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Coffee spill

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11 Nov 2008

I spilled a half cup of coffee on my laptop keyboard last week. Walking across the coffee shop, I stumbled as I approached my chair. Coffee sloshed from my cup in slow motion and fell toward my open laptop on the table below. Coffee splashed across the keyboard and up onto the screen and the wall nearby.

A frantic couple of minutes ensued while I powered it down and cleaned it up. Fearful, I started it back up. There were no sparks or smoke.

A week later, the laptop continues to run. The only side effects from it’s sip of coffee is it appears to be faster and I can’t put it to sleep.

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