I don't often find occasion to invoke the work of Harry Nilsson in my Gearlog postings--honestly, the man's work just doesn't sufficiently tackle the sort of subject matter that lends itself to a gadget blog. That said, when I first heard about the above product, I couldn't help but think about the songwriter's song "Good Old Desk," from his excellent 1968 record, Aerial Ballet.

In the song, Nilsson sings a handful of lines like "Such a comfort to know, it's dependable and slow." I bring this up because I want to state, for the record, that I'm almost certain that Nilsson was in fact not referring to the Notebook Desk with Built-in 2.1 Speakers and Cooling Fans as he sang lines like that and, "My old desk never needs a rest / and I've never once heard it cry."

But, sadly, Harry Nilsson is no longer with us, but in his place we've got computer desks that play music and blow air to cool your notebook. Is this progress? Well, according to the manufacturer, the desk is "compatible with Win98 SE, Win ME, Win 2000,Win XP, Win Vista, and MAC OS9/OSX." Surely if Nilsson had any idea what any of those words meant, he would have added a line to that effect.

Also, he no doubt would have touched on its foldable table legs, USB power, and various control buttons.

Oh well, that's what reissues are for.