switch mechanism

does anyone know of a piece of hardware that can be bought which is essentially a light switch type mechanism which plugs into a USB port? I want to have a switch trigger various actions on my computer...eg: soft music and a roaring fire screensaver start playing

any ideas!?

[rdhir]

You might be better off trying some of the remote controls, as they can be made to trigger things and there is some good software which allows you a lot of flexibility by replacing the driver level.

Otherwise I'd look along the lines of home automation equipment. There is a forum for this here but I've never looked. There are other forums on other sites that look at home automation.

Good Luck in your Search

Cheers

Rajiv