Work

It’s a cold, grey, and somewhat snowy day outside and things are a bit slow here at the office, so I figured I’d show off my work setup while waiting for the first emergency…

My desk, where I run everything for the company…

There’s my workhorse M1 Max 16″ MacBook Pro, hooked to a Satechi USB-C hub, which runs my circa 2003 Microsoft IntelliEye mouse and Apple A1048 keyboard – both of which I’ve been using, yes, since 2003…

Back in 2003, the IntelliEye was the pinnacle pointing device and even us Mac people grudgingly used them… Even today the mouse holds up to newer, higher-tech offerings well – and as an added bonus is from a time when people had big hands, so I find it comfortable to use.

After 20 years, I’m just used to how it tracks and it’s almost an extension of my arm at this point.

The A1048 is a really nice keyboard to use, and again after 20 years I’m just used to it. It’s got a very unique switch profile where it’s kind of like a rubber dome mixed with something linear; I like it, but others have made weird faces when typing on it.

I like this keyboard so much in fact that it gets a yearly tear-down for cleaning – which is its major design flaw… The clear plastic ‘tray’ the keyboard sits in, as well as the aluminum switch plate under the keys, collect grime and show it to you. So once a year my neat freak gets triggered and I disassemble the thing and clean it.

Oh, and all of the keycaps were replaced about five years ago with new-old stock – which is why it still looks brand new.

Listening to "Any Way You Want It" by Journey