KeyboardKlutz

FROM: Robert
DATE: Thursday February 15, 2001 -- 8:51:47AM

Maybe you should go for the WWI angle. You might get a few weeks off to go to some tropical drying-out facility.

FROM: Rob
DATE: Thursday February 15, 2001 -- 9:13:19AM

Ask Yanek for a new keyboard, dammit. He's not going to hurt you (much).

FROM: Viren
DATE: Thursday February 15, 2001 -- 9:52:01AM

Or better yet...just steal one (switch it with...umm...Steve's)
Hours of amusement ensue.

Just don't try it with mine.

FROM: liz
DATE: Thursday February 15, 2001 -- 12:45:42PM

i spilled fresca and schnapps on this one. there hasn't been too much fallout yet.

FROM: Robert
DATE: Thursday February 15, 2001 -- 12:50:17PM

Ryan--This is the reason why computer labs don't let you bring in food or drinks. You should do your pouring in the kitchen area (hanging out there will allow you to kill lots of on-the-clock time having inane conversation with inane co-workers, as a bonus) or directly into your mouth so that all the overflow goes on the carpet.

FROM: Matt
DATE: Thursday February 15, 2001 -- 5:45:08PM

Yes Ryan,
Mistakes are made for us to learn from. While I won't chastise you I will say that you seem to be making the same mistake over and over. Maybe your fungschway(sp) is off

FROM: Tony
DATE: Thursday February 15, 2001 -- 8:17:50PM

I spilled Orange Cola (good part of a can) on my Powerbook 1400, Keyboard, and have had no problems.

FROM: Ryan
DATE: Thursday February 15, 2001 -- 11:19:04PM

Matt -- I'm pretty good at repeating my mistakes. :)

FROM: T.S. Murphy
DATE: Friday February 16, 2001 -- 12:38:50AM

The key to eating/drinking at a computer is to put the food _below_ the computer. It's much harder to drop a computer than a cup of liquid.

I destroyed about a dozen microprocessors at work in the past year, plus one very expensive server system, and, yes, a keyboard. On my performance review, for areas of improvement, I wrote something like 'Terry was careless in the lab, and caused tens of thousands of dollars of damage to valuable equipment', but my boss promptly crossed it out, believing it wasn't important. :-)

What's interesting is that different people always have particular computer problems. A lot of people always have hard drive failures. Or power supplies which constantly break down. Or broken processor fans. Or Ryan and his keyboards. But what always plagues me is monitors. I can't keep a monitor for more than a little while without it breaking down, or getting a horrible picture.

FROM: Paul
DATE: Friday February 16, 2001 -- 7:41:22AM

It's much harder to drop a computer than a cup of liquid.

I have dropped my keyboard twice. It's a Logitech wireless ergonomic, and I tend to use it in my lap. Twice when I've set it down on the desk, it's not been fully on the desk - and crashed to the ground. Surprisingly, it works just fine after the falls - and no keys popped off, or anything.

My monitor has a horrible picture, but it's had that since day one. :)

FROM: Robert
DATE: Friday February 16, 2001 -- 3:13:08PM

I can't keep a monitor for more than a little while without it breaking down, or getting a horrible picture.

I have that problem with mirrors--horrible, horrible pictures.

FROM: Brian
DATE: Wednesday June 6, 2001 -- 10:38:19PM

In college, a friend of mine's PowerPC keyboard succombed to a beer-baptism. In trying to save the keyboard, he unplugged it, pulled each of the keys off an swabbed out the beer, and let it dry. It was only after he was ready to put it back together, that he realized he didn't make note of the each key's location. He had to scour the dorm looking for a keyboard to use as reference. (This was before computers were standard-issue for every student.)

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