I really think it’s time to go shopping for a new keyboard.
Maybe a Dvorak one, no less 
I have that same laminate tile in my kitchen - i absolutely hate it!
I’m not sure about the validity of the reasoning here but: I used to work at a warehouse during my summer work days between winter and fall semesters and one rule at this particular shop was that if you sprayed yourself or someone else with compressed air (in this case, it was from the shop compressor) you were fired, on the spot, no questions asked. Apparently it’s possible (albeit unlikely) to cause a bubble in the blood stream by forcing air through the pores of a person’s skin using compressed air - which is potentially lethal.
I find that standard strength white vinegar works much better than water for cleaning laptop/LCD panel screens. Water or rubbing alcohol is better for old glass tubes.
microfiber cloths are, of course, required.
quit touching my screen.
Not cleaning the keyboard: from this we can also get infected from virus:
http://ramjeeawon.info/HTML/virusFromComputers
does anyone remember someone making an air duster that was refillable via a small crank or hand pump? They made it years ago but I can’t seem to find them anymore. I go through 3 cans a month and at $4 each, this adds up over time.
Steve-O wrote
"Apparently it’s possible (albeit unlikely) to cause a bubble in the blood stream by forcing air through the pores of a person’s skin using compressed air - which is potentially lethal."
I think this is why you should avoid blowing in the vagina also. 
http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9943986-56.html?tag=nefd.lede
You will soon be a minority.
Eh. If you don’t exercise your immune system, you’re gonna lose it.
Want a clean keyboard? No problem!
http://www.virtual-laser-keyboard.com/
This projects a keyboard on your desk, so all you have to do is keep your desktop clean. You can also get a similar monitor.
Surely this is a fantastic opportunity for the budding entrepreneurial engineer among us!
Make a keyboard that is designed from the get-go to be able to be disassembled in less than 60 seconds…
Couldn’t have said it any better.
This is SO true!
The keyboards and mice at university are always like… uh… “i-don’t-want-to-touch-this”.
Can’t people just wash their hands after eating or various other situations…?
I am not alone. I feel better now hearing that not only me get “morder instincts” when somebody touches their screen.
I have one secret I never wanted to share with anone, but I desoded to do so today and let you know that.
Before I seat at the computer I wash my hands.
After some time (when you get a shower or wash your hands) body naturally gets this kind of protection-layer (say moist).
So, I was forced to wash my hands again after few hours of coding.
The solution I found was to buy some nice soft gloves and use them while working.
I don’t use them always… but quite often.
Since this time my keyboard is brilliant shining, septic clean and… I feel much more better now.
Greets
aristo
The reason keyboards – like doorknobs, restaurant menus, and rented car steering wheels, among other things – have X times as many nasties as toilet seats is simple: pretty much everybody’s bathroom is full of a huge array of germicidal sprays, washes, soaps, foams, and what-have you.
Hell, in the toilet you’re probably in greater danger from all the chemical residues than you are from the bacteria.
One other kick at the can: bacteria are not all that baaa-aad. Polio, back when it existed, was a rich people’s disease, because rich kids never got exposed to the low-grade background viral load that poor kids hit by running around barefoot. Athma is almost certainly caused by too much housecleaning, and washing your children’s hands too much is settng them up for a lifetime of common colds.
is this what we talking about?
All the keyboards I own have been through the dishwasher. No special prep is needed; place upside down to facilitate draining, full cycle with soap, shake thoroughly to get rid of excess water, dry for 24 hours.
I’ve put one motherboard through this process with no ill effects.
Wow. A motherboard. That’s hard core, man. My hat is off to you.
You couldn’t be more right. Don’t touch my display, and certainly don’t tap it with a pen. Thank you very much.
I guess I have a double standard… I’m a poker on my own monitors, but I fly off the wall anytime somebody else takes a stab.
What really annoys me though is the keyboard-shaped caked on gunk on my Thinkpad’s screen. Would it really have been that hard to move the keyboard half a millimeter down so that it doesn’t hit the screen when I close my laptop?