TUAW reader Kim, who runs the Danish blog
Kinablog,dk, sent us
this piece he wrote about what he calls the world's biggest
Apple USB mouse (a.k.a. the iMac mouse, a.k.a. the hockey puck). It's actually a building in China that houses the
National Centre for the Performing Arts, with room for 6,500 people in three halls inside 2,000 square meters, designed by Paul Adreu. And he's right-- it bears a striking (though not quite exact) resemblance to the round little early iMac peripheral. Considering that construction started on the building in 2001, and
the mouse was released before that, it's a little less of a stretch (though still a stretch) to think that one inspired the other.
But Kim is thinking even bigger-- not only does he dare us to imagine the sound of a click on a mouse that big, but he asks what an iMac that size would look like. Stop bending my mind like that, man! Apple is
going thinner, not bigger.
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Michael Simmons said 3:22PM on 2-07-2008
And I bet it's still one button...
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Dimebag said 3:35PM on 2-07-2008
…and still better than the windows powered crap you use.
Luigi193 said 3:42PM on 2-07-2008
Ok I have a few things to say...
A. @ Dimebag... why are you being ignorant? Its people like You give us apple fans a bad name... the frickin mouse SUCKED and people, including myself, used superior Logitech or Microsoft mice... because the apple one sucked!!!!!!!!!! Apple CAN make bad moves... no need to be so defensive...
B. OMG I HATE THAT MOUSE
C. OMG I REALLY HATE THAT MOUSE
Luigi193 said 3:44PM on 2-07-2008
Don't think after reading my last post that Im not an apple fan... I am typing this on my Aluminum iMac with my Macbook beside me on my apple keyboard... everything apple...but one thing... yep, the mouse.
The mighty mouse is almost as bad as the puck!!!!
Peter Zich said 3:32PM on 2-07-2008
I think we need to make a giant grey and white ball and put it inside there.
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Amit said 5:03PM on 2-07-2008
Nice.....!!!
Can I have one...? I promise I will buy a laptop of equivalent size.
bookmarked @ http://livbit.com
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Victor Agreda Jr said 4:16PM on 2-07-2008
I know I'm in the minority, but I liked the puck mouse. My kids love it too, because their little hands can't really manage the Mighty Mouse (I still don't understand why Apple stores don't disable right click on the kid iMacs-- although maybe it's only MY Apple store that is so ignorant?).
To each their own. Some people prefer licorice over chocolate, go figure.
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robogobo said 4:17PM on 2-07-2008
This has got to be the stupidest thing I've ever read here.
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Tomahawk said 10:33PM on 2-07-2008
Where's the Google's Map satellite imagery of this building?
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Martin said 10:57PM on 2-07-2008
From above it looks more like a mighty mouse than the puck.
http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=39.902872,116.384171&spn=0.008066,0.007489&z=17&om=0
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Oc said 11:55AM on 2-08-2008
Many more great photos of the place, aka The National Grand Theater in Beijing:
http://www.fotegrafik.com/search.php?terms=National+Grand+Theater&search=Search
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albi said 5:41PM on 2-08-2008
was the mouse round? so we cant make anything round without crediting apple for the idea?
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albi said 5:41PM on 2-08-2008
was the mouse round? so we cant make anything round without crediting apple for the idea?
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Sam Williams said 3:48PM on 2-09-2008
Three performance halls seating 6,500 people? That building must be close to 200,000 square metres than 2,000.
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Anonymous said 9:40PM on 3-08-2008
I LOVE this mouse! It's so cool! I'm using it with my WINDOWS computer I like it so much! And that building looks so cool! What's next, an apartment building that looks like a G3?
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