Will Angley

I’ve installed an update for Genesis Blocks, and things look like they’re back to normal.

If you come across a post that you can’t read, please contact me to let me know.

tl;dr: some posts look funny for reasons beyond my control. Please be patient with visual glitches until I’m able to fix it.

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willangley.org used the Genesis Blocks plugin for some posts. Jetpack Scan alerted me that this plugin had a security vulnerability early this morning.

Because deactivating WordPress plugins does not reliably protect against plugin vulnerabilities, I uninstalled it before leaving for work.

The plugin has been patched, but I cannot reinstall it; it’s currently closed pending a full review.

tl;dr: Fn ⇧ F1

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My Logitech G PRO X TKL has macro delays. When I press Fn to enable macros, there’s a variable delay before the macros are ready, as announced in r/LogitechG: GHUB 2024.1 Macro and Button Delays.

It persisted after deactivating the profile lighting effects mentioned in the Reddit post.

I found a workaround today: macros become ready immediately after pressing any key (other than Fn) in the 60% area of the keyboard, or Esc.

Steps

Press and release:

1. Fn
2. ⇧
3. macro key

to execute a macro ~instantly.

If 🕹️ Game Mode is on:

• pressing the disabled Win key will not get macros ready
• pressing the disabled Menu key will get macros ready

The 🕹️ Game Mode key will blink in both cases to remind you that you’re pressing a disabled key.

tl;dr: unplug LIGHTSPEED receiver, plug in USB-C, press the LIGHTSPEED button

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I bought a Logitech G PRO X TKL for photo editing today, hoping it’ll be easier to manage ergonomics with a graphics tablet if both my keyboard and tablet are wireless than the other way around.

The Logitech G PRO X TKL is a tri-mode gaming keyboard:

• wired, using USB-C
• wireless, using Bluetooth
• wireless, using Logitech LIGHTSPEED

Although it’s really a dual-mode gaming keyboard for me:

• wired, using USB-C
• wireless, using Bluetooth
• wireless, using Logitech LIGHTSPEED work bans LIGHTSPEED, for $REASONS, so I’m not going to use it.

I set up the wired connection in my home office, then set up Bluetooth to my personal laptop, then found that I was stuck on Bluetooth. No combination of unplugging and re-plugging the cable, or power cycling, or pressing the Bluetooth button, … got me back to a wired connection.

Some features don’t work over Bluetooth:

including programming custom lighting effects, so I really wanted to get back to wired. I contacted Logitech Support and they suggested turning off Bluetooth on my laptop. That didn’t work either; the keyboard kept trying to connect to my now-offline Bluetooth receiver.

Then I thought “maybe it’s the other button?” I pushed the LIGHTSPEED button and it flashed, as the keyboard searched for the unplugged LIGHTSPEED receiver. A few seconds later, it gave up and returned to wired mode.