Discovery of the day

[Alf W]

http://www.glowmat.com/

Get yours here.

[Clippy]

http://www.glowmat.com/

Get yours here.

So Alf, is the advertising spiel true?
"Once you have one, you will want to take it with you everywhere..."

Where's the most un-usual place you have taken your Glow Mat?

[Alf W]

It has hitherto lead an unremarkable existence as a minorly amusing nicknack that's never left my office since my son bought it for me. Now I have discovered it has powers, unbounded opportunities present themselves.

[TimberWolf]

Have also tried the mice on the window and they don't work on glass with light coming through.

You can do away with the mouse mat altogether with a laser pointer shone directly at the mouse’s light receiver, and can do so from some considerable distance. This is useful if you are a long way away from your PC or cannot afford a wireless mouse or a mousemat.

You need to be accurate though, and since I get mostly only vertical movements with this method, I have to revert to a mousemat or almost any other kind surface to hand at all for horizontal movements.