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November 5, 2007

More lead in toys from China

by @ 8:54 pm. Filed under Current Affairs

Toys R Us has recalled more toys from China.  The problem: lead. Back in August, Mattel recalled some of the popular Polly Pocket toys because of the same problem.  In October the watchdog group Center for Environmental Health announced that lead-containing toys were being sold at places like Wal-mart, Kmart, Sears, KB Toys, Target, RC2 Corp., Michael’s Stores Inc., Toys-R-Us, Costco Wholesale Corp. and Kids II Inc.  Strangely, the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s Nancy Nord recently opposed regulations to strengthen her agency, and Nancy Pelosi has called for her resignation.

Worst-designed keyboards

by @ 8:36 pm. Filed under Ergonomics

The editors of PC World have chosen the ten worst keyboards of all time.  I haven’t tried any of them, but I wrote several drafts of my first book on an Apple ///.  That keyboard resembled the Commodore’s, but I don’t remember having problems with it.

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