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Hardware

I’m on the road a lot, so I don’t have much of a setup. 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. That could be from typing, though.

I take photos with a Sony a6000 and a 7Artisans 35mm lens. The lens has some vignetting around the edges if you open the aperture too wide, but I think it gives the photos texture.

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. 80,000 miles and all I’ve ever done to it is change the oil, swap the battery, and replace the tires.

Software

Writing and Reading

I write in VS Code. If I need to manage a lot of text files, as with my notebook, I use Foam.

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. The Internet Archive often comes in handy. I recently switched from Goodreads to LibraryThing because Goodreads is sluggish and I hate it. LibraryThing is faster and might be open source (I’m not sure, but it has the feel of it).

Readwise is also where I keep all my annotations. All notes I take in Readwise Reader, on my Kindle, or in iBooks show up in my Readwise database, which I export to Google Drive.

Anki and spaced repetition help me memorize information.

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Coding

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

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

Other

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