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Belkin Laptop Accessories Keep Your Lap Cool During Marathon Internet Surfing Sessions
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 2:00 AM on July 13, 2008
Belkin has unveiled several solutions that'll help keep laptop people like me from burning our tender flesh. Come this October, the bunch of us that adamantly refuse to work from an actual desk can choose between the US$64.99 CushTop Hideaway, which doubles as a laptop storage case, or the US$39.99 Laptop Cooling Lounge, which uses a fan to divert heat from the body. Having used the smell of searing leg meat as a sign that I've been tethered to my computer too long, I guess I'll now have to find other ways to convince myself to get off the couch. [Belkin via Notcot]
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Anarian
Posted 2:33 AM 13/7/08
@LillieDesigns: Well I hear that charcoal sticks can help the radiation.
Anarian
LillieDesigns
Posted 2:21 AM 13/7/08
anyone know if there is a lap holder like this that blocks all the crazy radiation from the computer from getting from my well..lap area..
LillieDesigns
klaybc
Posted 3:16 AM 13/7/08
You had me at "tender flesh"...
klaybc
mikegriffin
Posted 5:01 AM 13/7/08
I roasted a hot dog with my laptop. I call it Sal.
mikegriffin
fastm3driver
Posted 5:33 AM 13/7/08
$40? soulds like "belkin" pricing.
This one is only $20 and comes with horses.
[www.target.com]
Seriously, I have a similar thing I got at target for $12 several years ago. It has a wood top and is even more classy than the Belkin one.
fastm3driver
bung
Posted 5:30 AM 13/7/08
My MacBook gets hot but not hot enough to burn my legs.
bung
spimoles
Posted 6:18 AM 13/7/08
While the one that doubles as a laptop case is a cool idea there are cheaper alternatives than these Belkin coolers. I recommend anyone using their laptop more than 40% of the time invest in a cooler. It improves performance and the life of your machine.
spimoles
Jeffrey Powers - Geekazine
Posted 6:48 AM 13/7/08
I just sit at the bar and use the WiFi. The bar takes all the heat. Bonus: Jack and Coke while I work....
Jeffrey Powers - Geekazine
robotaks
Posted 7:40 AM 13/7/08
Think of all those sperm that this device saves. Quadrillions.
robotaks
animemecha
Posted 9:22 AM 13/7/08
is it loud?
animemecha
Reilaos~
Posted 11:34 AM 13/7/08
Aww, I have a Belkin cooling pad like the hub one, but minus the hub. :<
Reilaos~
ichi1
Posted 11:26 PM 13/7/08
I really don't want kids so I like the thought of the warmth killing all those fuckers amuses me, hell I know I have wasted enough of them down the toilet in there latex coffins
ichi1
Hvedhrungr
Posted 2:08 AM 14/7/08
Belkin price, Brando quality, HP looks, count me out.
Hvedhrungr