The Sticky Egg is late toDAY.
i was TRAVelING and DIDN’T HAVe reliable INTERnet Access for aWHILE. Then I had to head straight into meetings when I GOT TO NEW york.
oh — anD DID i mention the stiCKY CAp lock key on my computer?
you may HAVe noticed it by now YOURSELf. IT’S PROBABLy one of the most anNOYING THINGS i’ve dealT WIth this week (AND THAT’S SAYING SOMETHING).
YOU SEe, THIS is A new LAPtop. it was FINE WHEN i got it out of the box. But afTER A couple of weeks, tHE TAb key anD THE LEFT SHIFT KEY STARted aCTING LIKE THE CAP lock key. Then the control key, escapE KEY ANd a FEW of the number keys joined in, too.
NOW EVEN SOME OF THE LETTER KEYS are capPING LETTERS WHEN I STRIKE THEM.
IT’S A capITAl conspiraCY.
i havE CALled HP — THAT’s the BRANd of computer I’M USING — ANd am IN THE PROCESS OF CONVINCING THEM i haVE A defective keyboarD. (we haVE TO GO THROUGH THE NECESSARy softwarE CHECKS FIRST.)
MayBE THIS BLOG ENTRY WILL CONVINCE THEM THERE’S A problem.
WhaDDA you think?
Interjection
Everyone says we need to take a break from the Internet from time to time and reconnect with reality.
Well, my laptop’s hard drive forced the issue by dying last weekend, and I’m here to report –
IT SUCKS.
Not because I can’t live without it — although I prefer not to — but because the world of work and play revolves around the Internet more and more. I dare you to try and go without your laptop a few days and get any work accomplished — it is really hard!
Thank goodness I had my phone and iPad to pick up the slack. I still had to use public computers to help with printing.
I am restoring my laptop hard drive as I type this, with dreams of a normal world swirling around in my head. Could it be tomorrow? The next day??
It can’t be too soon.
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