I just need to vent a little here. I ruined a keyboard with a coffee spill yesterday, and contrary to the logic that might suggest a cheap replacement was in order for an item that had suffered such a carelessness-related demise, I picked up a fancy Microsoft wireless desktop as a replacement. Now I am suffering with a couple of inconveniences using it, because they have decided that the small array of keys above the arrow keys (home, insert, etc.) needed rearranging. Specifically, the six keys are now five, and instead of being two rows and three columns, the keys are now in two columns, with the insert key removed from the mix and placed on the top row to share a key with PrtScrn and SysRq (talk about marginalized -- I guess some folks find accidentally hitting Insert as welcome as the Caps Lock). This all completely messes with my instinctive use of all these keys, and why? Because they decided the delete key needed to be twice as tall as it was for some reason. Also, the 12 function keys that are traditionally laid out in three groups of four are now four groups of three. WTF?

Nothing like a little change for change's sake. Too bad, because the keyboard has the nicest action I've ever used... but I still may have to return this. We shall see.

I guess today marks the true start of the holiday season, as the Festival of Lights begins tonight at sundown. Happy Chanukah!

Links of the Day:	Seinfeld Dictionary. Yada yada yada.
Stories of the Day:	Mother of the Matrix Victorious. Thanks Brandon. Nativity Plays Boosting Tea Towel Sales. Scientists Seek Limit on Shark Killings.
Science!:	NASA Seeks Methods to Repair Shuttles in Flight. R2D2? Science Is Eating His Dust. Roads Gone Wild.
Media of the Day:	Yiddish with Dick and Jane. Thanks RedAnt. Gym Class. Thanks bowerbird.
Auction of the Day:	2nd-PC Natalie Realdoll type silicone doll. Thanks choke. Used?
	Thanks Mike Martinez and Ant.