mapsedge | Not a good start to the week (Reply)

Work PC died this morning. I'm reasonably sure it's a hardware problem, but lack the facilities to diagnose or fix that.

I've given my PC over to DG to rebuild with the XP OEM CD we keep on hand for just such emergencies. Now I'm limping by on a Dell(*spit*) Optiplex. I've installed most of my tools on it (Notepad++; The Gimp; Firefox; Firebug; Yahoo!Msgr, et al). This Dell(*spit*) doesn't have a PS2 port - just USB - so I can't use my Natural keyboard. I'm stuck with a funky Dell(*spit*) keyboard with keys that catch if you don't hit them straight on.^†

Summary:

Lots of typos thanks to the keyboard catch-y keys
I'm going to have extremely sore wrists at the end of the day from holding my arms at the wierd angle standard computer keyboards force your forearms into (they're already hurting and I've only been using the keyboard for an hour)
Productivity is totally fucked for the morning.
Until I can get a PS2/USB adapter and reconnect my keyboard, productivity will continue to suck

SPD stress level is at a high this morning. Holy shit.

^† Yes, I have the PS2/USB adapter. Just not here.

And while we're bitching, the Insert/Edit Link dialog for the editor in Firefox 3 has a bug that kills links: you get "javascript: void(0)" instead of the link. I thought it was just me.

Late Edit: Rejoice with me, brethren. A PS2-USB adapater was found. My keyboard has come home.