What the trackball is REALLY used for!

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Originally Posted by Laura 1547

So last Saturday, 1547 got down to business testing out how much fun we could have with a trackball. On one of our breaks, some of the girls on Waldo decided to have a little fun and hurdle themselves over the ball...pun intended!
They're really funny videos and there's more but I'll link my two favourite ones

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fOpogHxL0Uk
and
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oMty70zk4Hk&feature=related

enjoy!
Laura xoxo

p.s. what has everyone else done with their trackballs? I've heard stories of seeing how far people can drop theirs before they explode. Any other videos to have a laugh at?

Well... I've got to say that's a good way to get injured. At least I'm supposed to- and I'm surprised no one wasn't...

We took the track ball out into the shop garage and I had the students kick it as hard as they could to try and lift it to 7 foot into the air. I was the willing target to kick at- but the ball moved so slowly there wasn't much thread of injury (and I weigh at least 2x them) so impacts were limited.

Eventually the ball popped due to a bad bounce into a metal table- sliced it right open (1/4" gash). Still...

Have your videographer hold the camera carefully- watching the jerky video is tough.