Have you guys seen Shrek Forever After? (Don’t worry; I’m going somewhere with this.)

So after the first three Shrek movies, the once-disruptive ogre has settled down into quiet, prosperous family life. But the problem with his quiet, prosperous family life is that it’s boring. Shrek misses his old, wild days of being untamed and terrifying. So he strikes a deal with Rumpelstiltskin to erase everything he’s gained and become a free ogre again…. Only, of course, the deal backfires; he soon realizes what he misses his family, and fights to get them back.

I’d never seen this Shrek before this...

Years ago, I settled on a few trusted input devices: a Kensington Orbit trackball and a Griffin PowerMate for scrolling. Both have sat next to my keyboard at the office ever since. At home, I use an Apple Magic Mouse, and on the road I use nothing more than my laptop’s trackpad.

I consider these things old friends (even the youngish Mighty Mouse) and I’ve been loathe to switch. But switch I did.

Wacom, longtime leaders in the tablet market (not the Android/iPad kind, but the pen-and-slate kind your design nerd friends use in place of a mouse) has revamped its consumer line of Bamboo tablets,...