. That and a bit of an upside-down shake.

Then it occurred to me that we have a new device in the office that would do the job nicely !
In the newly refurbished amenities here at the office, we have a Dyson Airblade (other air based hand dryers are available), perfect for a good strong jet of air to blow all the dust out of your keyboard !

- oh yes! and drying your hands.

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I Installed Windows 7 onto a new little netbook today...

dhughes@softwareknowhow.info — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:48:00 GMT

I Installed windows 7 onto a new little netbook today. As usual the first problem is how to fit the windows DVD into the USB slot ! Turns out there are lots of clever people including Microsoft that have the answers. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd535816.aspx . After sorting out the USB disk and copying the DVD on, Windows 7 installed quite happily in 25mins or so. But then comes the hours of driver down loads and windows updates ! Never mind plenty of other things to do. :)

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Doug Hughes

It turns out that the Dyson Airblade is a hit.

I Installed Windows 7 onto a new little netbook today...