From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: dave at horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall)
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2018 08:44:51 +1100 (EST)
Subject: [COFF] Happy birthday, computer mouse!
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.1811170842450.60610@aneurin.horsfall.org>

On this day in 1970 computer pioneer Douglas Engelbart was awarded the 
patent for the computer mouse.  It was a fugly thing: just a squarish box 
with two wheels underneath it mounted at right-angles and a button. 
Ergonomic it wasn't...

-- Dave