/uses

See https://indieweb.org/using.

Hardware

• Personal workstation: 14″ MacBook Pro (M5, 24 GB RAM, 1 TB storage). Laptop skin by Fishskyn.
  • ViewSonic VX3418-2KPC 34″ 21:9 1500R ultra wide display (3440 × 1440 @ 144 Hz).
  • Ricoh ScanSnap ix2500 document scanner.
  • Canon PIXMA TR-160 portable inkjet printer.
  • Core Innovations CTP100LG portable thermal printer.
  • Logitech Z313 2.1 audio/speaker system.
  • Logitech MX Keys multidevice keyboard.
  • Logitech MX Master 4 multidevice mouse.
• Work workstation (provided by my employer): HP ZBook Firefly Gen 8 Mobile Workstation (15.6″, Intel i7-11xxx, Nvidia T500 GPU, 32 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD), with USB-C Dock and K-lock.
• Home server: Raspberry Pi 5B w/ PCIe/M.2 hat (8 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD).
• Mobile: iPhone 18 Pro Max (2 TB) with Techwoven case (carried over from my 17 Pro Max), 13″ iPad Pro (M5, 256 GB, Wi-Fi/5G) w/ Magic Keyboard (skin by Fishskyn) and Apple Pencil Pro, Apple Watch Ultra 3.
• E-Reader: Amazon Kindle Scribe Colorsoft.
• Cameras:
  • Nikon Coolpix P1100 long-zoom bridge camera.
  • Insta360 X5.
• Creativity:
  • Yamaha PSR-EW400 Portable Live Keyboard Workstation.
  • Yamaha SILENT Guitar (SLG-200S).
  • Ibanez V-220-BK acoustic guitar (entry-level).
  • Arturia KeyLab Essential 61 MIDI controller.
  • Akai Professional MPK mini IV 25-key MIDI controller.
  • iRig HD X audio interface.
  • Behringer XENYX 302 USB audio mixer/interface.
• Making stuff:
  • Bambu Lab X1 Carbon 3D Printer with Automatic Material Switcher (AMS).
  • Cricut Maker.

Software

• Finance: Quicken Classic Desktop (tried plain-text accounting, keep returning to Quicken every time).
• Internet:
  • Feed reading: NetNewsWire (MacOS, iOS).
  • Browsing: Safari (MacOS, iOS, iPadOS), Brave (MacOS), MS Edge (Windows).
  • ProtonVPN.
• Internal networking: Tailscale (everywhere).
• Office:
  • The Suite Formerly Known as Apple iWork (Numbers, Pages, Keynote).
  • Microsoft Office 365 (mostly Excel).
  • Google Docs, Sheets.
• Outdoors:
  • Geocaching app (iOS, iPadOS).
  • TBScan app (iOS).
  • Organic Maps (MacOS, iOS, iPadOS).
  • Geocaching Swiss Army Knife (GSAK) (Windows via Parallels Desktop).
• Creativity:
  • Apple Creator Studio (Final Cut Pro, Motion, Compressor, Logic Pro, Pixelmator, MainStage; MacOS, iPadOS).
  • Insta360 Studio.
  • Garageband (MacOS, iOS, iPadOS).
  • WorshipKeys for Apple MainStage (custom setup).
  • Arturia Analog Lab V.
  • Akai Professional Studio Instrument Collection.
  • Audacity 3.6 (4.0 doesn’t yet support splitting audio by label).
  • MusicBrainz Picard (audio tagging).

Home

• Toshiba 75″ class C350 Series Amazon Fire 4K Smart TV. So I can see it without my glasses. It mostly serves as a display for the Raspberry Pi. 😂
• Audio-Technica AT-LP60-BT Bluetooth turntable.
• Numark PT-01 USB portable turntable (because it plays 78 RPM records, of which I have a few old ones, and has a USB output for digitizing vinyls).
• Samsung 2.1 soundbar with wireless subwoofer.
• Apple TV 4K.
• VISSPL V16 HD projector (cheap but works).
• Roku Sreaming Stick 4K.
• Amazon Fire TV HD Stick.
• Apple HomePod (living room workspace) and HomePod mini (bedroom).
• Aqara G100 security camera (balcony, watching for rocket launches and parking lot activity).
• Nintendo Switch (that I never use, but it has no trade-in value).

Driving

2025 Kia Soul S in Surf Blue (“Stitch”).