Well, back to the bloggingness then.
My laptop keyboard has been acting up lately. As far as I can tell, stuff gets stuck underneath the keys and makes them a pain to press. The comma key is especially agravating. I tried to fix the 'A' key a while ago, but they aren't reatachable. So, that's that.
I did some DIY improvements to my desk tonight. After the flood, my old room was obviously not livable, so I moved into a much smaller room. To conserve space, I ended up with a loft bed that has a desk that I can just fit in. I used some nails and duct tape to stick my powerstrip to the wall. Sadly, I didn't realize that you have to attach the bloody thing with the cord facing up (see diagram)
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so the cord ended up going underneath my calender. The liberal amounts of tape should hold it in place though.
More interestingly, I rigged up a nice spot to keep my combat knife. I've got my bowie under my car seat right now (after a gansta started cussing my out for no apparent reason in traffic). I used to keep my combat knife in my bed, but it kept slipping out. A medium sized solid steel knife is surprisingly loud when it falls a few feet. So, I've taped the sheath underneath my desk. The blade is pretty much impossible to see unless you carefully look under the desk, but I can still draw the blade. If I want to get the sheath, I can just pull down to rip the tape off (although I attached secondary tape on the leg tie, which would probably take another pull to detach). I'm quite proud of it.
After seeing the price of class rings, I decided to use the money on something useful. I've been looking at custom knives lately (Jayfisher.com if you're interested). Pretty spendy, but when I get deployed, it could save my life.
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