But it's only 10 years old...
Sep. 2nd, 2013 09:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cairistionaMy admittedlyvenerable computer keyboard is dying, i think. THe shift key is sticking and the space bar is only working intermittently,and an hour popping off keysand cleaning didn't fix it (and i think something importantmay havebrokenoff the spacebar key. *looksat tiny plastic bit with some dismay*).
I suppose unless i want all my text looking like hashtags on twitter mated witheecummings poetry, i best hie me to the store fora new onetoday.
(see what I mean? AUghhhh!!!!laklsjdjdsdfojiosdffjsdfdsjdf0)
I suppose unless i want all my text looking like hashtags on twitter mated witheecummings poetry, i best hie me to the store fora new onetoday.
(see what I mean? AUghhhh!!!!laklsjdjdsdfojiosdffjsdfdsjdf0)
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Date: 2013-09-02 02:56 pm (UTC)The spacebar on my NEW HP computer is like yours, only it has NO EXCUSE!!! WHATSOEVER!!!! it's NEW... but it needs BASHING and I do not remember to BASH ... god - it is irritating, so I do understand your frustration. Happy Shopping!
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Date: 2013-09-02 03:10 pm (UTC)Since posting this, I think I've more or less bashed most of the problem out of mine, but it still sticks now and then, and moreoever, it feels "off", so... wah. Gotta get a new one. I hate getting used to new ones, which is why I've kept this ancient one for so long.
My M, N, L, and comma keys are pretty well worn away, but I know where they are without looking (plus, there's dents in the keys from my fingernails hitting them for all these years!), so that's not a problem for me, but a coat of clear polish will probably protect yours, I'd think.
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Date: 2013-09-02 11:08 pm (UTC)Then I need a "straight" mouse because I'm using it with the left, and well-placed arrow/direction keys because I use them very often, so the choice was limited. I have this one (http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/wireless-combo-mk520) which is the best I ever had. Even the letters rub off more slowly than usual (this always happens to me, with every keyboard. Has to do with the chemical of each individual's skin, I've been told. One should think they could provide keyboards taking that into consideration, though).
It's the first one where I could write more than four hours without break and with out getting pain or numbness anywhere. It has its price, of course, but my keyboard is one of the few luxuries I allow myself.
ETA: I didn't realise you were speaking of a split ergonomic one on the first reading, sorry. I've tried that once, but couldn't get used to it. For me, anything that forces my hands to bow upwards is uncomfortable and causes pain or numbness after some hours, even if I usually don't have any problems at all. I've learned to cherish the very flat keyboards, where my arms and hands can remain completely horizontal.
Looking keyboards up, I just found the note for one of them that it's "comfortable to touch typists only". Can you help me understand what that means?
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Date: 2013-09-02 11:24 pm (UTC)It means typists who don't have to actually look at the keys. I'm a touch typist, have been since I was taught that way, waaaaaay back in high school.
And yes, I need an ergonomic one, as the straight ones do to my wrists exactly what the ergo ones do to yours!
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Date: 2013-09-02 11:43 pm (UTC)Good luck with finding one! *crosses fingers*
(ETA for icon fail)
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Date: 2013-09-02 05:07 pm (UTC)My current keyboard has perhapts nine months, but already since half a year the left control key often gets stuck, which is really annoying as it wreaks havoc with things I'm doing at the moment. And I'm regularly using pressure air to blow out hairs from underneath (necessary in a house with two cats), put off a key or two to clean well underneath and take good care of it... but still a new keyboard every two or three years is necessary.
Awesome icon, by the way!
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Date: 2013-09-02 03:56 pm (UTC)I usually kill a keyboard within two, three years...
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Date: 2013-09-02 10:50 pm (UTC)For now I'm using an old, tiny straight laptop style keyboard we had stuck away as a spare. Not as comfortable as my old ergonomic one but it will do for now.
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Date: 2013-09-03 12:06 pm (UTC)The search will resume today at some point.
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Date: 2013-09-02 08:30 pm (UTC)Will there be a monument? Special funeral? *giggles*
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Date: 2013-09-02 08:43 pm (UTC)The keys on my old laptop were nearly all blank with age. It didn't bother me much, but annoyed Mr Jay greatly ;>) The wireless keyboard I use now seems to be made of sterner stuff - no worn keys at all.
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Date: 2013-09-02 11:33 pm (UTC)I havePeople in my class have been known to do that very thing...no subject
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Date: 2013-09-03 07:58 am (UTC):D
I recommend this one.
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