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2015-04-27 15:05:48
21 votes, rating 4.3
21 votes, rating 4.3
Coffee and keyboards - Rule of three
Some of you may know by now that I ritualistic drink coffee when I play (this indeed means 6-8 cups per day if I play a lot, more coffee then I drink when I work). Now... I honestly don't remember spilling coffee on the keyboard THIS time, but suddenly b&n+1 (on the numpad) does not work properly. I'm distracted cant chat properly, put Ag+ frogs on the line, and other minor mistakes. But the game must go on...
So now I'm down 4-0 and line frog... my coffee is cold(!) and I missed a lecture on internal auditing. My keyboard still does not work (I'm considering water before tossing it) and I curse to my self that I broke the rule of three.
1) Always have a spare tie in the drawer, to switch out the coffee stained one when needed
2) Always have a new shirt in the drawer, to switch out the one with coffee on when needed
3) Always have one or more spare OEM keyboards in your desk drawer....
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
It is by the juice of beans that thoughts acquire speed,
the teeth acquire stains, the stains become a warning.
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
So now I'm down 4-0 and line frog... my coffee is cold(!) and I missed a lecture on internal auditing. My keyboard still does not work (I'm considering water before tossing it) and I curse to my self that I broke the rule of three.
1) Always have a spare tie in the drawer, to switch out the coffee stained one when needed
2) Always have a new shirt in the drawer, to switch out the one with coffee on when needed
3) Always have one or more spare OEM keyboards in your desk drawer....
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
It is by the juice of beans that thoughts acquire speed,
the teeth acquire stains, the stains become a warning.
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
Comments
Posted by BillBrasky on 2015-04-27 16:07:22
Switch to whiskey, and join the big boys in the Box :p
Posted by PaddyMick on 2015-04-27 16:08:04
I play in my underpants & drink tennants super
Posted by awambawamb on 2015-04-27 16:58:22
caffeine is not really caffeine if it doesn't pour out of a moka pot, and I hope you got one.
Posted by albinv on 2015-04-27 17:17:51
That was a quite funny blog post. 6-8 cups can easily disappear by accident if i just take one deep breath tho.
(Yes, that includes the mugs)
(Yes, that includes the mugs)
Posted by Cavetroll on 2015-04-27 17:39:33
You can wash a keyboard, just make sure it is completely dry before plugging it back in. I would air dry for 48 hours to be absolutely certain.
Nice Dune reference :)
Nice Dune reference :)
Posted by Kam on 2015-04-27 17:47:11
It works with beer too (I've almost had to cancel a celebration game versus Dalfort after a beer tsunami). :D
Posted by pythrr on 2015-04-27 20:38:13
haha sucker
Posted by Jeffro on 2015-04-28 02:43:40
I had a service call from a nightclub once to fix their malfunctioning lighting controller. I get it back to the shop and discover that someone had spilled either beer, soda or both on the thing, and that it had dried on the motherboard. All those little sugary crystallizations were causing fun shorts and misinformation on the LCD. The fix!? Dunk the damn thing in the sink... scrub it with a toothbrush... dry it out... works just fine :)
The cost to them? $300. A bargain. $1 for the toothbrush, 50 cents for water and sink rental... $298.50 dumbass charge.
Do you sugar your coffee?! If you do, I can almost guarantee that cleaning it will work.
The cost to them? $300. A bargain. $1 for the toothbrush, 50 cents for water and sink rental... $298.50 dumbass charge.
Do you sugar your coffee?! If you do, I can almost guarantee that cleaning it will work.
Posted by DaCoach on 2015-04-28 11:50:36
This is of course completely fictional - at least I will deny that this ever happended to me...
1. Don't spill red wine into your laptop
2. If you do, don't do it in your work laptop
3. But if you do it anyway, don't lie to the guys in the IT shop that it was water - they will find out anyway when they open it up and laugh their asses off.
1. Don't spill red wine into your laptop
2. If you do, don't do it in your work laptop
3. But if you do it anyway, don't lie to the guys in the IT shop that it was water - they will find out anyway when they open it up and laugh their asses off.
Posted by Wreckage on 2015-04-28 15:14:25
You don't need a spare keyboard, just a spare laptop.
And probably also a spare mobilephone and 50€ in the drawer.
And probably also a spare mobilephone and 50€ in the drawer.
Posted by the_Sage on 2015-04-28 15:33:47
Funny. Nice to see this rated for the blog, rather than the usual 'you delf picker' stuff. =)
Posted by Lorebass on 2015-04-29 00:17:50
Rated 6 for Bill's comment!
Posted by C3I2 on 2015-04-30 12:02:22
Yes, its the sugar content. I used honey the last month or so, real work coffee has sugar+milk. No mocha pot, its usually drip, at times steam pressed espresso.
As for underpants, I'm betting there is a lot of coaches that play naked or with just a T-shirt on. Makes underpants a bit milquetoast...
As for Whiskey, I never do, but one of my regular opponents in board-gaming does at times, we are fairy equally tied in PoG, but when he drinks Whiskey the edge goes to me, and I also know it is my only shot at beating him in ASL (he is multiple Nordic champion).
As for underpants, I'm betting there is a lot of coaches that play naked or with just a T-shirt on. Makes underpants a bit milquetoast...
As for Whiskey, I never do, but one of my regular opponents in board-gaming does at times, we are fairy equally tied in PoG, but when he drinks Whiskey the edge goes to me, and I also know it is my only shot at beating him in ASL (he is multiple Nordic champion).