Monday, March 7, 2011

New Mouse!

I got home today......and there were two packages waiting for me! TWO! It was like Christmas, but better because I knew they were stuff I wanted! =)

I got two pairs of jeans from Gap. Black long and lean jeans. I'm really learning to dislike the cut. Maybe I'll return them. Yes, I bought two identical pairs of jeans. Because I'm desperate for black jeans like that. uh huh. I did however get them for about 35 bucks each, which is pretty decent price wise. Not amazing, but decent.

The other package was....A new trackball mouse! It was shipped directly from TigerDirect. It cost about fifty dollars, plus tax plus shipping. I actually don't know how much shipping was since Ben paid for it...maybe he'll leave a comment with the total price shipped to my door. So no, it's not a cheap mouse, but I was looking for something that would give my shoulder and wrist some rest since I am on the computer all day. I can really feel the strain on my wrist when I am doing CAD work, so I hope this mouse help with the wrist pain. Ever time I think of wrist pain and engineering, I think of my old high school science teacher, Mr. Mehic. He is a Waterloo Mechanical engineer, and he ended up getting surgery for carpal tunnel. So yeah, don't want to head down that particular path. I'm going to try my best to reduce injury and strain to my little poor wrist. :)

I got some pictures in case you wanted to see what it looked like. I'll probably do a review on it once I've used it for a while. But so far (it's plugged in and running already!) it seems very easy to use. No major learning curve. I would say the learning curve is smaller than changing from mouse to trackpad (like the thing on laptops). Very easy to get used to in my opinion. Okie, picture time. (now....how do I insert pictures?! oh the journey to html begins....)

(Oh, button with a picture!)

(Uploading takes a VERY long time during the 9pm internet rush hour.)

I am going to comment on my pictures BEFORE the picture. I usually have a dislike for captions that follows underneath a picture. So here goes my first post with pictures! Wahoo! Aren't we moving up in the technology world? =D

It's from Logitech. It is the Wireless Trackball M570.


When you first open it up....



New mouse's backside....


The mouse's innards. Note the little slot to store the USB receiver when not in use. Very cute and clever design.


Muhahahahaha! And the ball pops out! Don't worry, it is supposed to so you can clean it once in a while (like trackball mice, remember them?).


Pretty shiny blue ball..............


That's all for now. I'll give a review of the mouse once I've used it for a while.

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