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Video: Jack Hawley's Unstoppable Computer Mouse
🕑 Added 2021-12-11 06:44:28 +0000 UTChttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POSPaiutNlQ
I almost called this "The AK47 Of Mice", but gun imagery ain't what I want in my thumbnails. Still, the sentiment's there; this mouse is an absolute trooper.
I gotta fess up here - because I hadn't actually tested this thing in a live-fire exercise until literally the last segment I shot (in fact, I shot it after I'd edited the whole rest of the video), I think I had a negative angle in mind the whole time I was writing and recording the narrative, because I thought it was gonna be somewhere between "neat but not that impressive" and "actually worse than a ball mouse."
After seeing the energy level this device contains, I feel like if I had it to do again, I'd run a bunch more tests, really put it through the wringer. On the other hand, I only have one unit, and I don't want to destroy it. Maybe if I get another, or someone suggests some really spicy ideas in the comments.
Additionally, I wish I'd tested an optical mouse against the same scenarios. I'm almost positive it would have done much worse in every regard.
On a personal note, this is one of the fastest videos I've ever produced, and much of it's owed to my studio being so easy to work in. I want to thank you all again for your continued support. I also want to say that I'm not working at my best capacity - my girlfriend has been out of town for over a month dealing with family business and I am really running on the ragged edge of sanity, plus I'm still figuring out *how* to work in this new space.
That's a long walk to saying: I'm badly out of focus in NEARLY every shot of this video, and whether you all notice or otherwise, that's not up to my standards and it's not why I bought a 4k camera. I ain't apologizing, so much as I'm saying: I'm not done improving.
Comments
Cathode Ray Dude
Same! I've never used one but have wanted to check them out for ages
Another great video. At some point I'd love to see you talk about the *other* branch of early pointing devices: EMR digitizers. My first pointing device was actually a 12x12" Sumagraphics Sumasketch drafting digizer with a puck that had like a million buttons on it (Dad was a CAD drafter).
Cathode Ray Dude
Haha, that was a favor by the inimitable Dana (@nanoraptor on Twitter)
Stuart Rose
did you create that “iMac 1989” render? it’s amazing! great video as always
