{"id":1787,"date":"2010-04-19T17:30:15","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T17:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2010\/04\/19\/a_better_mousetrap_theres_an_app_for_that\/"},"modified":"2010-04-19T17:30:15","modified_gmt":"2010-04-19T17:30:15","slug":"a_better_mousetrap_theres_an_app_for_that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2010\/04\/19\/a_better_mousetrap_theres_an_app_for_that\/","title":{"rendered":"A better mousetrap? There’s an app for that"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first computer game I ever loved was Mousetrap. On rainy days, my sister and I would spend hours playing this game on our Atari computer, and not much less time loading it from a cassette, holding our breath to see if it would once again crash 26 minutes into the 28 minute procedure.<\/p>\n

The final level. I never made it quite this far, but man, that music brings back some memories…<\/em>
\nIt occurred to me last night that someone might have converted this classic game into an iPhone app. Sadly, it was not to be – but I did find this gem instead:
\n\"mousetrap\"<\/a>
\nI’ve heard people say that the invention of the touch screen signals the death of the mouse, but I don’t think this is quite what they had in mind.<\/em>
\nI’m thinking – on an infraconscious level, of course – that I might just have stumbled upon the most useless app of all time. (I’d love to hear of any challengers to the title, though).
\nThen again, if you can persuade people to pay 99 cents for a black screen, well, fair play to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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