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Is 'up my sleeve' also a hint about where the pointing-device interfaces with the body?

Heh. Thankfully, no.

I was really hopeful that the Leap Motion was going to be 'the right thing', but I'm pretty sure that anything that requires you to move your wrist to use is going to be a lose.

I'm not 100% sure we're going to get a pointing device into the v1 product. I'd rather ship a good keyboard than not ship a better keyboard.

Old school IBM nipple mouse?

Not sayin', but you're getting warmer.

This line has me more excited over everything else. I can't wait for a mechanical keyboard with a trackpoint like device.

I'm a big fan of Thinkpad keyboards and have a few USB versions, but finally switched to mechanical keyboards 6 months ago. I still miss the Trackpoint daily though...

I've seen a trackpoint- (or some equivalent eraserhead pointer thingy) bearing keyboard with cherry (blue?) switches in the store, but it was a bit too "maximal" for my taste (numpad, lots of function keys etc).

Really? Do you remember which store or which brand? I can't think of any current keyboard with Cherry switches and a trackpoint.

Thanks for the link to LABI. I've never been there. I'll have to check it out next time I'm in Tokyo.

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