hardware
- pcs – mobile: dell latitude (intel), lenovo ideapad (amd); “servers“: hp prodesk, raspberry pi
- keyboards – hhkb pro 2, leopold fc650mds, kbp v60mts-q
- mouse – logitech ergo m575, rapoo 7800p
- phone – iphone mini
- consoles – docked: ps4, ps2, snes classic; mobile: odroid go, odroid go super
- “tv” – optoma hd144x
software
- linux – personal: arch, servers: raspbian, ubuntu server
- desktop environment – openbox, tint2
- shell – terminator, zsh, oh my zsh
- browser – firefox
- etc – menus: dmenu, passwords: pass, clipboard: clipmenu-persist
audio
- bass – squier jaguar h (lake placid blue, 32″), gretsch junior jet ll (shell pink, 30″)
- guitar – gretsch g2210 streamliner (gunmetal)
- mic – akg d5, apogee hypemic
- amps – vox pathfinder, vox pathfinder b
- effects – zoom b1 four
- headphones – wired: akg k52; wireless: jvc ha-s40bt, xiaomi tws basic 2
- vinyl corner – technics sl-bd22d, technics sa-5170k, mordaunt-short ms10i
- etc – edifier r1280db, logitech z313, hitachi trk-510e
lifestyle
- essential jeans – dark blue or black, straight-to-slim; recently experimenting with some chino pants
- essential sneakers – new balance 997 (good support for those lousy flat feet), 574
- essential watches – g-shock 5600, seiko 5, recently g-shock gbd-200 cause it counts steps
- essential stuff to wash body and hair with – seinz (check this out esp if you feel itchy due to shower gels and laundry detergents)
- essential deodorant – old spice tigerclaw, wolfthorn, bearglove, krakengard
- essential wallet – rugged material
- essential cheap pocket knife – buck 284 bantam bbw, victorinox rally
- essential note taking – notebooks: field notes, leuchtturm notebook, pens: leuchtturm drehgriffel nr. 1, rotring rapid pro
- essential winter shoes, running shoes, shorts, jackets, gloves, hats, backpacks – decathlon
- essential dog – adopt don’t shop
list of essential media
films
- alien (1979), ridley scott
- blade runner (1982), ridley scott
- ghost in the shell (1995), mamoru oshii
- once upon a time in the west (1968), sergio leone
- mad max 2 (1981), george miller
- total recall (1990), paul verhoeven
- the thing (1982), john carpenter
- the big lebowski (1998), joel and ethan coen
- special extra honorable mention: mulholland dr. (2001), david lynch
novels
- solaris (1961), stanislaw lem
- roadside picnic (1972), arkady and boris strugatsky
- cat’s cradle (1963), kurt vonnegut
- pattern recognition (2003), william gibson
- white noise (1985), don delillo
- watchmen (1987), alan moore & dave gibbons
- diary of a bad year (2007), j.m. coetzee
- the invention of solitude (1982), paul auster
records
- welcome to sky valley (1993), kyuss
- koi no yokan (2012), deftones
- sabbath bloody sabbath (1973), black sabbath
- crisis (2006), alexisonfire
- angel dust (1992), faith no more
- tidal (1996), fiona apple
- skelethon (2012), aesop rock
- blast tyrant (2004), clutch
- special extra honorable mention: white pony (2000), deftones
Updated April 2023