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• Thinking Putty(Kids will love it)
• Magnetic Marble Rollercoaster(Another kid favorite)
• Airzooka(Have fun with the dog)
• Powerball Gyroscope(My friend can't put it down :)
• Sock Monkey!(I got this for a bunch of people. Great for small gift idea)

• Thinking Putty(Kids will love it)
• Magnetic Marble Rollercoaster(Another kid favorite)
• Airzooka(Have fun with the dog)
• Powerball Gyroscope(My friend can't put it down :)
• Sock Monkey!(I got this for a bunch of people. Great for small gift idea)

• Thinking Putty(Kids will love it)
• Magnetic Marble Rollercoaster(Another kid favorite)
• Airzooka(Have fun with the dog)
• Powerball Gyroscope(My friend can't put it down :)
• Sock Monkey!(I got this for a bunch of people. Great for small gift idea)

• Thinking Putty(Kids will love it)
• Magnetic Marble Rollercoaster(Another kid favorite)
• Airzooka(Have fun with the dog)
• Powerball Gyroscope(My friend can't put it down :)
• Sock Monkey!(I got this for a bunch of people. Great for small gift idea)

• Thinking Putty(Kids will love it)
• Magnetic Marble Rollercoaster(Another kid favorite)
• Airzooka(Have fun with the dog)
• Powerball Gyroscope(My friend can't put it down :)
• Sock Monkey!(I got this for a bunch of people. Great for small gift idea)

If so, I will hopefully see it here

let's not forget soap.

First shower with the ThinkGeek ShowerShock

Oh man, the Customer Action Shot for that product is so great...

Not exactly on topic, but speaking of combining coffee with unrelated items, you gotta love caffeinated soap!

Because seriously, some of the geeks I know need more showers, instead of more food...

Doesn't everyone eat their Cheerios in out of their coffee cup anyway? Surely I'm not the only one

You are NOT alone!
I eat mine out of this
And don't call me Shirley.......Leslie Nielson

First shower with the ThinkGeek ShowerShock then sit down to a nice bowl of Coffee cereal.

Had too much to drink the night before? No problem! Use kahlua instead of milk! It goes GREAT with coffee! You're a geek remember ? Multitask! Get your coffee and the hair of the dog at the same time. Plus the alcohol would act as a nice downer to counteract all that caffeine.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/gaming/66 89/

Not on-topic to the discussion, but related to the parent post.

I cut-and-pasted the URL and hit Enter, before seeing that it was split by the lameness filter. "Oh, crap," I think.

ThinkGeek had no problem... this URL == this URL.

Now that is geek genius at work. A simple concept, but what other sites have thought of it, hmmm?

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/gaming/66 89/

Not on-topic to the discussion, but related to the parent post.

I cut-and-pasted the URL and hit Enter, before seeing that it was split by the lameness filter. "Oh, crap," I think.

ThinkGeek had no problem... this URL == this URL.

Now that is geek genius at work. A simple concept, but what other sites have thought of it, hmmm?

This isn't a hard quesiton, just go to ThinkGeek

I want the Duct Tape Wallet for christmas!

Yo.

You can keep one in your pocket all the time, it's amazing how often having a little light comes in useful.

Available all sort of places, but thinkgeek is one.

I bought one of these for my brother for christmas and I swear I haven't wrapped it yet because I want to keep it. ;)

A LED flashlight that will knock their Christmas stockings off. MAME fans will want an arcade joystick. Or if they prefer their classic gaming fun on the go, a portable SNES/NES/2600. Some others have mentioned Leatherman tools. From Thinkgeek, an LED binary clock. How about an Archos media player? Probably not geeky, but something weird like this a magic tree. Or lastly, and perhaps not least, a very affordable Shortwave radio for $10.

Enough karma whoring. Time to buy a binary clock!

Thank you all for the well thought-out and insightful replies. Especially the first poster. I'd like to address some of the replies, but rather than hit them one at a time, I'll give it a single go.

