Clean your mouse

Keeping your computer mouse clean and smooth is essential to working efficiently.
If you have a roller mouse at home or still uses one in your office, read on.

I have seen so many people who have spastic mouse cursors that drift all over the place when they move their mouse. It looked like they were herding the cursor towards a button or icon rather than controlling it.

Don't they get frustrated with it? How can you work effectively when a tool so basic as a mouse that can't even work as you wish?

The cause and solution of this are so simple I wonder why people put up with misbehaving mouse cursors.

The cause of it all is simply dirty rollers inside the mouse.
The solution? Clean it!

Flip your mouse over and twist the round cap (yes, the one with the hole in the middle) to open.
Take out the, erhm, ball of the mouse and you can see there are 2 rollers at the side, at a penticular angle to each other.
Look closely, and you can see the dirt and grit stuck on the rollers, dating from the first day you brought your mouse home. Go ahead and scrap it off.

Fix everything back, and you should have a smoother mouse.
Happy working!