I'm not suggesting any of you have broken something by exhaling vape smoke into it, dear readers, but we all make mistakes. Whether it happens because of oldering accidents, discharges of static electricity, or coffee spills, we've all busted something expensive. Tell us about your goofs, or share those of friends and coworkers so we can all wince together.
I haven't ruined much expensive PC hardware, but my toddler son has so far claimed one mechanical keyboard's keys, and slightly ruined the ones I'm writing on now. He's at just the right height to reach the desk, he's fascinated by my PC's lights and screen, and he's also a master at creeping into the PC room when I'm not there. I'd go to eat a sandwich, or to run some errand, and I would return to a floor strewn with beautiful cherry reds, a mauled plate, and a grinning assassin who'd shout "dees! dees!" at me.
I tried to placate him with an old Apple keyboard but he literally put it in the bin: it was too smooth in feel, he just wanted to rip keys off a board. I kind of difference between computer science and computer engineering, inasmuch as I imagine it would actually be quite satisfying, but obviously the stems of his first-choice keys (CTRL, Windows, Shift, and we spread out from there) got broken over time, and after a few half-arsed repair jobs I ended up just buying replacement keys. The first day I installed them, he broke the stem on my replacement shift key. I've currently got an 'A' there. Never have children.
Alan Dexter: I remember an ill-fated trip to interview a data recovery specialist when I worked for a business-oriented magazine. It was a long journey that started way too early, and involved far too much coffee. I was probably shaking from the caffeine in hindsight. Anyway, I remember getting off the train at my destination only for my laptop to slip out of my bag onto the platform and explode into a Jackson Pollock of technology. All in excruciating slow motion of course. I think I ended up using my phone to record the interview, with additional scribblings using pen and paper. I know, dark times.
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