I admit it. I’m a slob around my desk. If I’m not chowing down on a bagel and steamed cocoa, I’m sucking back a Diet Coke or slurping my beloved travel mug of green tea. And, yes, I realize that sesame seeds in between the keys of my keyboard aren’t an attractive addition to my personal workspace. (But it does keep others from borrowing my system when I’m not using it…)

So maybe it’s time to clean up my act and stop consuming food items and libations above my notebook. Or better yet, so that I don’t have to change one cell of my being, perhaps I could simply apply technology to the problem

Here’s a new device that hasn’t yet hit the market, but will any day now! The Belkin Washable Mouse. Retail price: $29.99. Belkin knows mice. These are the folks who sell a slew of mice: wireless mice, mice with retractable cords, Bluetooth mice, mini mice, mice with five buttons. And now they’re about to start selling a mouse that you can spill on, get wet, and wipe clean. That’s a smart application of technology — one that any mother of a kindergartner will appreciate.

Of course, I’m already so in love with my Microsoft wireless notebook optical mouse that it’ll have to be truly trashed for me give it up. But, given my current state of consumption at the workstation, how far off can that day really be?