Thu Apr 9 23:12:00 CEST 2015
space hacking
When doing the first things with eddie it turned
out that its space bar was defective: hitting it on the left side
would seldomly make it into a key event. Very
annoying.
A first attempt at prying the keycap off and putting it back wasn't successful but --as so often-- low-tech approaches go a long mile. In this case, one of my adhesive color labels (bought around 1980) did the job:
Works great again!
Whenever doing such keyboard operations, be sure to wear protection against accidental input:
Time required to repair this:
- One entertaining hour researching YouTube how others tackled such keyboard issues.
- 15 minutes of actual fixing.
- One not so entertaining hour searching for my camera's USB cable to document this for you.
And speaking of cameras: eddie has its own one:
Which begs the question:
Would it have been possible for eddie to make a selfie of its spacebar?
Enquiring minds want to know!