A year ago, when I visited my parents in Austria, I spilled water on my laptop’s keyboard. I planned to fix it once I got home, but instead, I just bought a cable keyboard and used that with my laptop. Felt weird at first, but after a while, I got used to it.
Now I have to adjust again to using a normal laptop keyboard because today, I finally replaced it. The idea came out of nowhere—a friend of mine found a perfect spare one for me, and I did the swap myself. I’m such a genius...
Nah, not really. But I do get a sense of satisfaction when I manage to fix things instead of replacing them, just like I could have done with the laptop. At the end of the day, it still works fine for what I need—Hive, Twitter, YouTube... Getting into these DIY fixes has saved me a decent chunk of money that I would’ve otherwise blown on a new laptop.
My HP EliteBook still runs smoothly with its Intel i7 processor and 8GB of RAM. The hard drive is a bit small for my needs, but I figure I can upgrade that in the future too.
The experience with the company I bought the keyboard from was awful. The guys claimed in the ad that it was a refurbished keyboard, but as you can see in the pics above, they didn’t even bother to clean it before sending it to me.
It looked like they pulled it straight out of a recycling bin and shipped it off. And guess what? It took me less than two minutes to clean it with some glass wipes. The level of professionalism from this company says a lot about my country.
Most people hope that new governments and leaders will miraculously make things better, but as long as the masses treat themselves with this kind of lack of respect, we won’t see any real, sustainable change.
No matter who steps onto the political scene, they’re just “one of us”—and let’s be real, as a collective, we’re some fucking bastards who probably deserve the mess we’re drowning in.
Anyway, enough ranting. Overall, I’m happy I made my laptop whole again and can finally use it remotely. Now it’s time to fix some annoying noise coming from my car’s trunk. A bit of glue should do the trick—plastic loosens up over time.
That’s about it from my side for now. Wishing you all a great day—catch you next time!
Thanks for your attention,
Adrian
