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‘Dja ever notice how hot your lap gets after too much laptop computing? Ever stop to think whether that heat is good for your furniture? No, us neither. But all our furniture is cheapo prefab particle-board crap. Just on the outside chance that a few of our customers have nicer furnishings than ours, though, we present the Targus Chill Mat, recent immigrant from the land of Screwball Ideas So Crazy They Just Might Work! The sweaty-thighed masses rejoice at its arrival, no doubt.

So do owners of fine antique writing desks, the surfaces of which have taken a heating during sustained periods of maison computing. Those desks weren’t made to stand up to modern electronics! Like Danny Glover in the LETHAL WEAPON series, they’re too old for that scaffolding. And really, you can hardly fault some craftsman from the Louis XIII period for failing to anticipate your marathon Evony sessions, can you?

Honestly, when we ordered this thing, we thought it was a yoga accessory from the name. But it’s not. Not unless you’re Twittering during yoga sessions. And we’re no experts, but we get the impression that’s not great yogaquette. No, what it is is a little dual-fan ventilation pad that moves air between your notebook computer and whatever it’s sitting on. That improves your computer’s performance (allegedly) and keeps the aforementioned surface cool. Which is good news for you if you’re the aforementioned surface.

It’s powered through an available USB port, which is good and bad. On the good side, that means you don’t need an AC adaptor to run it. On the bad side, you won’t be able to use it to keep your lap cool under your cat during her long naps there. The Chill Mat is not for use with pets—notebooks only.

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