Ever year, hundreds of electronic devices fall prey to a preventable illness: Playa death.  I really didn't know what I was up against the first time.  I wish someone said: "It's not a sand desert, you understand; it's ancient lakebed silt.  Think of all your gear covered by talcom powder."

But there's hope: I've recently been fooling around with Glad's Press'n Seal plastic wrap, which has a semi-tacky surface on one side and will basically hug to anything you press it against.  It's almost like shrink-wrapping your gear.  There's also the extra benefit of being able to write whatever you want on it, which is great for way-too-many-options software like Traktor. Check it out:


My DJ controller covered up.


Ta-da.. action product shot.  Glad, where's my coin?!

Some notes: This doesn't protect your intake vent, so I would recommend taping some loose cloth to it that's fairly breatheable.  Also I'm sure some laptops dissapate heat through their keyboard, but I've had my running full tilt for a few days and hasn't had any issues. Besides, at night it'll get so frickin' cold it probably won't matter. 

A plea: I'm looking for a ride from Reno (or even SF) to the playa, sometime between 26-29th.  I haven't bought my ticket yet so my arrival time can fit to whenver you'll get ther.