blog.wired.com - 1/29/2009
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Steve Essell hates the new two-tone Apple designs -- the aluminum and black iMac, the black, white and shiny metal iPhone and most of all, the white on brushed aluminum keyboards.
What did he do? He grabbed a can of white paint and sprayed the heck out of the Apple keyboard, finishing ...
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Das Macboard
GEARFUSE —
... at typing, or so they claim. But what if we own a Mac? We don’t want some ugly navy blue keyboard near our precious Apple of California design . That’s why Steve Essell spraypainted his aluminum Apple keyboard completely white, completely obfuscating all the keys. It does look pretty, but I’m not sure how usable it’d really be. Though I just realized I’ve typed this entire post without looking down at my keyboard. So maybe it’s for the best I shut up now. Link [ via ]
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