That is friggen genius! I know what I'll be doing over my lunch break today! :)

It's a good simple hack, but personally I would pick up a gaming keypad, like the Belkin Nostromo, to do this. It's already designed to do these things and can also execute commands like cut, copy, and paste.

meh, just get a logitech trackball...

This is genius. I've been looking to re-map the bezel buttons on my x60 and x61. I guess the old mouse does have some life left in it.

@ Sumocat: Great tip! I don't follow all the whacky input devices out there as closely as I used to. I should definitely get one of those to try out! The main advantage of this thing is that I can pull the post-it note off of the intellieye tracker if I forget to bring a mouse and I need one (as I did the other day :-)

@ Sierra: Yeah, the Wacom 12" display tablet would be really nice to have. Especially if that OQO Model 02 was part of the package. I haven't found the equivalent buttons on my 21" Wacom useful, because I like to use it in Portrait and they are set up for using it in Landscape. When I use it in drafting board mode in the Portrait orientation, my hand always hits the touch-strip scroller or buttons by accident and I had to disable them. I can see them being a lot more useful on the smaller Wacom though, especially if you use it in Landscape.

Orange guava still sells inkable keys, which works really well.No hardware to carry.

Gordon

@ Ken: Here's another tip - If you can't follow the whole field of alternate input devices, just follow ThinkGeek. They have the hook-up for stuff like this. If I had a fat gift certificate to their site, there'd be a gaming keypad, big USB knob, retro Bluetooth handset, and USB self-destruct switch on my desk right now.