Dogs F***ed the Pope, No Fault of Mine…
Once upon a time, there was a girl who owned an HP TC1100 tablet computer. She loved the little tablet most righteously.
Then she met a boy who spilled a beer all over the keyboard of her nifty little tablet pc, rendering it all but useless. She was most vexed. (She subsequently dropped the tablet down the stairs and fried the hard drive, but the damage had already been done.)
The boy, being most abashed at what he had done, endeavored to fix the situation and give the girl her beloved tablet back. Surreptitiously, he purchased and installed a new, larger hard drive, installed Ubuntu to replace the wretched Windows operating system that had previously hung around the little tablet like an albatross, and scoured the Interweb Tubes for a replacement keyboard, which he finally purchased for the hefty price of 100 American dollars. Then, amidst much pomp and circumstance, he presented the reborn tablet pc to the girl, who decided on the basis of this present that she maybe loved him again.
And all was well forever and ever.
Except that he just spilled beer on the keyboard. Again.
It’s been 24 hours since I frantically attempted to wipe the spilled Magic Hat Hi.P.A. from betwixt the keys, and I fear the rescue operation has been a total failure. The keys stick like 57 bastards. Hell, it took me two infuriating hours to type the post you’re reading right now.
I don’t have a hundred clams lying around to buy another keyboard. Anybody know of a way to clean the beer from this one? And don’t say “run it through the dishwasher.” That doesn’t work, and I don’t have a dishwasher anyway. I’m looking for constructive suggestions, people. Let’s hear ‘em.
Butterfingers!
August 13th, 2008 at 10:48 pmDenatured alcohol and a Q-Tip. Also, leave it on top of your fridge where it’s warm and the air circlates most rightously.
You can also put it in a box filled with uncooked rice. Supposed to absorb moisture. Not sure what you’d do about the sweetened, condensed beer product once it all dries out,
In the end, I recommend that you lick the keyboard and get your ass out to Seattle tomorrow. There’s a fest or something, doin’s afoot… Rick Steves is trowimg a party, I hear.
August 14th, 2008 at 8:25 pm1. So, when someone makes a big mistake, it’s referred to as “fucking the Pope”?
2. Another way to unstickify the keyboard—travel back in time and slap yourself upside the head.
August 15th, 2008 at 1:09 pmAnd here I thought you were a Hunter Thompson fan! The post title is a line from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
August 15th, 2008 at 1:54 pmWell, I saw the movie. And I love his obituary for President Nixon. But I haven’t read the books. Have you seen the documentary? A co-worker recommended it to me the other day.
August 15th, 2008 at 2:11 pmBtw, apropos of nothing, the best magazine layout of all time—http://failblog.org/2008/08/15/layout-fail/
August 15th, 2008 at 2:13 pm