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		<title>New wireless mouse</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Andrew Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This message was going to be on twitter but it got to long (due to links), and so this is my first post of the new year! (Happy new year everyone)
My old mouse finally crapped out on me, I loved that old school microsoft mouse, and it is the only microsoft product that I use. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This message was going to be on <a href="http://twitter.com/earobinson">twitter</a> but it got to long (due to links), and so this is my first post of the new year! (Happy new year everyone)</p>
<p>My <a href="http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=443210&amp;sku=M17-1704">old mouse</a> finally crapped out on me, I loved that <a href="http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=443210&amp;sku=M17-1704">old school microsoft mouse</a>, and it is the only <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft">microsoft</a> product that I use. The size, weight and sensitivity have always been perfect for me and I don&#8217;t have to buy batteries for it.  Deciding that I did not want to spend $32.99 on my  <a href="http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=443210&amp;sku=M17-1704">old mouse</a> I headed to<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&amp;q=college+and+spadina&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=4"> collage street</a> looking for a mouse. I hate the idea of having to change the batteries on a wireless mouse so if I got a wireless mouse it would have to come with a charger (I think that the way my <a href="http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=443210&amp;sku=M17-1704">old mouse</a> sat on my desk caused the mouse cord to pull and that&#8217;s what broke it).</p>
<p>I learned two things today, the only wired mice I could find are really really garbage ones or really really high-end ones for gamers (and I&#8217;m not a gamer). Secondly most (in fact all but the one mouse I found) wireless mice use batteries no charging station. WTF I don&#8217;t want to buy batteries for my mouse ever X months and no one could tell me how long the batteries lasted.</p>
<p>I did finally find the <a href="http://www.bizrate.com/pointingdevices/micro-innovations-pd955p-wireless-optical-navigator-mouse--pid339331039/">Micro Innovations PD955P Wireless Optical Navigator Mouse</a> (yes its not even listed on the <a href="http://www.microinv.com">Micro Innovations</a> website anymore) at<a href="http://www.canadacomputers.com/"> Canada Computers</a> for only $11. The mouse weight is perfect for me, the size is great, it has a charger (I am still a bit worried about how long the charge will last or if I will remember to charge it),  I am not sure sure about the sensitivity so far it doesn&#8217;t feel perfect but Ill keep playing with the settings. And yes it works perfect with <a href="http://blog.earobinson.org/category/open-source/ubuntu/">ubuntu</a>.</p>
<p>So far all the non gamers out there what mouse do you use?</p>


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<li><a href='http://www.earobinson.org/2007/08/05/updated-my-website/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Updated my website'>Updated my website</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.earobinson.org/2007/04/30/linux-games-wine/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Linux games wine'>Linux games wine</a></li>
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		<title>New Hackergotchi</title>
		<link>http://www.earobinson.org/2008/08/18/new-hackergotchi-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Andrew Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the release of wordpress 2.6.1 I have once again updated my hackergotchi. This will be my third hackergotchi since 2006, and the original image was taken by my mother at our cottage in Pointe au Baril, and yes I am sitting on the barrel that markes the site of the original barrel that the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.earobinson.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/cottage.jpg" rel="lightbox[143]"><img class="size-medium wp-image-144 alignright" title="cottage" src="http://www.earobinson.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/cottage-224x300.jpg" alt="" width="224" height="300" /></a>With the release of <a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2008/08/wordpress-261/">wordpress 2.6.1</a> I have <a href="http://www.earobinson.org/2007/10/22/new-hackergotchi/#content">once again</a> updated my <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackergotchi">hackergotchi</a>. <a href="http://wiki.earobinson.org/index.php5?title=Hackergotchis">This will be my third hackergotchi</a> since 2006, and the <a href="http://www.earobinson.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/cottage.jpg" rel="lightbox[143]">original image</a> was taken by my mother at our cottage in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointe_au_Baril,_Ontario">Pointe au Baril</a>, and yes <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointe_au_Baril,_Ontario#History_of_the_name">I am sitting on the barrel that markes the site of the original barrel that the town gets its name from</a>.</p>
<p><strong>New Hackergotchi</strong></p>
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<li><a href='http://www.earobinson.org/2009/09/05/8-open-source-websites-i-use-and-2-i-dont/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: 8 Open Source Websites I Use, and 2 I Don&#8217;t'>8 Open Source Websites I Use, and 2 I Don&#8217;t</a></li>
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