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Web Development

A 15-inch MacBook Air (Apple M2, 2023) does everything I need it to do with zero problems. My mouse is an MX Master 3S for Mac, which is pretty gentle on my fingers and wrists, but I still have a little soreness, so I wear some Walgreens compression gloves which help a ton.

I code in VS Code. I use GitHub for version control. I develop in Google Chrome and sometimes Firefox Developer Edition. I design in Figma.

I built this website with Astro, and I built my notebook with Eleventy.

Writing and Reading

I write and takes notes in Obsidian. I use the Blue Topaz theme with the Style Settings, Hider, and Typewriter Scroll plugins.

Enso comes in handy for distraction-free word-dumping. I'd use beat if I still wrote screenplays, except maybe not, because VS Code has a great fountain plugin.

I track feeds and read articles with Readwise. For books, I have a Kindle and a library card. Libby rules, as does the Internet Archive.

To annotate eBooks, I use Readwise. To annotate articles, I use either the Readwise Highlighter extension or the Obsidian Web Clipper extension.

All notes I take in Readwise Reader (or its highlighter extension), on my Kindle, or in iBooks show up in my Readwise database, which I export to Google Drive and Obsidian. All notes I take with Obsidian Web Clipper show up in...Obsidian.

I track books I've read and want to read with LibraryThing.

I memorize information with Anki.

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Photography

I have a Sony a6000 that I mostly pair with a 7Artisans 35mm f/1.2 lens. The lens was only $150 but it feels far from cheap. It has some vignetting around the edges if you open the aperture too wide, but I think it gives the photos texture, and I love the way it captures colors.

I edit in Lightroom Classic.

Other

I browse the Web with Vivaldi. I use Google Programmable Search to curate results.

I have a Toyota Corolla that I've taken all the over the country. If it had cruise control and all-wheel drive it'd be the perfect vehicle. 100,000 miles and all I've ever done to it is change the oil, swap the battery, and replace the tires.