I feel rather stupid now. I have a maltron extended keyboard, the keys of which sometimes stick when I dribble. When this happens, my pc emits a large beeping sound, so I unplug it and leave it to dry off. I did this a week ago, but when I plugged the keyboard back in, it didn’t work.

I waited and waited, but my keyboard didn’t seem to be drying. On the other hand, the sound had stopped, so I left it plugged in. the lights were on. On Tuesday, on the advice of my parents, I went out to buy some contact cleaner. I went all the way to North Greenwich, hut when I got there I was told I couldn’t buy any contact cleaner without proving I was over 21. so, on Wednesday, back I went, with my passport, this time buying the stuff I needed.

Yesterday, I kind of prevaricated, but this morning I decided that the problem needed solving. Besides, I had a hunch: I looked behind the keyboard, and, as I suspected, it had been plugged into the wrong hole! It was simply a case of asking Dan to plug it into the correct port and I had my keyboard back. I can blog properly again! If only I had realised sooner.