Keyboard healing!
Studious followers of this blog will remember an incident back in Alice Springs which put the computer keyboard to sleep - feeding it some hot milk while viewing digital photos. Milk IS a marvellous drink ...but not for keyboards.
To refresh your memories, the end results was that the letters klm,i;. and o became somewhat temperamental - in fact, they downright refused to function. Attempts to clean out said letters resurrected them a little, but weakened the keys themselves, resulting in the ";" and "." keys breaking.
For three months I have had to put up with pressing the "o" five times to get a response, and pinching the end of my fingers when pushing the plastic piece where the keys ; and . once sat.
No more.
Efforts to get said computer repaired brought quotes approaching $300, not to mention making times for delivery, pick up, service man, etc. I decided to take a shortcut and ordered a spare keyboard, which duly arrived yesterday. The first couple of attempts to replace broken keyboard with new one lead only to frustration (and a little dust inhalation!) Then, the magic Asher arrived, and within ten minutes the keyboard has been replaced, and I only have my poor typing skills to blame once more for the poor reproduction on screen. And all completed for about 10% of the cost!
Milk strengthens bones, reduces need for further solid intake, tastes wonderful with chocolate flavouring mixed through, but is not recommended for computer keyboards. I will hang the dead keyboard in the shed as another memento of our trek!
To refresh your memories, the end results was that the letters klm,i;. and o became somewhat temperamental - in fact, they downright refused to function. Attempts to clean out said letters resurrected them a little, but weakened the keys themselves, resulting in the ";" and "." keys breaking.
For three months I have had to put up with pressing the "o" five times to get a response, and pinching the end of my fingers when pushing the plastic piece where the keys ; and . once sat.
No more.
Efforts to get said computer repaired brought quotes approaching $300, not to mention making times for delivery, pick up, service man, etc. I decided to take a shortcut and ordered a spare keyboard, which duly arrived yesterday. The first couple of attempts to replace broken keyboard with new one lead only to frustration (and a little dust inhalation!) Then, the magic Asher arrived, and within ten minutes the keyboard has been replaced, and I only have my poor typing skills to blame once more for the poor reproduction on screen. And all completed for about 10% of the cost!
Milk strengthens bones, reduces need for further solid intake, tastes wonderful with chocolate flavouring mixed through, but is not recommended for computer keyboards. I will hang the dead keyboard in the shed as another memento of our trek!
posted by revheard at 6:23 pm
2 Comments:
Well done!
What about the hole in the van... Can Asher fix that too?
No, the hole is still there (covered over). I'll ask Asher whether his healing and repair skills extend to such enterprises.
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