Yes, I am serious. Don't look at me shocked and appalled, regarding me as some retarded freak of nature. If you think the question's stupid, don't reply. I think that if someone should stand over your shoulder and everytime you ask a question whose answer you don't know insult you and degrade you, you'd grow a little tired of it. So to all insightful posters, thanks. To all trolls, fuck off.

While I understand it's possible to modify my existing mouse, my question mainly centered on whether or not there are silent mice manufactured. Notably, I'm looking to get rid of a mouse that uses mechanical parts, because since optical mice have come about I've gone through several simply by breaking the buttons or having the cables die. So while it's possible, that's not the focus of my inquiry.

Yes, I'm happy with a scroll mouse and not a three-button mouse.

If you re-read my post, you'll see I'm not interested in using the keyboard as my mouse. For example, the ThinkGeek keyboard replaces a mouse, but I'm not interested in doing that. I simply want to have a mouse that does not make noise, not relearn how to use a keyboard as a mouse.

I don't go to bed when my SO goes to bed because I have to work for a living. Sometimes my work requires me to work at home, and sometimes into the night. But you're right, I should say "Fuck work!" go to bed, and worry about getting fired some other time!

And for those times when it's not because I'm working into the night, but rather because I worked into the evening at my actual place of business, I should just say to hell with my relaxation time, go to bed, and worry about having no time to unwind some other time!

Yes, I *was* talking about my girlfriend, not my sister, as one poster pointed out (and another corrected).

To the poster who recommended the simple steps of:
1) Buy a Mac
2) Buy a wireless Mac mouse
3) Quiet!!!!!!

Thanks, but as I mentioned in the question, the ThinkGeek keyboard is too expensive, so I don't think getting an Apple is going to help me.

I did not sing "Silent Night" when writing either this or the question.

I know a lack of feedback can cause people to press too hard, which is why I'm looking for something like the buttons on the iPod on a mouse. Pushing too hard breaks keys, which is why I don't have a mechanical mouse. The adaptation to a non-mechanical mouse and not pressint too hard should be a non-issue for someone serious about it.

It's not a foreign concept not to use the keyboard in Windows. I'm rather adept at using the keyboard only in Windows. The point is there are many things that cannot be done without a mouse, and even if I could do everything with the mouse, that wouldn't resolve the question I posed: is there a silent mouse? That's like saying "Use a banana!" when someone asks for an apple to make apple juice. You cannot make apple juice no matter how many bananas you have.

To the person who recommended I learn how to use the keyboard, please note that I already know how to use a keyboard, as you may have noticed from me typing this reply and the original question up.

I also cannot move the computer out of the room. Again, that doesn't answer the question of "is there a silent mouse?" If someone were to ask how to make their garage door quieter, you wouldn't tell them to move their garage somewhere else, would you? Unlike some people, I don't live with mommy and daddy and must make do with the space available in my 600 sq. ft. apartment. With two people living here, that means the computer goes in the bedroom.

And just in case you're planning on telling me to move, I suggest that you note what I said above and note the fact that l

• The sheer number of Windows-operated computers I see on a daily basis.
  • My school is filled to the brim with Compaqs running Windows XP Professional :'(
• Less than a dozen people in my school (teachers and students) have ever heard of anything other than Microsoft (not including those who read my shirts, and about three or four have used a non-ms OS.
• When was the last time you heard about Konqueror for Redhat or Safari for Mac OS being "browser-hijacked"?
• Virus-writers want their viruses to cause the most chaos. To do this, they make their virus attack the one OS that's most widely used. And which OS do most people use?

Is that anything like the cigarette lighter camera?

Then there's the noise factor. Tivos are whisper quiet... To make a PC that quiet wou can easily add another $100 onto the base price. I use a Zalman cooler, even satisfied the girlfriend.

Besides, managing four USB devices in a dark alcove under my desk is bad enough. It's nice to have a separate place to plug everything in, but how many USB devices do you really need all plugged in a the same time?

