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Your mighty mice!
Yesterday, we linked to an image that showed up on Flickr that seemed to be the red, glowing visage of a mouse as generated by the light on the underside of an Apple Mighty Mouse. Whether or not Apple intended for their mice to put on this little display is really irrelevant, as it's just fun to show people ("Hey, want to see my mouse's mouse?"). A number of you sent in pictures of your own mice generating the little guy (apparently it works with the older Apple Pro Mice, too). Thanks to Zach, Jason, Jonathan and Gary.
We're happy to receive more, so feel free to link to an image of your own mouse's...um...inner mouse.*
*Kids, do not say "mouse" this many times at home. I am a professional.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
UncleJerry said 8:47AM on 3-22-2006
The first one on the second row looks more like Jar Jar Binks...
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Mephistophelian said 8:56AM on 3-22-2006
Oh gee let's take photos of strange lights our mice project.
Guess what, my Microsoft branded mouse at work does exactly the same thing. Sorry to burst your bubble children, but it's not solely an Apple thing.
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Leeeeeeeee said 9:22AM on 3-22-2006
I have a bluetooth apple mouse, and it looks like a rabbit ^_^
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Lucky said 9:34AM on 3-22-2006
My projection looks like the front of a vag1na. I might be sick or something. I`m using an A4 Tech mouse.
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Aaron Wright said 9:38AM on 3-22-2006
UncleJerry, that first one on the second row is mine and I assure you Jar Jar Binks was not present at the time of photographing. I checked under my covers n' everything.
Mephistophelian, why take away the fun we're having? It's all light hearted.
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Dimebag said 9:45AM on 3-22-2006
Mephistophelian, Lighten up you ASSBAG!!!!
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John said 9:51AM on 3-22-2006
My Apple Pro Mouse does the same thing, it's actually a bit creepy!
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Mike said 10:09AM on 3-22-2006
Has anyone with a NON-APPLE mouse checked that they do NOT get the pattern? It could be something common to all optical mice. My optical trackball doesn't have a big red beam so I can't test it.
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Mike said 10:18AM on 3-22-2006
And then I read the second post. Please people it's not an Apple issue. It must be something about the optics required to make a working optical mouse.
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Sluggo said 10:20AM on 3-22-2006
All right, give Mephistophelian back his Ritalin.
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GmanMac said 10:33AM on 3-22-2006
My Microsoft Intellimouse I use on my heathen box puts out a shape but it's not the same.
I'm more interested in why my mighty mouse randomly darts all around the screen. I read somewhere the mighty mouse is very sensitive to the surface it's used on. I use it on a glossy dark wood surface and a very light colored mouse pad and it does it. Just randomly flies off the screen and activates my hot corners. I turn the mouse pad over and use it on the grainy rubber felt and it stops. But then again it makes rapid scrolling pretty tough since I'm slogging over sticky rubber.
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Martin said 11:07AM on 3-22-2006
My apple mouse looks a bit like the Donnie Darko creature at some angles lol.
I think apple mice are actually made by logitech so maybe their mice do it do?
anyone got one?
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XIV said 12:36PM on 3-22-2006
#11 : My logitech mouse doesn't to the same 'light image' then my MIghtyMouse.
I'd say that my logitech is giving me the same impression of #3 *gasp*
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Deez said 3:02PM on 3-22-2006
My starck mouse does almost the same thing. Nothing really too special but kinda cool.
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Frank said 6:54PM on 3-22-2006
None of my three mice (Microsoft and Logitech) projects anything remotely similar to a mouse.
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Jim Walpole said 7:41AM on 3-23-2006
O.K., I'll grant you that the MM & Pro Mouse images look kinda Mousesque, but I've gotta tell you, there's a freaking MONKEY inside my Apple Wireless Mouse!!!!!!!
Check it out.
Sorry, no photos.
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VanHalenBR said 11:24PM on 3-26-2006
My mouse is for the eMac 1.25Ghz the model is M5769 and this mouse show the same image, I think is not a something new , older White Apple mouse alredy have it
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