Kinesis sighting - and the Fellowes Stowaway
"Giles Orr" <[email protected]>
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When you buy a new car, there are suddenly hundreds of them on the road - obviously the result of your sudden attention to that particular model. After I bought a Herman Miller Aeron chair, I noticed that there are hundreds of them to be seen in movie extras on DVDs. After some consideration, I'm pretty sure that it's not just me: it's the favoured office chair of animators, composers, sound mixers, and pretty much everyone in Hollywood - because they are a superb (and expensive) chair. However - up until today, I've never seen a Kinesis keyboard in any media. I was watching the extras included with "Open Season" where they have a shot of one of the animators ... dual screen, Aeron, and Kinesis. Okay, it's dumb. But have you ever seen a Kinesis anywhere on film before? "Open Season," in the "Behind the Trees" "Featurette" at 14m47s - right before the closing credits. I'm also using a Fellowes Stowaway folding USB keyboard right now. Only recommended for those absolutely desperate to save space, as every time I pull it out some of the keys fail to work for the first minute or so. Looks and feels like a laptop keyboard when it's open. Very fragile, I'm not expecting it to last very long (well, if I actually used it). Don't think it's been produced in four years either. But it's very cool, and an amazing bit of engineering. The best picture I can find is http://www.epiacenter.com/bilder/projects/flamecube/flamecube33.jpg - the cable has to be disconnected at the keyboard before it can be fully folded, but when it is it snaps closed and it's only a few millimeters larger than the size and thickness of a standard PDA. -- Giles http://www.gilesorr.com/ [email protected]