• keyboard
• mouse
• printer
• scanner
• digital camera patch
• mp3 player patch
• PDA link / IR reader
• compact flash/memory card reader
• host of thinkgeek USB toys

Besides, managing four USB devices in a dark alcove under my desk is bad enough. It's nice to have a separate place to plug everything in, but how many USB devices do you really need all plugged in a the same time?

• keyboard
• mouse
• printer
• scanner
• digital camera patch
• mp3 player patch
• PDA link / IR reader
• compact flash/memory card reader
• host of thinkgeek USB toys

Sorry, I've already drawn up my entire christmas list, and its being hosted at thinkgeek. As it should be.

Except maybe the Family Guy DVDs, god I love that show.

The gaming industry is more and more starting to feel like just another Hollywood branch. I wonder how long it takes before they'll start redoing old games, like they're doing with all old classic movies now?

They are redoing the old games. Just not the way you think of it (putting in them fancy new graphics and releasing them on same platform).

In gaming industry, they rerelease the games on new platform. Like Sonic Adventure went from DreamCast to every popular console today, with little or no changes. Like Space Invaders was rereleased with the same format. Like those "Classic XYZ collection" which comes packed with the same old games..

And very rarely they release the game with better graphics, but they have been doing that also. Like releasing SMB again on SNES or Bubble Bobble, but as you can see - these releases are old (in computer gaming sense) and nothing new here.

The point is, that is more easy to release classic games ported to new systems, like on joysticks . Why? Because there is a fanatic group of people out there who still thinks these games are cool. And I'm one of them.

I am thinking spy stuff now because this trend you have that critical file excahnged without detection (yeah right). Or you can hide your critical data in one of these just a thought

It's just a matter of righting the appropriate software for the Biometric Mouse, or run the windows software through WINE. Also a search for Linux Biometric yeilds some juicy results.

don't worry, US congress will buy a bunch of this by 2004.

If you like Linus (or Linux) I suggest reading Just For Fun, if you haven't already.

USB flash drives are the way to go if the computers you use have USB. I have a SanDisk Cruzer (USB 1.1) with a 256MB SD card which I use all the time to transport stuff between home, work, and friend's computers. On my keychain I also keep an empty 32MB no-name USB (1.1, again) drive just-in-case. I've been thinking about getting a USB memory watch also, but have been waiting for prices to come down and better looking models to show up.

Think Geek sells a USB watch (Xonix/Laks) which has an attached USB cable in the band which is a big plus -- less to forget. Overall I don't like the way the watch looks, unfortunately.

There is also another USB watch which has a slightly better look to it but is much more expensive.

Think Geek has a cool way of reenacting your favorite moments from Space Invaders on your office wall. And here's their action shot.

Think Geek has a cool way of reenacting your favorite moments from Space Invaders on your office wall. And here's their action shot.

That is a bit expensive if all you're looking for is nostalgia since you can buy the original for $1295 or maybe off e-bay for $369 (current bid at time of comment).

See also the Space Invaders wall art at ThinkGeek -- you get individual "sprites" which you can stick on your wall to arrange a life-size screenshot :). (My only concern is whether the images might leave an adhesive residue after they're removed.)

I get my jokes from Think Geek, too.

Synopsis:
Major Tom goes to the bathroom and shoves a Yoda doll up his ass, and then gimps back to his desk to post AC Trolls on Slashdot.

Soddity

Yoda Doll to Major Tom.
Yoda Doll to Major Tom.
Take your ex-lax bars and put my do-rag on.
Yoda Doll to Major Tom.
Commencing countdown, rope is on.
Begin insertion and may Goatse's love be with you.

This is Yoda Doll to Major Tom,
You've rectally been flayed!
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear.
Now it's time to leave the crapper if you dare.

This is Major Tom to Yoda Doll,
I'm stepping through the door.
And I'm farting in a most peculiar way!
And my ass looks very different today.
For here...
Am I shitting in the tincan?
Far...too busy posting trolls.

