I hurt my keyboard......

[Matt Graham]

Cat Chapman:
> On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 14:58 -0700, Michael Havens wrote:
>> I'll let it sit a week THEN I'll take it somewhere. Where would you
suggest? 
>> If I take it in I'll also have them clean the keys. The tops of them are
fine 
>> but the sides look gross. Or else.... how do I put them back on; is there 
>> like a putty or something to 'glue' them on?

Desktop keyboards' keys are usually secured semi-loosely and can be pried
off with a flathead screwdriver.  Try this on a key you don't use much first,
just in case.  And pry gently, or the key may fly off at high speed, hit
your domestic animal, and freak it out something fierce.  Then you just
press the keys back in firmly, and they're secured.  (NOTE:  May only work
on rubber-dome and capacitative-switch keyboards.  Buckling-spring keyboards
may have their keys fastened in a different way.)

> Ahem, I'm not a gentleman. There are, believe it or not, girls on the
> internet! :P

I thought the females on the Net were all played by 50-year-old guys :-)

> I've heard that denatured rubbing alcohol is
> especially good to clean electronics with.
 
Yep, isopropanol should work fine.  Or water with a bit of soap in it, once
you've pried the keys off the keyboard.