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Why my cat loves sleeping on my Esc key

Posted on January 13th, 2009 by Sacha Chua

Attempts to provide Luke with other heated surfaces (heated cat bed, a radiator, my lap, etc.) have proved ineffective.

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4 Responses to “Why my cat loves sleeping on my Esc key”

1. Jerry Callen // Jan 13, 2009 at 3:06 pm

   I have the same problem. That vent seems to be irresistable.

   I’ve been thinking of using KeyTweak to disable the escape and F1 keys (the two that seem to get the most cathead abuse), since I rarely use escape (meta forever, baby….) and never use F1.

2. Sacha Chua // Jan 13, 2009 at 3:13 pm

   I’m not the only one! =D

3. hyrcan // Jan 13, 2009 at 5:17 pm

   I too run into this problem. In fact on more than one occasion my laptop has auto-shutdown due to heat build up. >< Lucky for me I save often.

4. Rohan Jayasekera // Jan 14, 2009 at 5:25 pm

   I too have a ThinkPad with the vent next to the Esc key; now I’m feeling lucky that none of our cats have discovered it!

   I suggest a solution. It looks possible to attach a tube that carries the warm air from the vent to a location far enough away as to solve the problem.

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