Geekshow

Does anyone here still use compressed air to clean their keyboards with? I haven't bought a can of compressed air since they started adding bitterants to them. I learned my lesson with that real quick. Two times cleaning off my keyboard, and I was done.

I'm curious if people still use that crap. I tried googling the issue today to see if it was possible to get bitterant free compressed air, but every seller of the product touts bitterant as if it's this huge feature, “Contains Bitterant!” Oh yay! So now if I'm using the product legitimately, I'm screwed.

What's next? Cars that shock you whenever you go over the speed limit? Fatty foods that you can't keep down?

I really hope the compressed air business plummets  to the point where it is no long economically possible to make the product. My question is, is there a law forcing the use of this substance? Or is it a unified attempt to rid themselves of the lawsuits from people that die from huffing the cans?

Ummm….nope.  I just haven't used compressed air in years….since high school at least.

The studio where I work is in an old converted duplex (we use the entire house, both sides) that was built at least 80 years ago, if not much longer.  It's almost not worth celaning off the glass top on my desk as it will literally be just as dusty as it was before cleaning in a matter of a few hours.  If I clean it at the beginning of the day, you can't even tell by the time I go home.

The only thing compressed air would do is kick up a bunch more dust into the air.