The past week or two have been a little interesting. I’m making progress with my Photoshop studies, but I ran into a minor issue. The way my “workstation” is laid out, there isn’t much room for a keyboard while I have my tablet on my lap, which makes using keyboard shortcuts a little tricky. I was looking at small keyboards to try to solve this, but before I could order one, my partner suggested an interesting device for our phones — micro-sized Bluetooth keyboards. Well, I’m already using Bluetooth for the tablet…so I tried pairing the tiny keyboard (see picture) with the PC. It works beautifully, allowing me to do dialogue and keyboard shortcuts without moving my tablet. These little keyboards are available all over the net, for prices ranging from $25 to $60, depending on where you get them.
But this week has been a mess. The corner of the living ro
om where I have my “studio” has suddenly erupted in an infestation of carpenter ants (see picture) These winged monstrosities are crawling up the wall, the window, the curtain, flying around (yes, they have wings, damn them!) and are driving me nuts. I hate bugs. I had to arrange for the Orkin man to come out, which he did on Tuesday, right in the middle of my day, and disrupted my schedule. But these things haven’t stopped coming up the damned wall! So I sent an email to Orkin, to find out when these stupid things are supposed to DIE!
If the comic is late, this is why. I find these things to be a major distraction, right around my workstation like this.
This website gives an idea of what type, might help orkin out if you know when you first saw them.
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/housingandclothing/dk1015.html
I got a hold of Orkin today. They had wanted me to wait a few days for the original treatment to take effect, from what they told me the LAST time I called. This time they were more contrite, and they scheduled someone to come out Monday morning and specifically treat for carpenter ants more effectively.