# Very Mundane & Pointless - Mouse Organ **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 26, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-pointless-mouse-organ/420495 "2007-09-26T00:16:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-pointless-mouse-organ/420495/1 "2007-09-26T00:16:21Z")
My first attempt at creating an interactive flash thingy. [The Mouse Organ](http://atomicshrimp.com/mouseorgan/) (It might take a few moments to load up - I haven’t worked out how to do a loading progress indicator yet…) ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-pointless-mouse-organ/420495/2 "2007-09-26T00:17:23Z")
Marvelous. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-pointless-mouse-organ/420495/3 "2007-09-26T00:19:49Z")
OMG, I love this! You’ve made my happy moment for the day. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-pointless-mouse-organ/420495/4 "2007-09-26T00:45:31Z")
[QUOTE=Tapiotar] OMG, I love this! You’ve made my happy moment for the day. [/QUOTE] Unsure of what you’d meant by “organ” I was a little unsure if I should look. I was dreading a “salad-fingers-esque” bit of heinousness. But this was cool. I plan on making good use of your mouse organ. But one suggestion: If it is at all possible, you should have the cursor take the shap of a mallet when it passes over a mouse. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-pointless-mouse-organ/420495/5 "2007-09-26T02:08:04Z")
Added to my favorites. I have collected mouse stuff for the last 20 years. This is adorable and the look on my dog’s face was priceless. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-pointless-mouse-organ/420495/6 "2007-09-26T07:06:09Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] But this was cool. I plan on making good use of your mouse organ. But one suggestion: If it is at all possible, you should have the cursor take the shap of a mallet when it passes over a mouse. [/QUOTE] I might do that for the Duck Piano… ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-pointless-mouse-organ/420495/7 "2007-09-26T09:58:38Z")
Hehe. Shouldn’t they be singing _We will fix it_? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-pointless-mouse-organ/420495/8 "2007-09-26T10:28:20Z")
Heh, for intellectual property reasons, probably not. Actually, this Mouse Organ was more inspired by something I saw with chickens on the Muppet Show many years ago. I’d completely forgotten that Monty Python had done a musical mice (with mallets) sketch, and although the Bagpuss mice are totally unforgettable, they’re only coincidentally related to mine. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-pointless-mouse-organ/420495/9 "2007-09-26T12:43:14Z")
If you click on a mousie and drag your cursor along the row, all the mice you pass over will motion like they’re singing but make no noise. I’m having great fun doing the “Close Encounters” tune with the mices. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-pointless-mouse-organ/420495/10 "2007-09-26T12:50:33Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] If you click on a mousie and drag your cursor along the row, all the mice you pass over will motion like they’re singing but make no noise. [/QUOTE] Yes. The animation is triggered by the mouse state, but the sound is a separate process called by the click (in fact you can click the same mouse twice and you’ll hear overlapping instances of the same note) - I’m looking at how I might be able to fix this within the constraints of the package I used to create it (3D Flash Animator v3.3 that I got free on a magazine cover). I’d really like the mice to keep their heads up until they’ve finished singing the note… ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-pointless-mouse-organ/420495/11 "2007-09-26T13:02:02Z")
Your next mission - should you choose to accept it - is the [Cat Piano](http://www.kirchersociety.org/blog/?p=116). With realistic kitty action, including squirming, grooming, spitting, and jumping the hell out of there when you least expect it. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-pointless-mouse-organ/420495/12 "2007-09-26T15:20:37Z")
Hmmm… a bit gruesome for my liking (although very muppet-esque) - thanks for the link though - I know I’m going to waste a lot of time browsing that site.