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
• 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 – 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, ampeg micro-cl, an ancient vermona mv-3 that i can’t seem to put back together
• pre – zoom b1 four
• headphones – wired: akg k52; wireless: sennheiser cx tws, jvc ha-s40bt
• 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 chino pants for the first time in two decades
• essential sneakers – new balance 997
• essential watches – g-shock 5600, seiko 5
• essential smells – old spice (anything with an animal in the name)
• essential wallet – rugged material
• essential cheap pocket knife – crkt lck+ blackout, victorinox rally, buck 284 bantam bbw (gave it to a friend)
• essential note taking – notebooks: field notes, leuchtturm notebook, pens: leuchtturm drehgriffel nr. 1, rotring rapid pro, pencil: troika construction
• 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
• the left hand of darkness (1969), ursula k. le guin
• 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
• special extra honorable mention: emil i lönneberga (1963), astrig lindgren

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 May 2024