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The New Hotness

  • Lenovo Mini Wireless Keyboard: Readable Power Switch

    The backside of the Lenovo N5901 Mini Wireless Keyboard (which arrived with the aforementioned Q150) has a black-on-black power switch with ON and OFF legends (yes, I think they’re backwards, too) embossed in the matte black case: under anything less intense than enhanced interrogation lighting, you (well, I) can’t determine the switch position.

    Of course, the myriad certifications / ratings / labels required for compliance with all the regulations are perfectly legible:

    Lenovo Mini Keyboard - enhanced labels
    Lenovo Mini Keyboard – enhanced labels

    Working a dab of white correction fluid into the letters makes them blindingly obvious; the smudges around the letters will wear off in short order.

    I should probably add a bit of white to the switch background as well.