New Keyboard
In my very skillful ways, I have managed to spill a glass of (tasty) red wine over my Sun Type 5 Keyboard that has served me well for the past six years. What a waste of good wine and a good keyboard.
The keyboard is trash now, of course. The power button on the upper righthand corner seems to be the only key that still works. That’s not very useful. So off in the trash it goes. 
Since Sun keyboards can’t be bought at the computer store “around the corner”, I’ll order a replacement keyboard over the Internet. It’s going to be around $40 (depends on exchange rates). In the mean time I am using a keyboard that I borrowed from work. Luckily, we’ve many Sun keyboards sitting around, so it was no problem to get permission to take one. Without that opportunity, I’d be very sad right now and without computer for at least a week.
Comment by Chris
November 22, 2006 @ 11:10
I’m curious - what is it about the Sun keyboards do you like? I used to be a big fan of simple flat keyboards, but recently I got one of these at work and I’m loving it.
Comment by markus
November 22, 2006 @ 12:17
Funky stuff.
The thing, though, is the Sun keyboard is attached to a Sun workstation.
One that doesn’t have on-board USB ports. So I’m sort of out of luck when it comes to either PS/2 or USB keyboards.
And yes, I know, I’m a geek for not having a PC at home, but I can live with that label. lol (Brigette does have a PC, though.)
Comment by The Wife
November 22, 2006 @ 13:58
Geek, geek! lol
Comment by Chris
November 22, 2006 @ 14:15
Oh, you’re a Solaris guy? My condolences
Don’t worry about the Geek label - the only Windows box in my house is my work laptop, everything else is Linux or Mac.
If you’re wanting to get more into the x86 world, you should check out OpenSolaris.
Comment by markus
November 22, 2006 @ 22:13
Well, I certainly am a Solaris guy.
But really, I am mostly a Unix guy. My workstation at work runs Linux. Several systems I use for testing there run NetBSD. The server hosting this blog, again, runs Linux.