When my brand-new MacBook, and very first laptop, went away to Ireland for repairs — and stayed there for a full month — I rediscovered my great IceKey desktop keyboard, and I figured I’d see the error of my way and grow out of the ridiculous novelty of controlling my iMac from my MacBook’s keyboard through Teleport. Maybe when the laptop came back from AppleCare I’d find a place to put it by the iMac’s side, and run Adium and Mail on it and teleport to it from the iMac.

Well, not so. I tried that for a couple hours, and went back to my previous setup. Sure, the MacBook’s keyboard doesn’t have a numeric keypad, or right-hand modifier keys, and while it does have a pretty nice feel it isn’t as great as the IceKey (on the other hand, it’s far less noisy), but it just makes more sense that way. And there’s the trackpad. I’m in love with my trackpad and two-finger scrolling.

I’d love to just shelve my iMac’s keyboard, but I need to keep it: I cant click the tablet (which has to be connected directly to it) while pressing Shift, Ctrl or Cmd on the MacBook keyboard — I assume modifier keys are processed at too low a level for Teleport to intervene. And that’s very annoying in Photoshop.

Ah, the stain that’s forming left of the trackpad starts to show on photograph. The weird thing is, it’s reddish/pinkish. As if the MacBook were absorbing my blood through my pores.