There’s a neat series of interviews at usesthis.com and in generally I like seeing what other people use to do stuff. So here’s some of mine.
Hardware
- Intel NUC (NUC6i5SYH) + 2 Dell 24" monitors (U2415)
- Lenovo Thinkpad X230
- Lenovo Thinkpad X1 (6th gen) (work computer)
- Pixel 2 w/ Diztronic slim case
- Microsoft Surface Pro 4 (m3-6Y30 CPU, 4GB RAM, 128 GB SSD, gifted at a previous job)
- Mostly a couch machine for doing crosswords or light browsing while watching something. Sometimes for watching something in bed.
Keyboards
- Kinesis Advantage 2
- Atreus
Audio
- Sennheiser HD 555 (foam modded)
- Sennheiser HD 600
- Sennheiser HD 6XXYes, I know, it’s silly to have both the 600 and 6XX, I’ll get rid of one of them at some point.
- Monolith 1060
- JDS Element, to drive all the above and as DAC to SMSL below
- SMSL SA-50 + Micca COVO-S for my desk
- Denon AVR-S730H + Kef Q150 + Monoprice 12" sub for the TV
Misc
- Jarvis motorized desk (7" x 30" rectangle bamboo top)
- Alera Elusion office chair, with Lorell Headrest and “Rollerblade” casters
- Brother HL-2270DW, B/W laser printer
- Sony ICD-UX533 voice recorder
- Logitech C920 webcam
- Zowie EC1-A mouse
Software
- zsh (my config)
- doom-emacs (my config)
- tmux (my config)
- make (for things I should probably use shell scripts for)
- KeePass family of things to manage passwords
- Firefox (on both the desktop and Android)
- nix and NixOS for everything I can
- Fastmail for email, calendar and contacts
- Mullvad for VPN
- GNOME desktop environment
- Syncthing
Writing Stuff
Pencils
- TWSBI Precision w/Retractable tip (in 0.5mm) - for the backpack/pocket/travel
- Alvin Draft/Matic Pencil (in 0.5mm) - for home
- Pentel PS535 - my go-to pencil in college
Pens
- Lamy Safari (in Charcoal with EF, F, M, B, and 1.1mm nibs, EF used the most)
- A few Reform 1745s
- Parker 51 Aerometric (grey body/silver cap)
- Noodler’s Ahab (in Amazon Pearl)
- Jinhao X450 (in Black/Gold)
- Pilot Metropolitan x 2 (in Black M and Silver F)
- Pilot Plumix (~1mm stub)
- Pilot Penmanship (EF)
- Lamy 2000, F
- Daedalus (early model, no markings)
- Pilot Vanishing Point, in matte black with F nib
- Moonman M2, F
- TWSBI Eco Clear, F
- Montblanc SlimLine, B (in black)
The only non-fountain pens I keep around and use are Uni-Ball Jetstreams and a Parker Jotter.
Ink
- Noodler’s Sequoia Green
- The first ink I truly loved. Wrote with it almost exclusively for years.
- Noodler’s Cactus Green
- A lubricated ink, so sees very little use, but if a piston is a little sticky and I don’t want to take the pen apart, switching to this ink can help.
- Noodler’s Bulletproof Black
- Noodler’s 54th Massachusetts
- Noodler’s Black Swan in Australian Roses
- Aurora black
- I believe this was the first ink I ever bought.
- Montblanc Lavender Purple
- Discontinued. Replaced by Amethyst Purple, which is very similar.
- J. Herbin Emerald of Chivor
(these are only the inks I have as a bottle, many other samples are sitting around)
Paper
- Nanami Seven Seas notebooks (A5)
- Muji B6 recycled notebooks (plain)
- Leuchtturm 1917 notebooks (dotted in A5 and Pocket)
- Clairefontaine Triomphe (A5), for correspondence
- HP Premium24 printer paper (formerly branded as LaserJet)
Music stuff
- Ibanez GRG170DX
- Mitchell ME1CE
- Line 6 Spider III 15 Watt/8 inch amp
- Yamaha tenor trombone (haven’t really played in a long time)