A sorry tale of modern technology

I arrived at the office and opened my PowerBook. It started beeping at me. Oh dear. Seemed fine on the train. Better reboot. Phew, beeping has stopped.
Now a new problem. I get a context menu everywhere I click, as if I'm clicking the right button, but there is only one button. I try playing with the Control key, it seems fine. I try playing in System Preferences, it makes no difference. "Is it the Control key?" suggests Darren, unaware that I have thoroughly inspected it.

And then it dawns on me.

My swanky new keyboard, which I purchased 3 days earlier, is in its box, in a bag, on the window sill, on the other side of the office. And sure enough I left it switched on, and the Control key was being held down by the polystyrene packaging. The wonders of Bluetooth - too much power to entrust to a simple software developer.