Metropolitan Diary: An Easy Fix for a Broken Keyboard A couple of weeks ago my boyfriend spilled hot tea on his computer keyboard. He Googled a few computer fix-it places in Manhattan, then called them to ask how they might handle the repair. The quickest and cheapest solution by far came from a small company in TriBeCa. Explaining the problem to their service person, my boyfriend added, "Now about five keys don't work at all." "Oh," said the service person as if it should be abundantly clear to anyone with half a brain, "Just don't use those keys."