Dan’s Helpful Computer Tips
With the imminent threat of pandemic flu, it is important to take precautions at home and at work to ensure you stay healthy (especially if you have no insurance and mistrust the government). What does this have to do with computers? Recent environmental surveys show that computer keyboards are one of the most disgusting things you can touch, right after the telephone and that plastic lunch container someone left in the break room refrigerator for nine months. Laboratory tests conducted on keyboards have shown traces of dirt, feces, peanut byproducts, crystal meth, yellowcake uranium, yogurt, orange traffic cones, anal retentiveness, paranoia, perjury, angina, penal colonies (of germs), toxic shock syndrome, and dust. And that’s just on the letter “X.”
Here’s a few simple steps you can perform weekly to combat the problem of filthy, disease-ridden keyboards.
Cleaning a Computer Keyboard at Work or at Home
1. Fill your office garbage can with warm water.
2. Add some soap and a cup of bleach.
3. Stir with a ruler or three-hole punch.
4. Place keyboard in the garbage can (mop up displaced water).
5. Let the keyboard soak for about a half hour.
6. Remove the keyboard and allow it to drip-dry (I suggest you wrap the keyboard cord around a door knob and let it hang)
7. Plug it in (or call IT support) and get to work.
I hope you found this short note helpful and informative. Now go wash your hands.
Dan Burt
A+ Certified
