Showing posts with label computers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label computers. Show all posts

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Lots of tzpos, I mean, typos

Hello, once again.
I'm sitting at an aging computer in Germany with an evil keyboard that seems to be out to get me. You should see what my typing looks like without my deleting every second letter. If you'd like a description of the sheer confusion of this keyboard, let me inform you that the z and the y are switched, so if I don't pay attention, any word ending in ''y'' turns into a word ending in ''z.''
For instance, really turns into reallz and any turns into anz. And yellow turns into zellow. So zeah, umm, I mean yeah.
Also, there's a ö where there should be a semicolon, and the shift key is about a millimeter long. You have to press this miniature shift key in order to type an apostrophe, because if you don't then you get #. The enter key is also much smaller then it ought to be because there's a ä key in the way.
It took me about an eternity and a half to log in because I couldn't figure out how to type an @ symbol on this evil keyboard.
§ ß € ü ö ä µ and so on and so forth.
And no quotation marks to speak of.
Anzwaz, that#s about enough complaining for now, don#t zou thinkÄ

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Tornado Alley, But Not Really

You know how the stereotypical awkward conversation goes, "Hi." "Hey." "How are you?" "Good." "...Interesting weather we're having." "Yep." "..."
Well, I'm going to be spectacularly lame and awkward and talk about the weather. Again.
Don't give me that look. The weather around here definitely merits discussion. Have you seen it? If you have, then you know that anyone brave enough to step outside is drenched within 3.25 seconds, due to the humidity. It's like you've had a tough workout, except without the tough workout. Gross, yes.
Also, there's the small issue with the summer storms, a.k.a Let's Have Another Tornado Warning Every Two Minutes Because It's Fun To Make People Drop Everything And Hide In The Basement. Thunder, lightning, pouring rain, ridiculous winds, and sirens. Fun stuff.
So far, though, no real tornadoes have come our way, which is a really good thing considering that our house is mournfully void of safe, windowless rooms.
Also, the lightning storms require me to turn off my computer, which is a bit of a problem because my computer is a stubborn little evil thing that refuses to turn back on after it's been shut down.
Enough weather reports for now...?