The Black Magic Mouse Is Different…

And it’s different in a very distinctive way.

Attila Vágó
Bricks n’ Brackets
4 min readMay 1, 2022

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Photo & edit by Attila Vágó

Let’s get into this, shall we? I have a mouse problem. In fact, I have a litter of mice problem, as you can clearly see from the header image. By the way, that poor ol’ scuffed buddy at the bottom, he’s George, and he’s a generation 1! Every month or so, takes two suppositories — called batteries — up his arse to keep going’. For an old lad, he’s chugging along just fine, believe it or not. I think he’s 8 now, must bake him a cake. If you’re wondering who’s going to blow out the candle, I’ll just fire up the 2018 15” MacBook Pro, boot up WebStorm with an Angular project, and those fans will spin up so fast they won’t just blow out the candles, they’ll blow skirts and kilts up across the street too!

But this article isn’t meant to be about George, or any of my other white mice. No. This is meant to be about my newcomer, Mr. Schwarz. He’s the first and so far, the only black mouse I own, and I shit you not, I only got him because I wanted a change of scenery on my mousepad, which happens to be also black.

Photo by Attila Vágó

So, no, sorry, getting a black Magic Mouse has nothing to do with diversity and…

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Attila Vágó
Bricks n’ Brackets

Staff software engineer, tech writer, author and opinionated human. LEGO and Apple fan. Accessibility advocate. Life enthusiast. Living in Dublin, Ireland. ☘️