Stuff I Use

I enjoy combing through other people’s /uses/ pages. Here is my collection of things I enjoy using day-to-day.

Computing

• ThinkPad X230
  • CPU: Intel i5-3320M (4) @ 3.300GHz
  • Memory: 16GB
  • Storage: 256GB SSD
  • OS: Fedora Linux

My trusty X230 is built like a tank, has a ton of I/O ports (the VGA port saved a whole week of workshops for me and my client once), and all the computing power I need for my work. Although it is ~10 years old, it may be the best laptop I’ve ever owned. Therefore, it is my current daily driver.

I did buy a Framework 13, though, and I will eventually switch to this more powerful and future-proof machine.

Desk

• ThinkPad Ultrabase Series 3
• ThinkPad TrackPoint Keyboard II
• ThinkPad Precision Wireless Mouse (using it less and less while relying on keyboard and TrackPoint more and more)
• Dell P2720DC QHD 27″
• Bose SoundDock Series II (with 30-pin connector for my iPods)
• Ergotopia Desktopia Pro height-adjustable desk + Ergotopia NextBack office chair

Mobile

• iPhone 12 mini, 64 GB (eagerly awaiting the SHIFTphone 8)
• reMarkable 2 for notes, sketching, e-reading
• Bose 700 noise-cancelling headphones
• iPods

Software

• Window manager: i3
• Terminal: Alacritty
• Browser: Firefox
• Editor: Neovim
• Notes: Logseq
• Email: Thunderbird + Proton Mail Bridge
• Research: Zotero
• Media: Plex
• Music: Plexamp
• Word processing: LaTeX

Website

• Built with Eleventy
• Code on Sourcehut
• Hosted on Sourcehut Pages
• Licensed under MIT

Creativity

• p5.js
• Vanilla web APIs
• AxiDraw SE/A3 pen plotter

Travel

• Hexad Carryall Duffel Backpack 40L by WANDRD, that I have used for a weekend in Hamburg and four weeks in Cambodia
• The Pakt One by Pakt, the perfect weekender that packs like a suitcase
• The Travel Backpack Original by Wayks, travelled Vietnam with me for three weeks and could very well be the last travel backpack I’ve ever purchased
• The Anywhere 5L Sling by Pakt, so versatile and spacious for a sling
• Card Adapter 4-Pro, never let me down (USB-A and USB-C FTW!)