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Hardware

• Work/office
  • Work - Dell running Windows 10
  • 2 Dell 27” monitors
• Personal/home office
  • ROG Zephyrus 14” Gaming Laptop - AMD Ryzen 9 - 16GB Memory
  • Windows 11
  • 2 Asus 27” monitors, no longer available.
  • Vivo dual monitor arm
• Both locations
  • Logitech G915 TKL keyboard—I love, love, love the low profile switches on this mechanical keyboard. Turns out I should have bought the full keyboard because I do just enough numerical entry that it would be helpful.
  • Logitech M705 Mouse—I’ve owned at least five of these mice over the years. They are lightweight and have an excellent battery life.
  • Logitech C920 Webcam

Other Devices

• iPhone 15 Pro
• iPad Pro
• Apple Pencil
• Apple Series 5 watch

Audio

• AirPods Pro
• JBL Flip—a great little bluetooth speaker.
• Sony WH1000XM3 noise-cancelling headphones—I don’t use this as often as I used to since I mostly work from home.

Other desk stuff

• Fezibo standing desk with a crappy laminated top. I planned on making a custom top but have not gotten around to it.
• CubeFit TerraMat—standing desk mat
• Aeron chair, size B—we have a size C that’s supposed to be the right size for me, but I like the B better.
• Ember mug—I have the 16oz black version 2 at home and an older white 10oz mug at work
• Amazon Alexa
• Menard’s architect Lamps with Govee Smart Bulbs
• EPN Laptop Stand
• Yootech wireless phone charger
• SteelSeries Mouse Pad
• Uplift Motion-X Balance Board
• USB Dock
• Brother laser printer
• Brother scanner - I hardly use this anymore, as my phone scans documents very well these days.
• ARC Notebook—ARC and Circa are compatible systems.
• Circa Paper Punch
• Rocketbook and Pilot Frixion pens
• I’ve retired the Arc/Circa and Rocketbook notebooks in favor of the Full Focus planner. Pricy and luxurious. I like the leather cover in black.
• Pilot G2 Pens. I especially like the Metropolitan body that uses the G2 cartridges.
• Esington hourglass—I have both a small and large hourglass I purchased during their original Kickstarter.
• Star Wars Mighty Muggs Captain Rex—Everyone needs a rubber duck to help with debugging. Mine is in the form of Captain Rex.
• Droidable R2-D2 - my new rubber duck is R2-D2. He makes his little droid noises and answers my questions ;-)
• eBags Pro Slim Laptop Backpack
• Tom Bihn snake charmer bag—In 2016 this bag got a redesign and I have the older style. The two-sided mesh bag is great for holding all sorts of cables and other junk.

Software

• Dvorak keyboard layout
• Visual Studio Code
• Vim
• Notepad++
• Visual Studio 2022 (work)
• Github for personal projects
• TFS and Azure Repos at work
• Inkscape
• Lucidchart
• Occasionally Figma
• Photoshop
• SnagIt
• Google Chrome
• Evernote
• Github Desktop
• PowerShell
• Autohotkey
• Puretext
• TimeSnapper Pro
• Ditto
• Slack
• Microsoft Teams (work)
• Spotify
• Anki cards
• Nebo - for digital notetaking

Backups

• Dropbox
• Carbonite, but my main desktop that was getting backed up has been dead for a while.