This morning I cleverly managed to spill a cup of tea on my beautiful laptop, in the process managing to render half of its keys useless (although thankfully the rest of the machine still seems to be in working order). So I spent the day hogging a computer at Jono’s office while working on some commissioned articles. Obviously, though, I was in a bit of a frazzled state, as a quick proofread revealed that rather than writing about home invasions due to burglars, I’d spent quite a bit of time discussing how to keep buglers out of one’s home.

Fair enough, I suppose, as they can be rather noisy, but still. Not quite in line with my brief.

The laptop is now in the shop awaiting a new keyboard, so here I am hogging another of Jono’s computers. Can I just ask what on earth Apple was thinking when they not only put only two USB ports on their MacBook Pro, but placed them a) on the left side of the computer, making it hard to use a mouse unless you’re left-handed, and b) so closely together that they can scarcely be used at the same time?