Well, because of a pathologically needy endearingly affectionate cat / beverage / keyboard incident, I was out of commission computer-wise over the weekend. While my weekend computer usage is typically minimal, of course I thought about it and wanted to be online for this entire weekend. (What was that about wanting what we can’t have?) I attempted to dry out the keyboard (after unplugging it from the computer, of course) for three days, but this evening when I tried to plug it back in, I got the evil beeping of death, and after several attempts I had to accept the fact that my old keyboard was toast. Thanks a lot, Azriel…
By the way, he was forgiven nearly as soon as I discovered that I could use the “on screen keyboard” to tide me through the worst of it… it was unwieldy but workable for a short time.
However, a new Circuit City has just opened up a few blocks from where I live, so I hied myself over there and found a new, nifty Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Only downside is that they take batteries (which will eventually run out), but since I had been deployed not long ago I developed a battery-stockpiling habit so I had good Lithium batteries to place in the devices.
However, the not-so-good piece of this was that, while I was wandering the computer aisles, I noticed some beautiful, gorgeous monitors, and was reminded of the fact that the starving-student base model flatscreen that I’d purchased in January 2004 had annoyingly low resolution… and long story short, I now have a 22″ flatscreen capable of 1680 x 1024. Ahhh, such joy! Of course, now I’m starting to feel that my CPU (also bought January of 2004, and also base model (I did add some extra memory to it, but it’s nothing by today’s standards!) is not enough for me… And all this when I know I’m going to be out of the country and NOT using a desktop computer in my quarters. Sigh. Oh well–at least the monitor and keyboard should be easy to pack and store.
(It’s always a dicey prospect, heading into an electronics store for one simple purchase…)
