OMG HRBLS!

[dvandom]

So, I decided to pop a few keys with worn letters off and do some re-inking (not gonna waste money on a new keyboard at this point, since I plan to get an entirely new computer soon), and I noticed a fair amount of dust. So I went and popped off all the keys to clean out the board, and OMG HRBLS. Hair, dust, bits of yarn from the fingerless gloves I'd worn for a while last winter...and a spider. Yes, I had a web interface in my keyboard, if you will.

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[ryuko-midori.livejournal.com]

I tried it with my laptop and the hardware is pretty delicate. I think I almost bent some stuff out of whack, and cracked a few of the keys. This was years ago, though.

[lord-xiphos.livejournal.com]

I badly damaged my laptops keyboard earlier this year taking keys off to clean out underneath. 'B' became a trap-door, 'O', '-', and '=' just up and quit, and the space-bar's contact point ripped off.

$100 later and it has a new, clean keyboard now.