More keyboard lighting
posted Sep 15th 2006 10:46am by Will O'Brienfiled under: pcs hacks

[sfriswolker] sent in his progressing black keyboard lighting mod. The first version used a CCFL. When that burnt out, he rebuilt it with LEDs. [google english transations - part 1 and part 2]





I’ve never found myself agreeing with commenters before on whether or not a particular hack met the definition of “hack” implied by the site’s name “hack-a-day”. However, I am disappointed by today’s post for the following reasons:
1) Not many people have the need for illuminated keyboards. However, if you’re going to illuminate a keyboard, wouldn’t it be much cooler to do it from the bottom? In other words, is there anyone on the planet that would benefit from instructions on how to illuminate a black keyboard from the top using either LED or a cathode?
2) The construction of the LED-wood assembly looks pretty ghetto-fabulous. If you’re going to make a useless project and least make it look cool.
3) Given the useless of the project, it’s a uber pain in the rear to have to decifer the build details through an online translator.
In conclusion, today’s post was a painful to read and of little benefit. Thanks for listening
Posted at 11:32 am on Sep 15th, 2006 by pain