First, in response to a message I saw someone write: My 360 controller works just fine. All I did was plug it in a USB port, waited for it to say "Software installed and ready to use", and then turned on my controller.
Do you have Vista? If you don't, I think you have to find some special drivers for Windows XP to get the controller to work. If you do (such as I did), compatibility is built-in.
As for my other news, I'm now working up essentially a 0 ticket balance to get an Intellimouse Explorer. My Logitech MX518 doesn't work very well anymore... True to the spirit of a cheap-ass gamer, rather than go burn the money on a new mouse, I'll settle for using my touchpad for now, get the Intellimouse (only four days till order -- 4000 tickets is pretty cheap for a new mouse), and wait. Unless something drastic comes up and I get another mouse anyway, in which case I'll sell the Explorer on Ebay or something. Only unfortunate thing is that I can't play most of my games, now (Incompatible FPSs and RTSs). Matter of fact, with that thought, I probably will end up getting another mouse this weekend anyway. Whatever.
Also: does anyone else find it kind of wrong that Flexicon has clues like "Water, to Juan"? Doesn't that seem a bit... I don't know, prejudiced?