Pussy-Footing Around

Plugging in…

This just in... cat walks across Dell laptop keyboard as writer is pressed to make deadline. Writer encourages cat to leave the area so the frantic work-pace can continue. Writer looks back at laptop screen after cat reluctantly jumps down from desk. Laptop screen is upside down - not the laptop itself, just the image on the screen. A full 180 degree turn. Panic sets in. Phone call is made to Computor Tutor. Tutor asks for a repeat of problem, laughs and responds "I've never heard that one before". Writer is dismayed but does as Tutor suggests - uses other household computer and Google to find solution. Tutor suggested it probably was a keystroke problem and was otherwise occupied and couldn't do an immediate search for said writer.

Bright writer calls back minutes later... it is a Dell keyboard "feature". Yep. Uh-huh. To make the screen do another 180 degree turn and right itself, press CTRL, ALT and up (or down) arrow. Why, the writer asked, would ANYONE want their screen image upside down??? Because it makes it easy to show someone the laptop screen who is sitting directly opposite you merely by pushing the screen almost flat, rather than turning the entire laptop around for visibility. Whew.

How incredibly weird (uncanny) that a cat could hit that exact sequence of keys while bounding across the keyboard.

ALWAYS REMEMBER: before calling for help - is it plugged in, is it turned on, did it have a "cat attack"?

Unplugged