Uses

Nice handy list in case you ever want to rob me!

Daily carry (non-tech)

Herschel Little America backpack — black
Uniqlo shoulder bag — black
Lihit Lab Tray Pencil Case, small, white
- Pilot Metropolitan fountain pen, fine nib
  - Rohrer & Klingner Fountain Pen Ink, Leipziger Schwarz
- Pilot G-Tec-C4 pens, black & red — these are the only non-fountain pens that work with my horrible handwriting
- LAMY scribble mechanical pencil — had this for at least 10 years & I still love it
- Uni-ball Signo 207, black — only used for taking notes in film screenings, since the line is more reliable in the dark than the Pilot G-Tec
Notebooks
- Atoma Amazing Texon Cover Disc-Bound Notebooks, A6 & A5+, dotted
- Stalogy 365Days Notebook, A6, black — media log and journal
  - Midori Index Labels
  - Midori Clear Cover
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)

Notion — kind of terrible in many ways but when it works it suits me perfectly
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

Brave — browser, don't like all the crypto stuff but otherwise it's good
Google Chrome — browser, only when Brave isn’t an option
BitWarden — password manager, free(!) and you can self-host
LibRedirect — redirects you to privacy friendly frontends for websites like Twitter, Reddit, etc

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)
- Channel 4 (free)
- ITVX (free)
- And some that I steal from my flatmate: Prime, Mubi, Disney+
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

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

Running Windows 10. Mostly used for gaming & as a media server.

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)

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 ME Super
- 50mm lens

Need some hard drives & a case first — this is the remnants of the last PC I built

This is a uses page. See here for things I've now retired.

Last updated 26 November 2023