Here's some of the stuff I use and how I use it (as of 3Â weeks, 5Â days ago).
Hardware
Not counting my homelab.
- Framework Laptop 13 (NixOS | i7-1280P | 32GB RAM | 1TB NVMe). This device actually started out as a Framework Chromebook Edition, but I swapped the mainboard and input panel to turn it into a real computer. It runs Bluefin and I manage the configuration with my Chezmoi dotfiles.
- MNT Pocket Reform (Debian | NXP i.MX8M Plus (Cortex-A53) | 8GB RAM | 128GB eMMC). This chunky little laptop is great for computing on the go, and the open-source hardware design is just begging to be hacked, modified, upgraded, and repaired. Plus it looks crispy in the dark.
- Bambu Labs P1S 3D Printer (with AMS), a significant upgrade over the franken-ender3 I'd used for years.
- BOOX Note Air3 C e-ink tablet for reading and (hand)writing notes (more on this here).
- Weatherflow Tempest Weather Station to help me get my Wx nerd on.
- Valve Steam Deck (512GB LCD model, 2TB SSD) in a dbrand Killswitch case to handle all of my gaming needs.
Everyday Carry
What has it got in its pocketses (or bag)?
- Flipper Zero running Momentum Firmware in my pocket or bag for on-the-go hacking and exploration.
- Garmin fenix 7 Sapphire Solar on my wrist, for fitness tracking and notifications.
- Leatherman FREE K4 knife/multitool in my pocket for cutting and tinkering.
- Milky lactase tablets in my wallet so I can enjoy dairy without consequences.
- Nothing Ear (open) in my ears for listening to tunes but not being isolated.
- Pixel 8 Pro in my pocket, running GrapheneOS as my daily-driver (more on how I use that here).
- ProxGrind RF Field Detector Card on my keychain to quickly learn about RFID/NFC readers.
- Ridge Wallet in my pocket for keeping my cards handy.
- RovyVon Aurora A7 EDC Flashlight in my pocket for keeping the darkness at bay.
- SenseCAP Card Tracker T1000-E as my always-on-me Meshtastic radio node.
- Ti EDC Backpack for carrying my stuff, and keeping it organized while in transit.
- Yubico Yubikey 5C NFC on my keychain for hardware token things.
Software
Computer and web apps.
- Atuin CLI to provide powerful shell history across all my Linux systems.
- Calibre for collecting, converting, and managing my eBooks.
- Chezmoi to manage my user configurations (dotfiles) across multiple environments.
- Ente, a self-hosted photo and video management solution.
- Fish shell, a really smart, modern, heavily configurable shell.
- Helix for coding and development without leaving the terminal.
- Home Assistant for controlling my "smart" home.
- Linkding as a self-hosted bookmark manager.
- Phanpy, a minimal and opinionated Mastodon web client.
- SilverBullet for collecting/organizing notes. You can see some of them here.
- tmux because I heard you like terminals so I put a terminal in your terminal so you can terminal while you terminal.
Android Apps
Skipping the obvious ones for services mentioned elsewhere on this page...
- Delta Chat for decentralized encrypted messaging.
- JBV1 gives super powers to my Valentine One radar detector.
- Niagara Launcher is a lovely, clean, thoughtfully-designed launcher replacement.
- RaceChrono for recording GPS/acceleration data during my autocross runs.
- RadarScope for high-resolution weather radar and information.
- Ride With GPS for bicycle route planning and recording.
- Tasker for automated profiles on my phone.
- Tor Browser for private browsing on the go.
- URLCheck for verifying/manipulating links before loading them in my browser.
- Vanadium for general web browsing (and PWAs).
- WiFiman for scanning and testing wireless networks.
- Yubico Authenticator for storing TOTP secrets on a hardware token.
Services
These may include affiliate links.
- Bitwarden to manage my credentials.
- ControlD for privacy-protecting ad-blocking DNS filtering in the cloud.
- Fastmail for fast, private email service with a ton of nice bonus features.
- Forward Email for routing email to/from my various project domains.
- omg.lol for some really handy web tools and one of the best communities of interesting people.
- Privacy.com for creating virtual merchant-locked credit cards to keep me safe when shopping online.
- Tailscale for connecting all my various systems and making them think that they're on the same LAN.
