So, I’m sitting here working all day long. Just working my fingers to the bone, ya know? Getting lots and lots accomplished - just truckin’ right along. Then, I break for coffee.
Mmmmm….Coooffeeeee.
I come back into my office and sit down. I set my coffee cup on my desk.. and it tips. Now, having ruined MANY a keyboard over the years to full cups of coffee - I immediately panic. Unlike usual, I don’t have spare keyboard in the house. Normally, I do - because I’m a klutz and have all the grace of an elephant, ya know?
But this time! The coffee tipping gods were kind, as only a few drops fell onto the keyboard and I immediately whisked them away, breathing a sigh of relief!
About 10 minutes later - I realize I’m not so lucky. The coffee did, in fact, affect one key. Only one! I can live with one, right?
Except it affected the Z key. And the name of the site I’m currently working on is called “The Hot Zone Online” - - I NEED the Z, man! I need the Z, like I’ve never needed the Z before in my life! I couldn’t believe it. The ONE key that I really, really needed was toast.
I go whining into Chris’s office about it (because at this point, I’ve put in a full 15 hours straight, with more hours ahead of me and I’m almost irrational.) He says “No problem, baby - I’ll send you a Z via YahooIM and you can cut and paste it.”
Such common sense. And I didn’t think of this… why?
(cuz i’m a blonde.. yea, yea, yea)
I also found out that if I hold down the ALT key and hit 90 - it gives me a Z. Which is what I’ve been having to do in order to type this very post. Funny thing? The small case z works fine - I just can’t capitalize it without ALT90.
Sounds like a case of ‘the dog ate my homework’, hey? Sad, but true.
9:28 am on January 10th, 2006
At that time of night/morning, I wouldn’t have thought to copy and paste the Z, either!
PS: I like what you did to your permalink page.
9:42 am on January 10th, 2006
:Lol:
Alt+90? Never discovered that
9:56 am on January 10th, 2006
We do learn something new everyday.
10:41 am on January 10th, 2006
What a d-Zaster *chuckle* sorry…thanks for the tip with the alt key I’ll have to file that away
1:09 pm on January 10th, 2006
Here you can have my Z!
5:55 pm on January 10th, 2006
whoda thunk a z would be so crucial! Alt90? Weird… delurking to say Zello!
8:17 pm on January 10th, 2006
Wench - thanks! I feel better now about not thinking of the cutting and pasting thing. You’ve given me JUST the excuse that I needed
1:20 am on January 11th, 2006
There’s a way around everything, isn’t there?
7:55 am on January 13th, 2006
I’m having problems finding the “90″ key on my keyboard…
4:11 am on March 27th, 2006
Hi !