Computer mice known for clicking on stuff.

Famous for!

Also moving to a next thing to click.

Nobody thinks much about them, so let's have some fun.

Let's find out why computer mice are secretly incredibly fascinating. Hey, there, folks, welcome to a whole new podcast episode, a podcast all about why being alive is more interesting than people think it is.

My name is Alec Schmidt and I'm not alone because I'm joined by my co-host Katie Golden, Katie.

Yes.

What is your relationship to or opinion of computer mice?

I know this one. Back in the day, they used to have little pieces of cheese that you

would move around inside of the computer, and it would lead the mice around a big keyboard,

so they would type things for you. And that's why they called computer mice show over. You're welcome.

We will explain the name of it. And it's just very fun. I'm named after mice, which I find

wonderful. I know they're a pest, but they're great. Yeah, they are a pest, but they're cute.

I've owned both mice and mice, computer and flesh. Yeah, they are a pest, but they're cute. I've owned both mice and mice, computer and

flesh. What about the third type that's some kind of cyborg, right? It's like half my ass,

half machine. Yes, I've also owned me, I's, but yeah, I remember when they went from the ball type, like with the tracker ball,

which I always thought was fun to play with, to the laser one where when you lift the mouse

and you look at it, it's like, ah, my eye.

And then that one didn't, like, I feel like those laser ones didn't work very well for a ah, my eye. And then that one didn't.

Like, I feel like those laser ones didn't work very well for a while, like on any kind of irregular surface.

And then they started getting better.

And now it's all track pads, baby.

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