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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • I was using a Kensington Profit vertical wireless trackball (the one with the red ball) and that’s what broke. I’m replacing it with a Logitech MX Ergo, which is what I had before trying the Kensington. Between the two, the logitech feels much smoother and is charged via cable, so there are no extra batteries to keep purchasing.

    I have a wired kensington expert as well and definitely prefer the ball under the thumb instead of in the middle. I tried playing solitaire with the expert yesterday and it just wasn’t a natural fit for the repetitive movements or drag and drop.

    I much, much prefer either type of trackball to any kind of mouse, since they sit in one spot and are much easier to manage when you’re sitting on a carpeted floor - you don’t need a clear amount of flat space to use one.



  • My trackball died after being dropped one too many times and it’s not in stock anywhere in town. 3-7 business days seems impossibly long when there are public holidays scattered all over the calendar (first world problems) so in the meantime I’m using a cheap ergonomic keyboard from Ali that has an embedded trackball in the centre and it’s actually not too bad.


  • We’re doing Christmas Lunch today, since yesterday was a bust. Mum is hosting and out of all of us she’s the only one without a dishwasher but she will NOT let anyone take over from her, lol. We haven’t done gifts for several years and have always stressed that it’s a low key affair but somehow having it on not-Christmas-Day seems like a much more attractive idea.

    Question for the group: will you be venturing out into Boxing Day Sale Madness? What have you got in mind to score cheap?