CERN Animal Shelter for Computer Mice (2011) (computer-animal-shelter.web.cern.ch)

The CERN Animal Shelter for Computer Mice is a non-profit organization maintained by CERN staff during their leisure time...

I love that CERN has such a strong bond with their animals. They are even monitoring the quantum entanglements of their sheep: https://home.cern/news/news/cern/cern-scientists-find-eviden...

The site is so simple yet has so much soul - a part of internet lost.

I miss the internet when it was like this.

Oh CERN folks, you beautiful people

Not sure the Panicking pick depicts panicking though

In high school twenty years ago, my IT class teacher told me that technically speaking, a collection of computer mice of different styles (that is, not all the same brand/shape/color/etc.) are actually called mouses, not mice. I always thought he was joking, but apparently it is/was considered correct at some point:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_mouse#Etymology

Rock n roll. They are welcome to my brand new M100. She doesnt sit level on my desk, and arrived with a squeaky scroll wheel.

I dread buying a new model of anything these days, knowing that the MBAs will have found some way to shave a cent off a million units, or a millionth of a meter from a poor mouse foot. But I guess I'll replace her before there are only smart maice avAIlable.

Oh and CERN is an amazing place to visit if you ever get a chance. Plan well ahead since I waited a long time for a visitor slot last time I was in CH.

This is the Internet of whimsy I grew up with and I miss it constantly. Thank you, poster.

Oh, some classic mice of a previous generation.

I can spot two three-button Logitech PilotMouse. It was OEM'ed for many brands (SGI, DEC, ...) and also very common standalone.

The Sun mouse is probably an optical one made by Mouse Systems. I think it is the one in the same style with ball that is rare.

Awesome site. Great pictures. It solved a very important logical mystery for me: Where the front/mouth of a computer mouse is and if we really cover its mouth with our filthy paws when we plug its long tail into our computer when we are browsing cat video's. :)

I hope it's a no-kill shelter. Do they have adoption events?

Whatever happened to the people who made this kind of content? I can't find them any more.

At my current FAANG, nobody talks to each other. There is no laughing, joking, or discussion of any matters, other than work.