So, I have recently learned some extremely significant lessons:
1. Multitasking has limits.
2. Eating cheese cake, watching a movie, and facebooking at the same time exceeds those limits.
3. When you break something, trying to use it without fixing it only destroys the thing further.
I learned all of this after dropping an entire piece of cheesecake on top of my keyboard. When the keys started to stick, I decided it would be a great idea to rip the "v" key off of the keyboard to clean out the topping that had oozed beneath it. It turns out that I have no idea what I'm doing with computers, and I had broken the key so badly that I couldn't get it back on. Apparantly this wasn't quite enough damage. I thought I was so clever because I could still type with the nub that was left behind. The only problem is that, after refusing to get it fixed for a whole semester, I damaged the keyboard itself. In my effort to save myself from the embarrassment of an explanation, I have been reduced to copying and pasting every time I use a "v". The DoIt center had to order me a whole new keyboard, and I had to explain anyway. In short, the computer is a no cheesecake zone, and, if you are as techologically challenged as I am, just take it to someone else.
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7 comments:
Thanks for the tips! I will make sure to not mix computer time with cheesecake time. I just have one question though, what flavor cheesecake was it?
It was cherry, and it tasted amazing until it flew everywhere.
Okay. I have a similar story, although it involved a can of Miller High Life (really bad beer, but cheap). I spilled a large amount on the keyboard, and I immediately turned it upside down to drain. But a few of the keys stopped working. I called The Company and reported some keys stopped working. She asked, "Did you spill anything on it?" I said, no. It was still under warranty, just not for cheap beer.
Anyway, I spent a lot of time taking the keyboard apart and cleaning it out with q-tips and alcohol (not beer) and then sent it in. Whew!
Spilling on keyboards seems to be a very common theme for many college students and computer problems. I actually came close with a glass of milk yesterday, but my quick reflexes limited the spillage to the floor and my pants. You would think that some of these computer companies would eventually figure out this mystery when students call in with broken keyboards. The keyboard just doesn’t break by itself (at least my 3+ year old laptop keyboard hasn’t). I have had a handful of close friends that have spilt or discharged certain bodily fluids (tragic birthday party story of a very intoxicated man) on their computer and have received a brand new computer. I just hope that if I am ever in the same situation, they haven’t figured out yet.
I also have a story that involves a computer and beer. Except in this case, my roommate was trying to finish off a keg (he had started drinking at 4 or 5pm, and it was past midnight by this time). He decided to take his old laptop and throw it into the street...from the roof of our two-story apartment. I didn't see what else happened to it that night, but when I woke up the next morning, there were pieces strewn across the street for at least a block. So like Rik found out, computers and beer definitely do not mix.
And cheesecake is the best thing ever invented.
Coffee is usually what I spill over the keyboard. I clean it up quick enough, and my laptop keyboard is working alright. The worst thing that has ever happened to my keyboard involved a cat.
I was babysitting my friend's cat over winter break. My computer is pretty much on 24/7, making the space on the table beside it a warm and cosy place. The cat just loves that spot and always sleeps there (by the way, that cat makes silly endearing noises when he sleeps). One day, I woke up to find cat puke all over the keyboard and the cat looking at me like he's done me a favor. The puke was the watery kind and some of it has already dried up on the keyboard. My first thought was watery puke = stomach acid = strong electrolyte = an electrical jolt resulting in a short circuit my computer wouldn't survive. Surprisingly, my computer is still working fine. I either have a spill-resistant laptop, or I am extremely lucky.
Haha! Nice! That is totally something I would do!
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