So you’ve probably heard before that the definition of insanity is doing to the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

Well, color me crazy.

Sometime within the last month, the touchpad on my school-issued laptop became pressure-sensitive. So if I scroll across it with too much pressure (read: any pressure), it interprets that motion as a left click. I am constantly opening web links, photos, documents, closing windows before I’m ready, sumbitting log-ins before I’ve typed my password, etc.

It is driving me nuts and I can’t figure out a way to turn it off. What I need to do is find a temporary fix for this problem until there is a permanent solution. And I know what the fix is.

I need to bring the optical mouse that is sitting at my apartment up to the school to plug in and use with my laptop. Problem solved. In fact, I will probably get better navigational control with the optical mouse than I ever did with the touchpad.

So why haven’t I done it? No good reason comes to mind.

Anybody care to psychoanalyze me for this little problem? Or do you have a similar problem to share?

I’m going to write myself a note on my hand. We’ll see if it works. Stay tuned.