Slashdot censors you and there's nothing I can do.

Uploading one hundred thousand files,
I'm feeling very ill.
I don't think my feces know which way to go.
I can't tell my intestines from spaghetti-
code.

Yoda Doll to Major Tom, your prostrate's dead, there's something wrong,
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear...

Am I shitting in the tincan?

My ass like a baboon's

Slashdot censors you and there's nothing I can do.

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Synopsis:
Major Tom goes to the bathroom and shoves a Yoda doll up his ass, and then gimps back to his desk to post AC Trolls on Slashdot.

Soddity

Yoda Doll to Major Tom.
Yoda Doll to Major Tom.
Take your ex-lax bars and put my do-rag on.
Yoda Doll to Major Tom.
Commencing countdown, rope is on.
Begin insertion and may Goatse's love be with you.

This is Yoda Doll to Major Tom,
You've rectally been flayed!
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear.
Now it's time to leave the crapper if you dare.

This is Major Tom to Yoda Doll,
I'm stepping through the door.
And I'm farting in a most peculiar way!
And my ass looks very different today.
For here...
Am I shitting in the tincan?
Far...too busy posting trolls.

Slashdot censors you and there's nothing I can do.

Uploading one hundred thousand files,
I'm feeling very ill.
I don't think my feces know which way to go.
I can't tell my intestines from spaghetti-
code.

Yoda Doll to Major Tom, your prostate's dead, there's something wrong,
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear...

Am I shitting in the tincan?

My ass like a baboon's

Slashdot censors you and there's nothing I can do.

Suspendisse viverra, metus eget dapibus vestibulum, mauris ipsum porta diam, sit amet congue sem augue et pede. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Nullam eu massa sed leo malesuada pellentesque. Nunc luctus hendrerit sem. Suspendisse tincidunt convallis nunc. In id justo et tortor malesuada hendrerit. Proin ac augue vitae lectus sagittis vulputate. Integer a magna. Aliquam erat volutpat. Suspendisse in velit. Duis eleifend congue odio. Maecenas at est. Suspendisse porta, mauris sit amet blandit suscipit, sem leo faucibus mi, sit amet molestie sem velit vel nulla. Aenean neque velit, faucibus vel, luctus sed, vulputate sit amet, eros. Integer tincidunt interdum mauris. Phasellus augue. Nam luctus, massa ac hendrerit gravida, nibh ante vestibulum leo, sit amet dapibus pede purus at nisl. Sed est libero, gravida sed, vulputate sed, semper quis, lorem. Ut tincidunt. Vestibulum mauris turpis, consectetuer non, scelerisque et, vestibulum eget, felis.

Synopsis:
Major Tom goes to the bathroom and shoves a Yoda doll up his ass, and then gimps back to his desk to post AC Trolls on Slashdot.

Soddity

Yoda Doll to Major Tom.
Yoda Doll to Major Tom.
Take your ex-lax bars and put my do-rag on.
Yoda Doll to Major Tom.
Commencing countdown, rope is on.
Begin insertion and may Goatse's love be with you.

This is Yoda Doll to Major Tom,
You've rectally been flayed!
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear.
Now it's time to leave the crapper if you dare.

This is Major Tom to Yoda Doll,
I'm stepping through the door.
And I'm farting in a most peculiar way!
And my ass looks very different today.
For here...
Am I shitting in the tincan?
Far...too busy posting trolls.

Slashdot censors you and there's nothing I can do.

Uploading one hundred thousand files,
I'm feeling very ill.
I don't think my feces know which way to go.
I can't tell my intestines from spaghetti-
code.

Yoda Doll to Major Tom, your prostate's dead, there's something wrong,
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear...

Am I shitting in the tincan?

