What I use
Desktop
Computer: Custom PC, Windows 10, built in 20181
- CPU: Intel Core i5-9600K
- CPU cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
- Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E Gaming
- Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB
- Storage: Western Digital Blue 500GB SSD, Western Digital Blue 6TB internal HD
- Video card: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti DUKE 8GB
- Case: Fractal Design Meshify C
- Power supply: Corsair CX750
Monitors: LG UltraGear, 27", 2023
Keyboards:
Apricot r2 by LAZYDESIGNERS, built in 2023
- PCB: Staggered hotswap
- Case: Anodized purple, regular
- Switches: Invokeys x Alas Nightshade silent linear switches
- Keycaps: MechVault DSS Nano
Custom QAZ, built in 2022
- PCB: Coffee Break Keyboards QAZ, Pro Micro version
- MCU: nullbits Bit-C
- Case: P3D Invisibolt stacked acrylic, regular
- Switches: JWK Black T1 tactile switches, l&f
- Keycaps: MechVault DSS Micro
Keychron q1v2, built in 2022
- PCB: ISO with encoder
- Case: Silver grey
- Switches: Invokeys x Alas Nightshade silent linear switches
- Keycaps: GMK Serenity
Mouse: Logitech G403 Hero, 2023
Pen tablet: Wacom Intuos Pro S, 2014
Headset: Astro A50, 2023
Webcam: Logitech C920 HD Pro, 2017
Mobile
- Phone: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max, 2020
- Tablet: Apple iPad Pro, used, 2022
- Stylus: Apple Pencil, 2022
- Earbuds: Apple EarPods, 2021
Apps & services
- Browsers: Mozilla Firefox, Firefox Focus
- Adblocker: uBlock Origin
- Search: DuckDuckGo
- VPN: Mullvad
- Password manager: KeePassXC, Strongbox
- 2FA: Ente Auth
- Bookmarks: Pinboard.in2
- Text editor: Notepad++
- Theme: Catppuccin Mocha
- Design: Adobe Creative Cloud
- FTP: WinSCP, FreeFileSync
- Chat: Mattermost (close family & friends), Messages (everyone else), Discord (gaming group)
- Mail: Fastmail
- Calendar: Radicale
- Notes: Send myself chats on Mattermost or Fastmail Notes
- Cloud storage: Self-hosted on Vultr
- RSS reader: Miniflux
- Ebooks: Libby
- Movies & TV streaming: Netflix (from a family plan)
- Music streaming: Spotify (from a family plan, but I don’t really use it)
Pen & ink
- Pen:
- Franklin-Christoph Model 45 in Antique Glass, 2023
- Needlepoint steel nib by Nagahara
- Fine steel nib
- Medium steel nib
- Franklin-Christoph Model 45 in Antique Glass, 2023
- Inks:
- Sailor Manyo Kuzu
- Herbin Poussière de Lune
- Wearingeul For Whom the Bell Tolls
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I used Apple computers for most of my life, including the iMac G3-G5, iMac, MacBook Pro, trash can Mac Pro, and MacBook Air. The trash can was so disappointing, I traded it in and moved to using a custom PC afterwards. After all these years, I still feel rage about how awful the trash can was. ↩
I don't recommend this since the service has been neglected for a while now. I'm just still here because I've been using it since the early 2010s and have a grandfathered account. ↩