Flashes of Panic

My Powerbook has a new keyboard. It also has a new optical drive and a large helping of new memory, but it’s the keyboard that is really making a difference.

And it is. It’s visually identical, but it feels different under my fingers. First it was just the spacebar, which I always whack with my right thumb and therefore usually has a worn-smooth section on its rightmost corner. But with that reminder, I start noticing that the keys are just a bit springier, the textures a bit crisper. It’s like a fresh pair of shoes in a familiar model.