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Maybe she's flying to a convention?


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If anyone knows of an optical trackball with a ball/button/wheel setup like my current A4Tech WWT-13

or the classic Microsoft Intellimouse Trackball

or is talented enough to convert/build one I would gladly pay. The rollers that have to be cleaned every other day now on this thing are driving me nuts.

shadowinthelight wrote:Maybe she's flying to a convention?

Don't you mean "Two of Thirty-Six"?

shadowinthelight wrote:If anyone knows of an optical trackball with a ball/button/wheel setup like my current A4Tech WWT-13
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or the classic Microsoft Intellimouse Trackball
snippage again
or is talented enough to convert/build one I would gladly pay. The rollers that have to be cleaned every other day now on this thing are driving me nuts.

i have the same difficulty, i am rather cramped for space where i use my PC, and can't afford the real estate footprint for a regular mouse, so i use a trackball as well, mine is a Logitech one though. and even though they still make them, the newer ones are ALL wireless, and i really really hate having to keep buying/recharging them, so i prefer wired ones... but they don't make them any more...grrr...

as a consolation, if you go to a PC recycling place, they usually have some in the bargain bins for a few bucks...

Atomic wrote:

TazManiac wrote:I like the theme, and the effort 'tomic. I wonder if the proportions are right through, (not being negative btw).

Not at all! Yes, things are a bit off. I was aiming at layout and posture, rather than staying on model. The Wapsi toons are pretty much 4 and a half heads high, and I tend to draw about 5 1/2. So -- shorten torso, extend legs, etc. Work to come.

Hey, check out what I found (and had previously missed) on eBay...

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxMDM3/ ... i/$_57.JPG <--- I was going to post it inline but it's huuuuge...

TazManiac wrote: Hey, check out what I found (and had previously missed) on eBay...

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxMDM3/ ... i/$_57.JPG <--- I was going to post it inline but it's huuuuge...

Hey, it' Whatshername!

Heh Heh... Who needs Fifty Shades of anything when Monica is around.

Wearing next to nothing, but obviously something Durable nonetheless.

It's a legitimate question.

Brings a different meaning to 'just a little peck on the cheek..'.

shadowinthelight wrote:It's a legitimate question.

♫ Jumpin' Jack Flash, it's a gas gas gas! ♫

TazManiac wrote:Brings a different meaning to 'just a little peck on the cheek..'.

And to the phrase "low-brow humor".

scantrontb wrote:

shadowinthelight wrote:If anyone knows of an optical trackball with a ball/button/wheel setup like my current A4Tech WWT-13
snippage
or the classic Microsoft Intellimouse Trackball
snippage again
or is talented enough to convert/build one I would gladly pay. The rollers that have to be cleaned every other day now on this thing are driving me nuts.

i have the same difficulty, i am rather cramped for space where i use my PC, and can't afford the real estate footprint for a regular mouse, so i use a trackball as well, mine is a Logitech one though. and even though they still make them, the newer ones are ALL wireless, and i really really hate having to keep buying/recharging them, so i prefer wired ones... but they don't make them any more...grrr...

as a consolation, if you go to a PC recycling place, they usually have some in the bargain bins for a few bucks...

google to the rescue (maybe?)

http://www.trackballworld.com/trackball-mouse.aspx

searching for optical and choosing mice

http://www.trackballworld.com/search.as ... ategory=37

some are cordless, but most seem to be corded

at the very least that should give you some brands/models to look for locally (or on amazon/ebay etc :p)

unfortunately, the only one that seems to have an offset trackball is wireless


.... oooh, this looks promising

http://www.trackballmouse.org/

--> http://www.trackballmouse.org/is-a-trac ... or-gaming/ might be a good article to look

hmmm .... maybe ?

http://www.trackballmouse.org/microsoft ... l-optical/

offset, wired but the trackball is halfway down the mouse?

or perhaps http://www.trackballmouse.org/microsoft ... -explorer/ ?

I hope that helps a little


Anyway, the footy has already started and I don't like either team, time to go watch and cheer for both to lose

This would have been done last night if my computer didn't keep crashing. Gettin' fancy with the panel layout.

Snerk!

I'm guessing the zone didn't stay so silent.

Well done Shadow...

Applause, applause!

scantrontb wrote:

shadowinthelight wrote:If anyone knows of an optical trackball with a ball/button/wheel setup like my current A4Tech WWT-13
snippage
or the classic Microsoft Intellimouse Trackball
snippage again
or is talented enough to convert/build one I would gladly pay. The rollers that have to be cleaned every other day now on this thing are driving me nuts.

i have the same difficulty, i am rather cramped for space where i use my PC, and can't afford the real estate footprint for a regular mouse, so i use a trackball as well, mine is a Logitech one though. and even though they still make them, the newer ones are ALL wireless, and i really really hate having to keep buying/recharging them, so i prefer wired ones... but they don't make them any more...grrr...

as a consolation, if you go to a PC recycling place, they usually have some in the bargain bins for a few bucks...

They (Logitech)do still make them wired, and Best Buy is the only place I know that carries them.

DinkyInky wrote:

scantrontb wrote:

shadowinthelight wrote:If anyone knows of an optical trackball with a ball/button/wheel setup like my current A4Tech WWT-13
snippage
or the classic Microsoft Intellimouse Trackball
snippage again
or is talented enough to convert/build one I would gladly pay. The rollers that have to be cleaned every other day now on this thing are driving me nuts.

i have the same difficulty, i am rather cramped for space where i use my PC, and can't afford the real estate footprint for a regular mouse, so i use a trackball as well, mine is a Logitech one though. and even though they still make them, the newer ones are ALL wireless, and i really really hate having to keep buying/recharging them, so i prefer wired ones... but they don't make them any more...grrr...

as a consolation, if you go to a PC recycling place, they usually have some in the bargain bins for a few bucks...

They (Logitech)do still make them wired, and Best Buy is the only place I know that carries them.

Frys {though currently more expensive}; also NewEgg, and TigerDirect, if you despise Best Buy, as some do.

Personally, i might go with Frys, since i have one not TOO far away, and i love to go there just to spend an hour or two browsing...

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Oops - i see you were talking about wired.

I prefer wireless - i don't have to replace my mouse's battery very often, and getting a wire from where i use my mouse to the computer on the other side of the desk can be a pain.

Hmmm - the top result on that BestBuy link is wireless...