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ashort:
Matias has one of these at:

http://matias.ca/halfkeyboard/index.php

But holy crap, it's $149!!!  

I may need one of these for one to two months because I am going in for "Carpal Tunnel Release" surgery.  Pretty simple stuff, but painful enough for a Vicodin prescription (yeah!).

Sounds like they cut open your wrist and slice the smaller tendon in two, opening up the carpal tunnel (everyone has a carpal tunnel, one in each wrist, but not everyone has the "syndrome") and giving the nerve that runs through it more room to do what nerves do.

IBI:
There's also the frogpad which is very similar:

http://www.frogpad.com/

Although if you're going to go for the mac version it's no cheaper, although it looks like it's wireless.

ashort:
I'll stumble one-handed over my Matias TP2 for the duration of recovery.

I am more worried about maintaining my schedule at work, so I am looking for a one-handed solution to my Thinkpad T60, rather than the iMac.

Thanks I'll check out that Frogpad.

ashort:
Ouch.  That's priced and designed for someone with one hand, not someone with a hand that's out of commission for a month.  =-D  Good find, but I am going to pass.  Totally relearning the keyboard would take about as long as my recovery.  

I had considered taking the full "Frogpad Leap!"   Get one for the Mac, one for the Thinkpad, and sell out.  =-D  That's the kind of committment this product needs.

ashort:
I think I'll have a look at this for now:  

http://www.aboutonehandtyping.com/samplesfolder/onepracsample.pdf

Or something like it...there are alot of resources out there, not all of them looking to make a buck.

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