Re: Looking for a laptop keyboard

2009-12-23 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Dan Miller wrote: > Theres a catch. Many of the keyboards look the same on the top, but its > the ribbon that sets them apart. Ah. The Latitude is Dell's business product line, and all the parts are interchangeable by design. I'm not much familiar with the Ins

Re: gaming... for a 15-month old

2009-12-23 Thread Tom Buskey
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Peter Dobratz wrote: > > > Is there any way to switch the computer into "toddler mode": where > every keystroke gives some visual or audible feedback, and the hard > drive and network are not written to? > > There's a game that does that. I can't remember the name

gaming... for a 15-month old

2009-12-23 Thread Peter Dobratz
The suggestions for games for 3-year olds last week got me thinking about my 15-month old son. We've got a table set up at home with a computer running Ubuntu next to a computer running Mac OS X. the 15-month old is tall enough that he can reach the keyboards and mice and he really likes to press

Re: Looking for a laptop keyboard

2009-12-23 Thread Neil Schelly
Well, I've got a D-series laptop for parts at work. It's motherboard is shot, but I can part with the keyboard if you're interested, albeit I need a nominal fee since it's my company's property. I pulled it out and confirmed that it's not the same U-shaped ribbon you've got. If you want to try it