And trackballs while I'm at it.

I used to have a Logitech trackball for my laptop, because I hate touch 
pads. It started acting flaky around the time I switched to GNU/Linux, 
then quit entirely shortly thereafter. Due to the timing, I assumed that 
it was some compatibility issue.

Then last year, I bought a stereo headset. A few months ago, the right 
earphone started cutting out intermittently, and I would have to jiggle 
the cord a bit to get it to reconnect. But now it's to the point where 
both earphones are constantly cutting out, the volume wavers, often 
being barely audible, and jiggling the cord does little to no good.

Now I think the timing of the trackball problem was just a coincidence. 
Having both items fail due to faltering connections, more likely not. 
I'm done with Logitech's crappy products.

I bought Logitech as the path of least resistance: the local OfficeMax 
has shelves and shelves stocked with Logitech products. But when I 
checked there this afternoon, all I they had was Logitech, Logitech, 
Logitech, except for a couple of forlorn mono headsets of some 
unfamiliar brand, which I was uninterested in, because they were mono.

Bose is the obvious top of the line for headsets, but I saw none today. 
But I don't need top of the line; I just need something inexpensive that 
doesn't fail in a little over a year. Plus, I'd like a new trackball 
anyway. Any suggestions?

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