last updated 1/30/26
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Below are some of my most beloved and useful things - hardware and software - that I have adopted as part of my identity over the years. I add to this regularly.
Hardware
Silicon
- Apple Macbook Air M1 - my daily driver laptop
- Apple iPad Air - daily tablet, for consumption
- iPhone 16e - dumbest smartphone on the market
- Custom Linux Desktop - i7 / 32gb / GTX 3070
- Xteink X4 w/ Crosspoint - fantastic e-reader
- iPod Mini (modded, 128GB) - Perfect Music Player
- Nintendo Switch OLED - Excellent modern game system
- Retroid Pocket Mini V2 - Excellent mini oled system
Metals
- Citizen Zenshin Mechnical - titanium daily watch
- Gerber Shard - Amazing and small multi-tool
- Ford Focus ST - one of the last manual transmission vehicles in America
Glass
- Leica M10-R - full-frame rangefinder
- Fujifilm x-Pro3 - versatile travel camera
Textiles
- AER Flight Pack 3 - Excellent travel back - fits in carry-on
- Filson Waxed jacket - waterproof, warm, and local
- Lem's Chelsea Boots - waterproof, serviceable, sturdy
- Houdini Orange Rain Jacket - Lightest rain jacket ever made - portable
Software
Tools
- Obsidian - probably the greatest piece of software from the last decade
- Todoist - can't live without it - great ubiquitous task app
- Orion - Privacy First Browser
- Zorin OS - Secure, aesthetic, useful operating system
Fonts
- Inter - greatest text font for computing ever made
- JetBrains Mono - greatest monospace font ever made
- Bitter - Greatest e-reader serif font ever made
Services
- Mullvad VPN - best VPN service on the market
- Hey Email - Email reimagined
- DarkReader - Excellent firefox appearance extension
- SponsorBlock - Necessity for YouTube sanity