My ass like a baboon's

Slashdot censors you and there's nothing I can do. Suspendisse viverra, metus eget dapibus vestibulum, mauris ipsum porta diam, sit amet congue sem augue et pede. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Nullam eu massa sed leo malesuada pellentesque. Nunc luctus hendrerit sem. Suspendisse tincidunt convallis nunc. In id justo et tortor malesuada hendrerit. Proin ac augue vitae lectus sagittis vulputate. Integer a magna. Aliquam erat volutpat. Suspendisse in velit. Duis eleifend congue odio. Maecenas at est. Suspendisse porta, mauris sit amet blandit suscipit, sem leo faucibus mi, sit amet molestie sem velit vel nulla. Aenean neque velit, faucibus vel, luctus sed, vulputate sit amet, eros. Integer tincidunt interdum mauris. Phasellus augue. Nam luctus, massa ac hendrerit gravida, nibh ante vestibulum leo, sit amet dapibus pede purus at nisl. Sed est libero, gravida sed, vulputate sed, semper quis, lorem. Ut tincidunt. Vestibulum mauris turpis, consectetuer non, scelerisque et, vestibulum eget, felis.

Synopsis:
Major Tom goes to the bathroom and shoves a Yoda doll up his ass, and then gimps back to his desk to post AC Trolls on Slashdot.

Soddity

Yoda Doll to Major Tom.
Yoda Doll to Major Tom.
Take your ex-lax bars and put my do-rag on.
Yoda Doll to Major Tom.
Commencing countdown, rope is on.
Begin insertion and may Goatse's love be with you.

This is Yoda Doll to Major Tom,
You've rectally been flayed!
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear.
Now it's time to leave the crapper if you dare.

This is Major Tom to Yoda Doll,
I'm stepping through the door.
And I'm farting in a most peculiar way!
And my ass looks very different today.
For here...
Am I shitting in the tincan?
Far...too busy posting trolls.

Slashdot censors you and there's nothing I can do.

Uploading one hundred thousand files,
I'm feeling very ill.
I don't think my feces know which way to go.
I can't tell my intestines from spaghetti-
code.

Yoda Doll to Major Tom, your prostrate's dead, there's something wrong,
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear...

Am I shitting in the tincan?

My ass like a baboon's

Slashdot censors you and there's nothing I can do.

Suspendisse viverra, metus eget dapibus vestibulum, mauris ipsum porta diam, sit amet congue sem augue et pede. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Nullam eu massa sed leo malesuada pellentesque. Nunc luctus hendrerit sem. Suspendisse tincidunt convallis nunc. In id justo et tortor malesuada hendrerit. Proin ac augue vitae lectus sagittis vulputate. Integer a magna. Aliquam erat volutpat. Suspendisse in velit. Duis eleifend congue odio. Maecenas at est. Suspendisse porta, mauris sit amet blandit suscipit, sem leo faucibus mi, sit amet molestie sem velit vel nulla. Aenean neque velit, faucibus vel, luctus sed, vulputate sit amet, eros. Integer tincidunt interdum mauris. Phasellus augue. Nam luctus, massa ac hendrerit gravida, nibh ante vestibulum leo, sit amet dapibus pede purus at nisl. Sed est libero, gravida sed, vulputate sed, semper quis, lorem. Ut tincidunt. Vestibulum mauris turpis, consectetuer non, scelerisque et, vestibulum eget, felis.

Synopsis:
Major Tom goes to the bathroom and shoves a Yoda doll up his ass, and then gimps back to his desk to post AC Trolls on Slashdot.

Soddity

Yoda Doll to Major Tom.
Yoda Doll to Major Tom.
Take your ex-lax bars and put my do-rag on.
Yoda Doll to Major Tom.
Commencing countdown, rope is on.
Begin insertion and may Goatse's love be with you.

This is Yoda Doll to Major Tom,
You've rectally been flayed!
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear.
Now it's time to leave the crapper if you dare.

This is Major Tom to Yoda Doll,
I'm stepping through the door.
And I'm farting in a most peculiar way!
And my ass looks very different today.
For here...
Am I shitting in the tincan?
Far...too busy posting trolls.

Slashdot censors you and there's nothing I can do.

