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Cryogenic Mouse Mod
mrsaggy writes "When you get sick of putting an aluminium case on your PC, and lighting up
the keyboard, here is something you can do with your optical mouse. Does anyone know where I can get a Han Solo lego
figure ?" Thats a pretty funny mod. Ya don't see many mouse mods, and
that one is pretty cool.
Now I can overclock my mouse to 800 dpi!
...obviously, you're violating the rights of the Lego Creature. Everyone knows, you're only allowed to detain people without charges and without a lawyer, indefinitely, if they're "enemy combatants." I don't see the little Lego dude exersizing free speech, so he hasn't done anything wrong! You can't do this!
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my mom gardens and does some koi pond stuff as a hobby. her tools are shaped like turtles and other things of the sort. theres a difference between doing a job out of necessity and doing it for amusement and peace of mind, and if making the tool more appealing to yourself makes you happier, than why not?
Fetishising over ones tools is nothing new. Our Engineering Mascot at U of Waterloo was a 6 foot long Rigid wrench - one of only 5 in the world. We didn't do anything but worship it. It was a 'waste' of a wrench (at least with mods you can still use the tool), but it certainly isn't an isolated case.
:)
Asides, why are cars stylish? Answer: because you have to look at them a lot, so asthetics are important. Why are computer mods stylish (and build by people who use their computers alot): because the user has to look at it a lot, for long periods of time, thus its stylish.
Everything is a tool. Should we design buildings to all look stylistically exactly the same? What are you, a borg?
"Old man yells at systemd"
Computer modding seems to me to be the current day version of hot-rodding cars back in the fourties and fifties. Sure, people still hotrod cars, but not to the extent that they did back then. It was a just maturing technology that had not reached it's performance peak - much like computers are now. What standards exist give a reasonable base for which to develop commodity enhancement products which can be used to customize the look and boost the performance of a computer , allowing the owner to express their individuality and technical prowess.
enough is too much
Congrats! Now that Slashdot's linked to you, you won't even notice that HardOCP traffic!
I mean, first we cut off your legs, then we enclose you in a small airless chamber, "freeze" you, and then jerk you around for the rest of your pitiful existence...
Hmm, sounds like the plot for a B-grade movie. Wait, didn't it already get used in "Boxing Helena"? Sherilyn Fenn in a box, Serena in a box... hmm, what will the MPAA say?
Does anyone have advice on how to open these mice? I have a bunch of the MS Optical mice pictured in the page I'd like to mess with, but I'm not sure how to get the cover off in a non-destructive manner.
Mouse Mod
http://www.codewolf.com - Just good stuff to waste time
Mouse mods aren't that hard to do. You can get a multi-button ADB mouse if you make a solder bridger and switch out the IC, the cable, and the through hole resistors of a Logitech made Apple branded mouse, with those of a Logitech made PS/2 mouse. The mouse automatically works as a multi button mouse in OS X and Linux, but to get the other button to work in older versions of the MacOS you can use a shareware program or you can hack up the MouseKey control panel from Logitech so that it works with the mouse. The PS/2 mice that work for this are non-scroll wheel Logitech mice made from 1994 to 1998. You can tell if the Apple mouse will work for this if the first two letters of serial number starts with LT or LC and the third character is a number four to eight. Inside the PCBs of both mice should look very similar.
Impersonating Tycho from Penny Arcade since before there was a PA.
You want a mouse mod? I got yer mouse mod right HERE.
And HERE.
The Body Mouse creator's website.
As the site seems to be slashdotted right now, here is a mirror.
Everyone seems to think that every piece of hardware needs windows...
Ya don't see many mouse mods,
On a few occasions I've cut my track ball or mouse open and used trace cuts and jumper wires to make it into a 'natural' left handed mouse. There are control panel settings in most windowing software to do this for you, but not that often on games, particularly older classics like Heretic (which I still occasionally enjoy playing). There's also some satisfaction in telling right handers who use the machine that they need to go into the control panel and switch the mouse to use it right handed.
Yeah, right.
For a slightly more useful mouse mod, check out this MouseFan mod, which will cool your hand as you surf. Seems like something that could even go commercial.
Its too bad I have a cordless mouse and this would drain the battery, otherwise I'd probably do it myself.
I.O.U One Sig.