Yeah you're kind of a nerd, using it to read nerd things.

It's like saying there's going to be a resurgence of IRC.

There won't be.

Does your Mother use RSS daily?

Does your kid?

Stop trying to make RSS happen again. It's not going to happen again.

...the skill of touch typing is that you don't need to look at the keyboard.

And the keys are still labeled...

Learned touch typing just fine on a non-backlit keyboard. What would you feel would be the issue?