Now you too can be uber-elite with your own roll up keyboard. It’s quite simple, all you really need to do is remove the membrane from your run of the mill usb keyboard and stick some letters on it (in the appropriate places of course).

Besides having a full sized keyboard, and the owws and ahhs you’ll get from your fellow geek, this might have health benefits as well. Considering most keyboards are a biological cesspool of gems and bacteria. This one will be super easy to clean and disinfect.

Link to making your own roll up keyboard.

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I’ve had the opportunity to use both Jaiku and Pownce for quite a while now. I’m finding it hard to spend so much time between social networking and social messaging. Most of the time I create one profound statement and just post it to all of the “Social” sites that I use. This has taken me down the path of taking a real good look at which service I want to focus my energy on and use that service solely.

When you try to compare the features of the two services on paper you can clearly see a winner in Pownce. On that note, not everything you read is necessarily true. Jakiu offers an easy and quick medium to communicate with people and to have people communicate with you. A Simple and effective way to receive messages. Pownce on the other hands offers that and much more. Take the file transfers for example, a great and effective way of getting a small file specifically to a person or a bunch of people at a time. Lets not forget the event feature, want to plan a party? A great way to get the notice out. The downside to all of this is that it takes more time and effort to keep up with the on goings of all your friends. I know that there are other mediums like email, im, and upcoming to achieve all of this, but you can keep everything in one nice package and for a minimalist like myself, what more could you ask for.

If you want to keep your social messaging nice and simple Pownce isn’t for you. You should stick to services like Jaiku and Twitter. It will make your life a lot easier, but if you want to roll up all of these cool features into one nice service give Pownce a try. You just might be pleasantly surprised.

You can follow my on goings on Pownce here: http://pownce.com/franklinhares/

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