Some of you at work know that I horde the Natural Keyboard Pros - my favorite of the "Natural" style of keyboards, since they have the non-screwed-up configuration of the Home/End/Page Up/Page Down block of keys.
Turns out these keyboard have one other very special feature that I wasn't aware of until today.
So I'm working at the office this weekend and the phone rings. I reach over to grab the phone and knock over a full cup of water that spills all over the edge of my desk and onto the floor. This, of course, freaks me out and I end up spending a bunch of time cleaning off all of the desk, the surface of the keyboard that got wet, and the sides of the computers that are wet. I focus particularly on the last of these, since one of them has a loose case and I'm paranoid that something is going to short circuit. 20 minutes later, the computer is still working, I've gotten all the water I can find, and everything works - all seems good.
Today, the keyboard starts wigging out ... typing randomly, causing the computer to beep, screwing with the switchbox ... I can't figure out what the hell is going on.
That special feature? Turns out that these things can hold a lot of water inside the keys! I go to swap it with another and as I grab it I turn it over a bit and a quarter cup of water falls out of it (and some glitter, for that matter ... that's a story for another time).
Oops. My cache is now down by one.
Anyone want a slightly damp Natural Keyboard Pro?
--Nick
Posted by Nick at April 27, 2004 07:26 PM | TrackBackTry blow-drying it. That sometimes helps.
Posted by: Eric at April 27, 2004 09:33 PMI am the one who called, thereby instigating this tragedy. Nick answered the phone, "Hello? Sh*t!"
:) Kara
Posted by: The perpetrator at April 28, 2004 12:02 AMEric - I'm trying to let it air dry for a few days right now ... if that doesn't work, perhaps I'll give that a shot.
Kara - Yeah, I didn't react well on the phone ... fortunately I didn't end up cussing out some customer or something.
--Nick
Posted by: Nick at April 28, 2004 02:24 AMNick please tell me if your keyboard started working again.
I got caught outside in a heavy rain storm and now my laptop keyboard is wigging out. Unfortunately I can't easily replace my keyboard.
please let me know if you ever got it working again.
Naren
Posted by: Narendra at May 9, 2004 08:16 AM