The future of annoyance

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[Garrett] posted about ThinkGeek updating the Phantom Keystroker to support random capslocking. You may remember that [Garrett] built the Stealth USB CapsLocker for April Fool's day. The tiny device would randomly turn on the victim's Caps Lock. This update to the commercial product has inspired him to refresh his own design. He suggests few possible options: random inserts, erratic volume … [Read more...]

INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY

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As you can plainly see, we're embracing International Caps Lock Day with full gusto. Go ahead, try it out in the comments. Caps lock is the cruise control for cool. Surprisingly, there are quite a few full time haters of the key running campaigns: CAPSoff and anticAPSLOCK actually united to form CAPSoff.org to further development of a caps lock free keyboard. Once you're tired of yelling at … [Read more...]

Random USB caps locker

This is one of the most original April fools gags I've seen. [Garrett] sent in his USB caps locker. It's built from an ATTiny45 and puts out an intermittent signal to set the caps lock key. Considering what day it is, it appears to be legit. After you're done screwing with your co-worker for the day, you might be even more interested in the easylogger project that it's based on. … [Read more...]