The typewriter was patented on this day in 1714. Hundreds of years later electric models came in, then computers, printers, laptops and all sorts of high-tech personal writing and printing innovations. But since Day 1, man has always had the same problem: typewriters and keyboards move about when you use them, and they're noisy, too. To help keep things put and to quiet your typing and printing down a bit, read on. You can make an inexpensive pad that will quiet a typewriter or keyboard and keep it from scooting around your desktop using a foam-backed carpet remnant or sample. Just cut it to size and place it -- foam-side-down -- under anything you wish to have firmly and quietly in place. It works well under printers, VCRs and other electronics, too. So, if you are tired of keys that shake, rattle and roll, and stuff that vibrates and makes too much noise, you now know what to do! And that's the On The House tip for today.