Yesterday I was playing Lord of the Rings Online when suddenly, my keyboard stopped responding. Those of you who play LOTRO or similar MMOs know that a keyboard, while not strictly essential to play, is quite useful. I rebooted and still nothing. So I decided I should try to change the batteries. I have a wireless keyboard and I hadn’t changed the batteries since I got it, which I think was early in 2010, I’d have to check Facebook to be sure, since I remember writing about it. Anyway, the problem was that I had no fresh AAA batteries on hand. What to do? Check the least used remote control of course! I scavenged the batteries from my TV remote (a universal remote replaced it some time ago) and success! Until this morning…guess the remote’s batteries were not much fresher than the keyboard’s!
After work, I stopped by the Giant Tiger and bought me some cheap AAAs. No sense spending a lot on name brand batteries if the batteries aren’t the problem right? Well, the header of this post and the fact that I typed this very blog you’re reading should have spoiled the result for you…the keyboard works. I’m still not going to buy any name brand batteries until I’ve used up the cheap ones I bought…Two bucks is two bucks right?
I have something new in store for Wednesday. Be sure to come back and check it out! I’m very pleased with how it turned out.
Until then, peace out folks!