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><channel><title>Chris Pirillo &#187; illuminated-keyboard</title> <atom:link href="http://chris.pirillo.com/tag/illuminated-keyboard/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://chris.pirillo.com</link> <description>News and Reviews! Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper.</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:22:13 +0000</lastBuildDate> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5</generator> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <copyright>&#xA9; </copyright> <managingEditor>chris@pirillo.com ()</managingEditor> <webMaster>chris@pirillo.com()</webMaster> <category></category> <itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords> <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle> <itunes:summary>Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper.</itunes:summary> <itunes:author></itunes:author> <itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"/> <itunes:owner> <itunes:name></itunes:name> <itunes:email>chris@pirillo.com</itunes:email> </itunes:owner> <itunes:block>No</itunes:block> <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit> <itunes:image href="http://chris.pirillo.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress_large.jpg" /> <image> <url>http://chris.pirillo.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg</url><title>Chris Pirillo</title><link>http://chris.pirillo.com</link> <width>144</width> <height>144</height> </image> <item><title>I Purchased an Optimus Maximus keyboard</title><link>http://chris.pirillo.com/i-purchased-an-optimus-maximus-keyboard/</link> <comments>http://chris.pirillo.com/i-purchased-an-optimus-maximus-keyboard/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 08:48:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hardware]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[illuminated-keyboard]]></category><guid
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HREF="http://tinyurl.com/5zjh4f">Optimus Maximus keyboard</A> should be on its way in time for&#8230; Christmas 2027. Actually, I&#8217;ve been assured that it&#8217;ll ship out at some point in the next&#8230; decade. No matter, I&#8217;ve placed an order for what will likely be known as the most expensive keyboard in the history of the world.</p><p>&#8220;Why?!&#8221;</p><p>I keep asking myself the same question.</p><p>I&#8217;ve had to sell more than my fair share of extra gadgets around here (and believe you me, I have plenty more gizmos to go). So, it&#8217;s not like I&#8217;m spending that amount of money outright! They&#8217;re not sending it to me as a review unit, believe you me. Oh, and if anybody wants to buy any of my older tech crap (hardware, software, etc.), let me know. I&#8217;ll have to put together a &#8220;Keyboard Fund Shopping List&#8221; soon, eh?</p><p>Okay, even if you don&#8217;t wanna buy my stuff, there&#8217;s always Craigslist.</p><p>Yes, Ponzi knows what I&#8217;m doing. Yes, I&#8217;m crazy for doing it. Yes, I&#8217;m going to have the coolest keyboard on my block (if not city). Yes, I&#8217;ll show it off at every given opportunity. Yes, I&#8217;m hoping it&#8217;ll be nicer than my <a
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