ElectroSizzle.com » Uncategorized http://www.electrosizzle.com No one reads your blog... Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:11:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 World’s Cheapest Optical Mousepad http://www.electrosizzle.com/2008/05/worlds-cheapest-optical-mousepad/ http://www.electrosizzle.com/2008/05/worlds-cheapest-optical-mousepad/#comments Fri, 23 May 2008 00:50:53 +0000 TheSizzle http://www.electrosizzle.com/?p=11 In the lab where I work, everyone has desks with smooth faux-wood tops.  The natural reaction is, “Oh man, my optical mouse is going to work great on this!”  If you thought this, you would be horribly wrong.  The shiny smooth top inhibits the optical mouse’s ability to image the surface and track its own movement.  Luckily, a researcher named Mike Carr came up with a solution by creating the World’s Cheapest Optical Mousepad.  Just print out the PDF on a black-and-white printer and affix it to your desk.  When it gets worn out, throw it away (or better yet, recycle it) and print out another.  The random pattern is an ideal surface for enhancing the performance of any optical mouse.  If you’re an online gamer and you get fragged, chances are that your enemy is using this optical mousepad.  Ah, the wonders of modern technology…

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