Journal / @ Key

the hoax about the government trying to put a 5cent tax onto each email made me realize that the ‘cent’ key on my keyboard has disappeared.
does anyone have a ‘cent’ key anymore?
back in the day when i learned how to type i have pretty distinct memories of their being a ‘cent’ key.
conspiracy?
oh, yes, i’m sure it is.
and when they invented the ‘@’ key i bet they didn’t know that it would end up seeing so much action in the 21st century.
the humble little ‘@’ key.
the dark horse of the western keyboard.
mostly unused until the advent of the interweb.

i do love to ‘line on’ to the ‘interweb’ and ‘scan’ various ‘web stations’.
don’t you?
-moby

‘oh they have the internet on computers now’
-homer j. simpson