Uses

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

Software

Obsidian — gradually trying to port all my notes over to here from other sources & separate myself a little from the Google infrastructure
Notion — used to be great but they've added loads of annoying extra features now (hence the move to Obsidian)
Google Keep
Google Docs/Sheets/etc
Google Calendar

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
Inoreader — RSS reader; this has been completely vital since I quit Twitter
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
Vinted — secondhand clothes; far cheaper than Depop

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 GTX 760 2 GB Video Card — will upgrade whenever chips are more available
Corsair RMx (2018) 550 W ATX Power Supply
LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer
TP-Link TL-WDN4800 Wi-Fi Adapter

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 LX with 50mm pancake lens
Pentax ME Super — electronics currently not working; might get fixed in future

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

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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Last updated 11 March 2023