"Thin piece of board duct-taped to the arm of the chair (with piece of old shirt as base, so no glue gets on the chair) puts the mouse immediately under your hand; the leather glued to the top of the board provides a smooth but low-slip surface for the mouse; and the packing styrofoam from the end of the PC tower (reinforced with duct tape, of course), sits on your lap to put the wireless keyboard at your fingertips."
Your move, carpal tunnel syndrome.
Because simply having the keyboard in front of you and the laptop behind you is just plain impractical.
~Not-So-Handy Andy
When some letters vanish, you can always write them in your own handwriting and use sticky tape. Now that's a purty QWERTY keyboard!