I think I'm going to make it...

By whatever stroke of luck that Helios continues not to cooperate, the amount of work that I have to get done for Friday's report has been pared down to a manageable level. I may escape from this [relatively] unscathed yet!

I just can't forget about the mapping that still needs to be done tomorrow.

I promised a computer component sometime this month, and tonight I deliver.

This is probably the only item that is a replacement more than an upgrade: my favorite trackball in the history of computing, the Logitech Trackman Wheel. [gallery]

This is what I have currently installed on my own computer. I bought a new one because, after, say, about 4 years, the optic ball itself has become scarred. Not marred colorwise, but that one of the metal contact points that support it has cut a groove into the ball, causing it to stick every so often.

I love how neither the trackball nor my hand has to move to operate it: the pointer is moved by the thumb on the ball.

I also love that I was able to find it online, which let me buy it for $15 less than I would have had to pay at Best Buy, the only retailer to date where I've found it for sale.

-KIE