Dell TouchPad suddenly stopped working

I went out of town the other day, which means something is going to go wrong in my house that I'll have to fix when I get back.

This time it was the touchpad on my wife's Dell Inspiron N5030 stopped working suddenly. The backstory is that she and my daughter were trying to find some funny kid videos on the internet when it suddenly stopped.

I hooked up a mouse and it worked just fine, but sure enough, the touchpad was completely dead. I suspected a hardware failure until I googled "Dell touchpad not working." In no time, I found the problem listed along with the solution on this link:

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?docid=424135

Luckily, it was just the touchpad enable/disable key which is located just to the right of the F12 key. It allows you to toggle the touchpad on/off. A very useful key for those who inadvertently hit the touchpad when typing text.

Garmin Edge 500 Mounting Tabs Broke Off

I attempted to replace my Edge 500 on my bike mount this morning as I've done hundreds of times since getting it in April of 2010. To my dismay, it fell off and when I checked the mount the two little mounting tabs (ears) on the back of the case were inside the bike mount. My heart sank thinking about having to trash a perfectly good unit.

A brief internet search reveals that more than a few other folks have had the same issue.

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/cgi-bin/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_printable;post=3140886;

I just emailed Garmin product support in the hopes they'll replace it for free. I'll post their response later. Fingers crossed!

Clinton Warns Tehran Against Iraq Encroachment - The Wall Street Journal.

It's nice to see the Obama administration warning Iran not to meddle in Iraq. On the other hand, if they can't resist, maybe our Nobel peace prize winning President will wipe the iran's nuclear program off the face of the earth.

The best outcome, of course, would be another Iranian green movement, which predates the Arab spring. Of course, maybe this time NATO would help.

I thought you would be interested in the following story from The Wall Street Journal.

Clinton Warns Tehran Against Iraq Encroachment

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204777904576649033562607332.html

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