ThinkPads and mouse input

Thinking back over the laptop computers that I have owned, the easy favorite remains my IBM ThinkPad R-series. It was built well, even with steel hinges, it had a no-button touchpad with two buttons below and three above, plus the increasingly popular trackpoint. The UltraBay allowed me to easily swap the DVD drive for a second battery.

The button issue matters greatly to me, I make plenty of use of the middle button and I hate the built-into-touchpad buttons that are now so popular, I want to click exactly the correct^* button without affecting pointing. My Lenovo ThinkPad E-series has a two-button touchpad with three above, perhaps like the Dell Latitude E-series, in contrast with the HP EliteBook having a three-button touchpad with two above. My Lenovo has decent keyboard and speakers but the camera is shockingly bad.

I was surprised to see current HPs and Lenovos with an off-center touchpad, offset toward the left. Does this not help me as a left-hander more than the majority?

^*One of the increasingly many annoyances with Firefox is that a middle-button click on a tab now closes it. For some years, and in so many ways, for me Firefox's user interface has worsened.

Food treats

I work some nicer things in to my diet for when I feel like them occasionally: for example, in the cabinet, I have some cherry jam that I can spread on toast, also a can of chicken cheese enchilada soup that is richer than my typical vegetarian soups. I have noticed myself settling into a couple of regular patterns: For more frequent treats, as I mentioned in comments a couple of months ago, Walmart sell little pies in the bakery, and I am partial to both the pumpkin and the pecan so, whenever I stop in there, I pick up one of each if available; without either, I would probably try the sweet potato pie. For more occasional treats, like at such holidays as this, I allow myself smoked salmon and fresh scallops, both of which I always enjoy.