So it goes without saying that I’m in Los Angeles now. I experienced some killer jetlag last night, and I’m still a little braindead today although I found it very difficult to put coherent sentences together yesterday afternoon. I went to bed about 7pm and woke up at 4am. My aim tonight is to stay up until 9pm. I’m a rebel, I know.
There’s a lot of little things that I still have to get used to, though. I’m already pretty used to some of the big things but the little things are a bit trickier. This keyboard, for example, isn’t the same as the keybaord I had on my computer back in Luton. The keys are in a different place, for one. The Enter key is entirely the wrong shape. I like L-shaped Enter keys. They make sense. The enter key on this keyboard is only slightly smaller than the Right Shift key, and there’s a \ key where any sensible keyboard would have the upper-pokey bit of an Enter key. An L-shaped Enter key. The @ and ” are in the wrong places too, and theres no pound sign on the numeric keys.
Like I said. Little things.
I bought myself a new computer today, which we’re going to set up tomorrow. It’s a nice system - very nice, according to my Dad, who has a better head for PC specs than I do - and I got it for a very good price. Yes, Daniel, this means we’ll be able to play Civilization IV properly, assuming I can pull myself away from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City long enough!
I’ll write more when… well, when I have more to write.
June 28th, 2007 at 4:36 am
Glad you made it okay. Jetlag is a bugger, but you should be okay in a day or so. Enjoy yourself and have a great time.
June 28th, 2007 at 4:54 am
Ben - why don’t you import a UK keyboard? Non-L-shaped enter keys are utterly ridiculous and should be banned.
June 28th, 2007 at 8:49 am
Hell, I still call it the *Return* key.
And good news on the Civ IV front!
June 28th, 2007 at 8:56 am
“How was I supposed to know he had L-shaped keys in his country? He’s an immigrant! Why would someone go from a country with L-shaped enter keys to live in a country with no L-shaped enter keys? It makes no sense!”
June 29th, 2007 at 8:08 am
Strictly, I think it is the “return” key. “Enter” is the one on the num-pad. Though they both do precisely the same thing, my laptop has a toggle key to turn the one into the other.
June 29th, 2007 at 9:31 am
On US keyboards, they’re both called enter.
June 29th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
I suppose it’s simpler for them, poor dears. Though odd considering it’s known as a Carriage Return in the ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange). Both buttons actually send different keyboard commands, even though they both make the same thing happen.
A new PC and an Xbox 360 Elite, and a week hasn’t passed? Be careful you don’t run away with your spending, Ben.
June 30th, 2007 at 6:09 pm
What are the specs on your new PC?
And welcome to America, Ben.
June 30th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
You can see the specs on my Xfire profile.
July 2nd, 2007 at 7:11 am
Glad you got there okay. I found your “I see dumb people” T shirt in with some washing jackie asked me to do. You’re gonna be needing that Ben!
July 2nd, 2007 at 8:45 am
Oh no! I thought I’d packed that. How annoying. That’ll need to be posted to me, then.
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