It's just not the same :-(

The Guy From Dell arrived this afternoon (9-12 = 2:45pm), and so I have a new keyboard on the laptop. Apparently there was a "bad batch" of keyboards and he's replaced quite a few. We are not to blame for the failure of the B, and even the tech didn't know how to put a key back once they came off, little broken plastic bits or no.

I'm sure I'll get used to it, but there's a lot more bounce on the new keys and they don't make that satisfying laptop *snick snick snick snick* sound. More a harsh plasticky *clatter clatter clatter clatter*, like a desktop keyboard.

Sigh. One shall adapt.

Food theory

I've always been under the impression that I "know the theory" about food and nutrition, based probably on my success in "Food and Nut" in years 8/9, and general interest in the meantime. However, babylon_93's recent post about a low chemical diet revealed a few assumptions of mine that I've come to question.

( Some of them thar assumptions )

Campaign for John Scalzi as Swancon GoH

I don't know what the next couple of Swancon committees have in mind, but John Scalzi has indicated an interest in GoHing here.

See http://scalzi.com/whatever/?p=285#comments, comments 14, 15 and especially 19

*BOING BOING BOING*

Heck, for him I'd fly places, within reason :-)

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