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MelGeek MADE84 OOBE

April 10, 2025 Jim Leave a Comment

Nice looking keyboard. Hall Effect actuation, which is really nice in my option. Came with Windows keys installed, but with some Mac keys and a key puller. I installed the Mac keys in the right places and fired it up. The Mac/PC OS toggle appeared to do nothing. I double … [Read more...]

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A terrible Apple design decision

April 1, 2025 Jim Leave a Comment

Usually the industrial design of Apple products is very good. Sometimes they oversimplify, like the one-button mouse and the missing forward delete key. But their standard is high. Except for the Apple Magic Mouse. In order to recharge this white rodent, you have to flip it on … [Read more...]

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HP printing weirdness

March 26, 2025 Jim Leave a Comment

I've got an HP color laser printer. Yesterday, I had to make 440 copies of an InDesign document that I'd created. Printing from InDesign has in the past produced unexpected results, so I exported the file from InDesign as a PDF, opened it in Acrobat Pro, and printed one copy from … [Read more...]

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Amazon meets Costco

March 25, 2025 Jim Leave a Comment

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Keychron K2 HE keyboard OOBE

March 18, 2025 Jim Leave a Comment

This is a 75% sized Hall Effect keyboard, which means it's missing the number pad on the right, but has some keys missing on the standard Mac keyboard: pgup, pgdn, home, end, left delete, and screen grab. It works with both Macs and PCs. There is a unlabeled switch on the left … [Read more...]

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