I have a ginourmous and impressive looking Wacom tablet. I have had it for about 3 years. This morning as I was shaving the mouse I had the thought that I hoped no one saw me shaving the mouse. Then I wanted to tweet to see if anyone else felt that way. Then I realized that there may be some of you out there that don’t even know what shaving the mouse would mean and I would have put myself directly into the “someone saw me through the window” scenario I was trying to avoid. So for the benefit of the portion of mankind who uses these products I will share with you my experience.
Having inherited my father’s oily skin my tablet can get a bit dirty. The oils from your skin transfer onto the tablet, along with dirt and create a lovely sheen that then transfers to the felt pad under the mouse. This creates friction and pilling and makes the mouse behave in an undesirable manner. I personally take a paper towel with a tiny bit of mild multi surface cleaner on it, wipe down the surface, then shave the bottom of the mouse with the cheapest disposable razor available to man. I then wipe down the felt with the same rag I used on the tablet and I’m good to go.
I checked the Wacom site for cleaning instructions, but have the attention span of a gnat, so ended up using a web search to come up with these other helpful sites for tablet maintenance.
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It’s only natural to shave the mouse. Everybody does it…some more than others.
On the subject of Wacom tablets: did anyone know that the older model kicks out a ton of EMF? EMF is electro magnetic frequency, which can be harmful in continuous high doses (think “brain cancer from cell phones”). I tested my work area cuz I have two computers — one on either side of me — and I was worried that I was sitting in a high EMF zone. It’s not bad and I will be moving my CPUs a little farther away, but my Wacom pins the meter. Yikes!
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