And now I have a mission
Nov. 14th, 2009 08:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisLast night, just before I went to bed, the keyboard on my desktop computer died. I guess it had just had one too many lunches spilled on it, No mourning. I never liked that keyboard anyway.
My perfect keyboard has a good feel to the keys which have good action to them and that keyboard is lighted. I'm a touch typist but, I use so many different keyboards all day that I do need to look to find Ctrl and Windows and Alt among others. I like a numbers pad but it's not critical. The keyboard that died last night had beautiful lighting but a horrible feel and keys that didn't even work well before they were drenched with Diet Dr. Pepper and wedged with crumbs.
I've never found my perfect keyboard. My surfing last night revealed no new keyboard news. This time, I'm not going to spend $50 for a keyboard that is not what I want.
Happily, we have a wonderful used PC store and a visit there this morning can be easily woven into my light rail/breakfast/walk adventure this morning. I love the place. There are bins of the most marvelous bits and pieces - mice and keyboards and cables of all kinds. Then there is an AS IS room that is nearly as good as their Computer Museum room which is always a treat.
And it is not raining. So I am going to get up and get dressed and put on my red (actually it's more the color of pomegranate) coat and grab the wonderful ear/neck warmer that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
yesthatjill made for me last year, and hit the road. Later, gaters!
My perfect keyboard has a good feel to the keys which have good action to them and that keyboard is lighted. I'm a touch typist but, I use so many different keyboards all day that I do need to look to find Ctrl and Windows and Alt among others. I like a numbers pad but it's not critical. The keyboard that died last night had beautiful lighting but a horrible feel and keys that didn't even work well before they were drenched with Diet Dr. Pepper and wedged with crumbs.
I've never found my perfect keyboard. My surfing last night revealed no new keyboard news. This time, I'm not going to spend $50 for a keyboard that is not what I want.
Happily, we have a wonderful used PC store and a visit there this morning can be easily woven into my light rail/breakfast/walk adventure this morning. I love the place. There are bins of the most marvelous bits and pieces - mice and keyboards and cables of all kinds. Then there is an AS IS room that is nearly as good as their Computer Museum room which is always a treat.
And it is not raining. So I am going to get up and get dressed and put on my red (actually it's more the color of pomegranate) coat and grab the wonderful ear/neck warmer that
yesthatjill made for me last year, and hit the road. Later, gaters!