Uses
Nice handy list in case you ever want to rob me!
Software
Notes/Organisation
- Obsidian
- Notion — used to be great but the addition of so-called AI features has driven me off
- Google Keep — I've tried pretty much every quick notes app that's available and I always come back to this one
- Google Docs/Sheets/etc
- Google Calendar
Web
- Brave — browser
- Google Chrome — browser, only when Brave isn’t an option
- Dashlane — password manager; will switch when my membership is up
Media
- Streaming services:
- Criterion Channel — you need a VPN pointing to the US in order to sign up, but once you have a subscription it works from anywhere (most VPNs offer free trials)
- BBC iPlayer (free)
- All4 (free)
- ITV Hub (free)
- And some that I steal from my flatmate: Netflix, Prime, Mubi, Disney Plus, Apple TV+
- Letterboxd — movie tracking/reviews/lists
- Plex — media server
- Libby — borrow ebooks & audiobooks from your library
- Calibre — manager for personal ebook library
- Storygraph — track reading
- Pocket Casts — podcasts
- Pocket — storing & reading articles; sometimes it can get around paywalls
- Feedly — RSS reader; a few more features than I'd like but it works fine for now
- Tidal — music; pays slightly more to artists than Spotify or Apple Music and the quality is great
- Discogs — vinyl
- Paprika 3 — recipe storage
Work
- Adobe InDesign — magazine layouts
- Atom — text editor
- Codepen — quick web-based HTML/CSS editor
- Figma — wireframes
- Canva
Money
Clothes
- Karma — wish list service with sale notifications; probably selling all my data to advertisers but it’s so useful
- Acloset — closet management app, shows you what you actually wear & helps with deciding if a new item would fit into your wardrobe
Misc
- Are.na — Pinterest replacement (it’s better than this implies)
- Google One — cloud storage
- Planta — plant care reminders
Hardware
Self-built PC
Running Windows 10. Mostly used for gaming & as a media server.
- Cooler Master MasterBox NR600 ATX Mid Tower Case
- AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor
- Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler
- Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard
- Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL15 Memory
- Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
- Samsung 840 EVO 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
- Asus GeForce 3060 Ti OC Edition Graphics Card
- Corsair RMx (2018) 550 W ATX Power Supply
- LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer
- TP-Link TL-WDN4800 Wi-Fi Adapter
Accessories
- 1x 5TB EHDD, 1x 2TB EHDD, 1x 1TB EHDD
- Xbox 360 controller
- Wireless mouse (can't remember brand)
- Logitech K270 Wireless Standard Keyboard
Laptops
- ASUS Chromebook Flip CM3 — this is my day-to-day machine, used for everything from streaming films to working on coding projects (with Linux partition)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019) — work laptop (I hate MacOS)
Cameras
- Canon EOS 100D
- Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM lens
- Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM lens
- Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II lens
- Canon Sure Shot Max
- Pentax LX with 50mm pancake lens
- Pentax ME Super — electronics currently not working; might get fixed in future
Audio
- Yamaha MusicCast WX010 Wireless Speaker
- Rega Planar 1 Turntable with pre-amp
- Tannoy speakers (c. 1980s)
- Bose AE2 headphones
- Sony WF-1000XM3 wireless earphones
Video
- LG OLED42C24LA — 42" 4K TV
- Sony UBP-X700 4K Blu-ray player
To be turned into NAS
Need some hard drives & a case first — this is the remnants of the last PC I built
- Intel Pentium G3258 3.2 GHz Dual-Core Processor
- MSI H81I Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard
- Corsair CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB DDR3-1866 CL10 Memory
- EVGA SuperNOVA 850 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Misc
- Samsung Galaxy S10e
- Anker power bank
- Amazon Kindle 10th Generation — whenever this stops working I’ll get a Kobo
- Apple iPod Classic 6th Gen 160GB — will retrofit soon with updated hardware
Daily carry (non-tech)
- Herschel Little America backpack — black
- Uniqlo shoulder bag — black
- Kaweco Eco Leather pouch — black; pen storage
- Pilot G-Tec-C4 pens — black & red; these are the only pens that work with my horrible handwriting
- Fountain pen
- LAMY scribble mechanical pencil — had this for at least 10 years & I still love it
- Notebooks
- Filofax Lincoln Personal, black — using this to slowly shift away from keeping my entire life organised on my phone
- Rhodia Classic Wirebound Notepads — various sizes, dotted, black
- Moleskine Classic Hard Cover — medium, dotted, black; mostly retired
- Lars Larsen watch — don’t think they sell the particular one I have anymore; it’s silver with a black face, silver hands and markings (no numbers), and a black metal strap
- Non-leather bi-fold wallet — no idea if the seller is still active but I bought this in 2015 and it’s still in perfect condition; mine is grey with a turquoise lining
- Super Sparrow 350ml & 750ml double-walled water bottles
- Glasses
- Ace & Tate Pierce Large glasses — ‘fizz’
- Ace & Tate Elton Large sunglasses — satin gold (prescription)
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