Month: December 2023

Roccat Kone Air + macOS

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With a little thinking, I was able to get the Roccat Kone Air mouse to behave as a good macOS citizen. I chose to buy this mouse due to its usage of AA batteries, somewhat muted design, and ergonomics. Configuration did require me to fire up a Parellels Windows 11 VM and install the Roccat software, but after a one-time setup, it is good to go. This is largely doable thanks to the “Easy-Shift[+]” modifier button near the thumb rest in combination with the on-board profile system.

Here are the mappings I chose in the Roccat software:

[Easy-Shift-Button + Left Click] maps to [CTRL + Left Arrow Key]

Moves one desktop to the left

[Easy-Shift-Button + Right Click] maps to [CTRL + Right Arrow Key]

Moves one desktop to the right

[Easy-Shift-Button + Middle Click] maps to [CTRL + Up Arrow Key]

Mission Control

[Easy-Shift-Button + Scroll Up] maps to [Tilt Right]

Scrolls right

[Easy-Shift-Button + Scroll Down] maps to [Tilt Left]

Scrolls left

For the forward and backward thumb buttons, I used a piece of software called BetterMouse on macOS to map them to forward and backward swipe respectively.

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This is an older photo. Taken on a Pixel 3 in 2019. It’s still one of my favorite photos.

A very early morning photo of my work campus. Long green/yellow grass is in the foreground. The moon is visible in the dark sky. There are buildings further back to the left and right, both constructed with a metallic finish. The building to the left is reflecting the sunrise and appears to glow.

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Noticing that there is very good music that only exists on streaming platforms. There is no way to purchase it on Bandcamp or otherwise. That really sucks.

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Went through a large email address change today, and it is astounding how many companies cannot do email correctly. A good chunk of the sites I use did not have a way to update an email record.

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Decided to purchase Sublime Text. I’m very late to the game… so damn late.. but it is once again an attractive option now that VS Code is getting so bloated.

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Today was “new monitor day” for me. A substantial upgrade from my Dell UltraSharp of 2018. I opted to go for the LG UltraFine 5k. Thanks to its power delivery, I was able to ditch my Dell docking station and three entire cables! Everything is far cleaner now and it is working great.

A photo of my desk from the perspective of the natural sitting position. To the left are my two vertically aligned MacBook Pros (one was provided by my employer). In the middle of the desk is the UltraFine 5K display mounted on a monitor arm. On each side of the monitor are two mid-sized AudioEngine speakers. To the right is a dedicated microphone. HHKB Hybrid keyboard and Logitech G305 mouse are front and center.

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I’ve decided to start adopting AA and AAA battery powered perhipheral devices. Specifically so I can leverage Panasonic’s Enloop rechargeable batteries. I am hoping this is a good bet, as I like to keep my peripheral devices for a very long time.

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Declaring this work week the week of chill. No late nights, no busting ass, no 12 hour work days, no COVID. I’m going to do about five hours of work per day and call it good.

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