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Temperamental electronics???
Yes, I am still alive, though still suffering the vestiges of zombiedom. I'm actually typing this on a wireless keyboard. Four years ago, my dad brought home one of these things for a test run. I used it with his old laptop and fell in love. He had to take it back to his workplace, but when he told the guys how much I loved it, they gave him a freebie for me. With much delight, I tried to use it just like the other one, but it didn't work. So I tucked it into a corner of my room with much disappointment and forgot about it.
Utena's keyboard has always been temperamental. I suspect it's b/c I drop it fairly regularly. I don't have desk space for the keyboard, so I hold it in my lap when I type, and lay it on top of Utena's tower when not in use. The keyboard was light and smooth, so it would slide off my lap or the top of the tower if I wasn't careful. Many a time it crashed to the floor. It didn't seem affected at first, but its behavior has been growing more erratic, until in past few days it's been freezing every couple of hours and driving me crazy.
I remembered my freebie wireless, dug it out from the depths of my room, installed the disc, plugged in the mouse holster/receiver thingie, rebooted, and--nothing. >< The batteres were fine, the keyboard has no power switch for itself, and no little light to indicate it was on. I asked my dad for help, but he was clueless too. After some random button pushing, all of a sudden it began to work. Hell if I know what we did. *is flummoxed* Maybe it had to warm up? Maybe it took a few minutes for the driver to kick in??? *has no idea*
So yay, it's working, right? Now I'm having to adjust to all the cntrl/alt/delete/arrow/etc keys being out-of-place and the general weirdness of retraining my muscle memory. I just hope the keyboard keeps deciding to work for me, since I don't know how to convince it to come back if it decides to go MIA. O.o I do feel kinda bad about having to retire Utena's original keyboard. It's typed up so many emails, entries, comments, and all my fanfics....but I suppose this change is for the better. I'd worn off a large portion of the letters thanks to my photoshop shortcuts anyway. :P
I'll have to name the newbie here. I'll give him a few days for me to figure out his personality. I'm thinking it's a guy. To stick with my theme, we have Akio, Miki, Saionji, Touga, and Tsuwabuki. I wonder which he'll end up being.And how long it will take me to drop him.
Utena's keyboard has always been temperamental. I suspect it's b/c I drop it fairly regularly. I don't have desk space for the keyboard, so I hold it in my lap when I type, and lay it on top of Utena's tower when not in use. The keyboard was light and smooth, so it would slide off my lap or the top of the tower if I wasn't careful. Many a time it crashed to the floor. It didn't seem affected at first, but its behavior has been growing more erratic, until in past few days it's been freezing every couple of hours and driving me crazy.
I remembered my freebie wireless, dug it out from the depths of my room, installed the disc, plugged in the mouse holster/receiver thingie, rebooted, and--nothing. >< The batteres were fine, the keyboard has no power switch for itself, and no little light to indicate it was on. I asked my dad for help, but he was clueless too. After some random button pushing, all of a sudden it began to work. Hell if I know what we did. *is flummoxed* Maybe it had to warm up? Maybe it took a few minutes for the driver to kick in??? *has no idea*
So yay, it's working, right? Now I'm having to adjust to all the cntrl/alt/delete/arrow/etc keys being out-of-place and the general weirdness of retraining my muscle memory. I just hope the keyboard keeps deciding to work for me, since I don't know how to convince it to come back if it decides to go MIA. O.o I do feel kinda bad about having to retire Utena's original keyboard. It's typed up so many emails, entries, comments, and all my fanfics....but I suppose this change is for the better. I'd worn off a large portion of the letters thanks to my photoshop shortcuts anyway. :P
I'll have to name the newbie here. I'll give him a few days for me to figure out his personality. I'm thinking it's a guy. To stick with my theme, we have Akio, Miki, Saionji, Touga, and Tsuwabuki. I wonder which he'll end up being.