A long time ago, I went into work and couldn’t figure out why the mouse wasn’t working. At least until I found that a mouse had eaten through the mouse lead. This was in the days when it wasn’t easy to just grab another one and I had to wait for IT to deliver another one. I had to use all of my keyboard shortcut knowledge that day. It’s actually surprising how much you can actually do with a good knowledge of shortcuts to get most things done. Some are impossible of course.
I once had a cat that liked to sit on the mousepad. She scrunched her body so it would entirely fit on the mousepad. This was in the days of rolling ball mice. Needless to say, I had to get an optical mouse (and they were REALLY EXPENSIVE) because the mouse ball kept getting clogged up with cat hair.
The cat is an old school mouse mover to placate mouse movement tracking software. The only problem is cats have shorter attention spans than most programmers.
contralto2b 13 days ago
Yep, that’s a cat for you.
ahnk_2000 12 days ago
And apparently, it’s working!
phritzg Premium Member 12 days ago
Let him have his toy mouse, and just use a touchpad.
MRC112 12 days ago
A long time ago, I went into work and couldn’t figure out why the mouse wasn’t working. At least until I found that a mouse had eaten through the mouse lead. This was in the days when it wasn’t easy to just grab another one and I had to wait for IT to deliver another one. I had to use all of my keyboard shortcut knowledge that day. It’s actually surprising how much you can actually do with a good knowledge of shortcuts to get most things done. Some are impossible of course.
Lee26 Premium Member 12 days ago
At least they aren’t sitting on your keyboard, Roy.
ChessPirate 12 days ago
“Hello, Computer!” ☺
Mark Thomas 12 days ago
And this is why I like dogs.
Steverino Premium Member 12 days ago
I once had a cat that liked to sit on the mousepad. She scrunched her body so it would entirely fit on the mousepad. This was in the days of rolling ball mice. Needless to say, I had to get an optical mouse (and they were REALLY EXPENSIVE) because the mouse ball kept getting clogged up with cat hair.
Teto85 Premium Member 12 days ago
We use pads, trackpads and trackballs.
PoodleGroomer 12 days ago
The cat is an old school mouse mover to placate mouse movement tracking software. The only problem is cats have shorter attention spans than most programmers.
CoffeeBob Premium Member 12 days ago
Is the cat named Neko?
Aladar30 Premium Member 12 days ago
Good cat.
Old man 2718 12 days ago
now he has your attention, so pet him already