happy 40th anniversary
 

Tis the 40th anniversary of the humble mouse.

"The name was never meant to stick. When Doug Engelbart and his team at the Stanford Research Institute in California designed a computer controller encased in a carved-out wooden block, with wheels mounted on the underbelly, one researcher nicknamed it a 'mouse'. 'We thought that when it had escaped out to the world it would have a more dignified name,' Engelbart recalled later. 'But it didn't.'"

Full article: Humble mouse turns 40 and loses its touch | Technology | The Observer