I was burning the midnight oil last night working on getting a demo of SugarCRM running on my IBM Thinkpad T43 when the almost predictable occurred. I was into my third Harpoon IPA, which I had precariously placed on my desk between my 2 typing hands/arms, the rest of me, and my laptop, and needless to say I knocked the damn thing over and proceeded to dump 1/2 of the bottle directly onto my keyboard. In a moment of panic I unconciously decided to watch the beer seep in between the keys and sat in amazment as I was not hearing any disturbing noises from inside or seeing any funny colors on the screen. I soon snapped out of it and grabbed the fallen bottle which then proceeded to explode the other half of the beer like a champagne bottle all over the monitor and the left side of the key board.

It was not pretty.

The keyboard compartment was completely filled with beer, so much so that the tops of the keys were close to being completely out of site. Amazingly, the machine continued to hum as if nothing was wrong. It was as if it was saying,

“Is that all you got you little beer drinking pussy? I am a fucking IBM Thinkpad bitch. Maybe you should get a six pack of Zima next time.”

It was a Thinkpad indeed. Everything I had heard about their toughness and durability was true. After a half of a roll of paper towels and the removal/cleaning/replacing of each key I was able to get back to work. There was nothing noticably wrong with the machine. It had just got one of the hottest lap-dances from one of the best IPA’s around and simply chocked it up as just another night out with the boyz. I am still thoroughly impressed and am proud to be writing this from a computer that saw the “light” late last night and is here to talk about it this afternoon.

Enjoy the weekend.