Exposé Show Desktop mouse+keyboard shortcuts

Hello!
Back in the Tiger days I used Sidetrack to replace my system's trackpad driver. I used it for two things:
1) Scrolling on the trackpad sides
2) Hot Corners: I had the top right corner set up for Expose (Show Desktop)
Now with Leopard, Sidetrack is not yet compatible but I've gotten used to the two finger scrolling and the two finger+click for the right click. One thing I really miss is the show desktop hot corner.
So my question would be...
Is there any app that can add a hot corner to the mouse trackpad?
Since the likely answer is not without losing the two finger scrolling, the second one would be whether it's possible to assign two keyboard shortcuts for the same action (Expose show desktop).
Currently I've set it up so that Command+"-" shows my desktop.. It's an easy key combo for my spanish keyboard .. but i wouldn't want to lose the F11 shortcut. Is there a way to set up both!?
THANKS!

I have a similar issue, in my case when I want to see all windows, it also shows the desktop right after showing all the windows... (As if I pressed both keys at the same time)
I've posted about it before and got nowhere. I can't track the source...
It's been happening a lot less lately and only on my Mac Pro never on my MBA...

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