Gear
You've arrived at the lord's gear room. On display here: the hardware, software, and services the lord actually uses day to day.
Hardware
Desktop (self-built)
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600
- GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 750Ti 2GB
- RAM: Team T-Force Delta RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3200
- Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX
- PSU: Corsair CX650 80+ Bronze
- Air Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB
- Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 Gaming X V2
- Mouse: Anker A7851
- Keyboard: Logitech K120
- Webcam: EMEET SmartCam C950
- Speakers: Amazon Basics V620BLACK
Laptops
- Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 15
- MacBook Air 2013
Phone
- Motorola Razr+ 2024
Tablet
- iPad Pro 11"
E-Reader
- Kobo Clara BW
Headphones
- Soundcore by Anker Liberty 4 NC
Software Tools
Operating System
- Laptop: EndeavourOS + i3wm
- MacBook: NixOS + i3wm
- Desktop: Windows 10
Editor / IDE
- GNU Emacs
Terminal
- Laptop: zsh
- Desktop: Fish, PowerShell (occasionally)
Browser
- Desktop: Floorp
- Phone: Firefox
Calendar
- Etar
- Thunderbird
Self-hosted using Stalwart.
Contacts and Address Book
- System contacts
- Thunderbird
Also self-hosted using Stalwart.
Calendar and contacts sync on Android via .
RSS
- FreshRSS for subscriptions
- Fluent Reader for reading
Not RSS, but information sources all the same:
- Hacki (a Hacker News client)
- Kagi Small Web and Kagi News
Video
- PiliPlus (third-party BiliBili client for mobile)
- LibreTube (third-party YouTube client for mobile)
Dictionary
- MDict
Maps and Navigation
- Organic Maps
- Kagi Maps (for finding places; doesn't actually navigate)
- MixerBox (for locating friends)
- TrainTime (buying LIRR tickets)
- Transit (real-time bus arrivals, pretty accurate)
- Citi Bike
- NYC Ferry
Contributing to OpenStreetMap (all Android apps):
- Every Door
- StreetComplete
Input Method
- Fcitx5 + rime + Flypy Shuangpin
File Explorer
- Solid Explorer
Music Player
- Feishin
- Tempo
The streaming server itself runs on Navidrome.
Messaging
- Real-life acquaintances, friends, family: WeChat, QQ, SMS
- Classmates: WhatsApp, GitHub
- Email: Fairmail, Thunderbird, mu4e
- Decentralized: Matrix (Element), GoToSocial, Pixelfed
- Want to use, but nowhere to use them: Signal, XMPP
Services and Subscriptions
- Shopping: Amazon Prime
- AI: Claude / Claude Code, Gemini
- Cloud storage: Google Drive, OneDrive
- Domains / VPS: IONOS, Vultr
- Movies: AMC Stubs Premiere
- Search: Kagi Search
- Power / internet: ConEdison, Spectrum (is this even worth listing)
- Printing: HP Instant Ink
- Email: self-hosted on Stalwart
- Mesh networking: self-hosted on Headscale
Miscellaneous
- Stationery: Pilot 88G, Pilot Kakuno
- Watch: don't know the name
- Glasses: Vera Wang V906 BK 53-16-137