Uploading one hundred thousand files,
I'm feeling very ill.
I don't think my feces know which way to go.
I can't tell my intestines from spaghetti-
code.

Yoda Doll to Major Tom, your prostrate's dead, there's something wrong,
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear...

Am I shitting in the tincan?

My ass like a baboon's

Slashdot censors you and there's nothing I can do.
Suspendisse viverra, metus eget dapibus vestibulum, mauris ipsum porta diam, sit amet congue sem augue et pede. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Nullam eu massa sed leo malesuada pellentesque. Nunc luctus hendrerit sem. Suspendisse tincidunt convallis nunc. In id justo et tortor malesuada hendrerit. Proin ac augue vitae lectus sagittis vulputate. Integer a magna. Aliquam erat volutpat. Suspendisse in velit. Duis eleifend congue odio. Maecenas at est. Suspendisse porta, mauris sit amet blandit suscipit, sem leo faucibus mi, sit amet molestie sem velit vel nulla. Aenean neque velit, faucibus vel, luctus sed, vulputate sit amet, eros. Integer tincidunt interdum mauris. Phasellus augue. Nam luctus, massa ac hendrerit gravida, nibh ante vestibulum leo, sit amet dapibus pede purus at nisl. Sed est libero, gravida sed, vulputate sed, semper quis, lorem. Ut tincidunt. Vestibulum mauris turpis, consectetuer non, scelerisque et, vestibulum eget, felis.

Synopsis:
Major Tom goes to the bathroom and shoves a Yoda doll up his ass, and then gimps back to his desk to post AC Trolls on Slashdot.

Soddity

Yoda Doll to Major Tom.
Yoda Doll to Major Tom.
Take your ex-lax bars and put my do-rag on.
Yoda Doll to Major Tom.
Commencing countdown, rope is on.
Begin insertion and may Goatse's love be with you.

This is Yoda Doll to Major Tom,
You've rectally been flayed!
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear.
Now it's time to leave the crapper if you dare.

This is Major Tom to Yoda Doll,
I'm stepping through the door.
And I'm farting in a most peculiar way!
And my ass looks very different today.
For here...
Am I shitting in the tincan?
Far...too busy posting trolls.

Slashdot censors you and there's nothing I can do.

Uploading one hundred thousand files,
I'm feeling very ill.
I don't think my feces know which way to go.
I can't tell my intestines from spaghetti-
code.

Yoda Doll to Major Tom, your prostrate's dead, there's something wrong,
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear...

Am I shitting in the tincan?

My ass like a baboon's

Slashdot censors you and there's nothing I can do.
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Reminds me about a joke about computer-illiterate people that started doing the rounds when British libraries began to introduce cheap (later free) internet access:

Customer: Excuse me, do you have the Internet here?
Librarian: Yes, sir - the computer suite is over there, I'll be along to help you in a moment.
Customer: Oh, I didn't want to use a computer. Do you have it in book form?

What's next - Online! - The Rock Opera, written by Pete Townshend and Bill Gates?

Ever since I was a young boy, I've been a techie geek,
From dial-up BBSs, to broadband fast and sleek,
Downloading Linux .isos, md5sums and all,
Though I find books for dummies, a real-pain-in-the-b@lls...
(Sung to the tune of "Pinball Wizard")

Perhaps you guys should invest in an appropriate T-shirt.

Just wear the appropriate shirt when you visit your relatives.

You need this T-Shirt ...

Somebody's got to get his computer one of these:

code poet T-shirt

I've already got mine :)

So, I was thinking of seeing if I could get one of those InfoGlobe Caller ID Display things and hacking it to display whatever I want from my server... Slashdot Headlines, weather report, new e-mails waiting, etc... Sorta like an LCD display, but much more visible.

Of course, I'm hardware challenged, so I have no clue how I'd go about it. Too little experience to go ahead, plunk down money, and void the warrenty, and assume I can get the thing to work somehow.

Anyone play with these things? Any easy way to figure out how to pervert one?