About a year ago, my main linux machine was sent to be the backup hardware for the server that runs this blog and several other sites. We have at last figured out what the problem was with the server hardware. My old linux box is now back in my office. I set it up tonight. I gave it a fresh upgrade to Fedora Core 4 so I could try it out.
Only one thing is wrong. While the machine was away I must have stolen the mouse. I had to dig in my stash of old equipment and find an old one to use. I don’t know if you will remember this, but there used to be mice that had a little ball in them. The ball would move when you moved the mouse. The ball would them cause a cylinder that has lint caked on it to move in erratic ways. These erratic movements would then drive the mouse cursor around the screen.
I must make a Fry’s run tomorrow to get a replacement. This mouse refuses to move to the right unless it moves around 200 pixels at a time. Hitting it on the table is not helping and has frightened my cat.
