I'll admit to a little skepticism when I first heard of the Belkin Laptop Cooling Pad; Belkin may be a reputable company, but selling a piece of rubber-coated plastic with a USB-powered fan inside of it seemed like the sort of gimmicky item you'd find at the Internet's equivalent of a street fair. Then I remembered how hot the bottom of a laptop can get, and how uncomfortable that heat can be when using the laptop on the lap in a poorly cooled building on a hot summer's day, and the concept started to make a little more sense. How much sense? Well, let's say you'll be a little surprised at how useful this device can be. Let's see what this surprisingly practical item has in store for us.