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using a gamepad hack as controls interface..should i do it?
Ginsu Victim:
I'm glad you made your own spinner. I love mine, but I wouldn't feel the same about it if I'd bought it. (I made mine with an optical mouse)
There's a greater sense of accomplishment having built it and seeing it work so damn perfect.
severdhed:
yeah, there is something about making something yourself that makes you feel good. i used a ball mouse for my spinner, but when i helped my friend build his, we used an optical mouse. both of them work really great.
i got out my gamepad last night and hooked it up, but it doesn't seem to be working. i installed the drivers, but it just says that it is disconnected. i'll have to look to see if i can find another one in the attic.
severdhed:
great news, as it turns out, the starter on my wife's car is fine...it was just a bad battery. and since it was less than 2 years old, it was still under warranty. so maybe a keyboard encoder isn't out of reach after all.