Hardware

  • Dell Optiplex PC from 2013 with an i7-4770S
  • M1 macbook air since Oct 2021
  • Lenovo x250 laptop since 2015
  • DELL 4k AMOLED screen 27 inch
  • Keychron V1 keyboard since 2024
  • Logitech M500s mouse wired since 2020
  • Logitech C920 webcam since 2017
  • Rogue kettlebells (8kg - 32kg) since 2021
  • Brompton bicycle since 2022 - one of my favorite things (Roughly 2K KM travelled)
  • Bicicapace JustLong bicycle for moving the kids around since Sept 2024
  • Kindle for reading since 2020

Software

  • NeoVim
  • Storage & backups
  • Thunderbird fro email. I have a pretty good setup for neomutt but there is just too much html email
  • xubuntu on desktop, macos on laptop
  • jrnl for keeping a journal in plain text
  • Brave browser, I wish they made an email client
  • Sqlite - this tool has been a life saver for me .
  • Shell Scripts as much as possible, I tried to avoid depending on python where possible
  • Syncthing - use it you won't be alone

Services

  • groups.google.com to manage the mailing lists we use. We might move to a mailman3 setup in the future but for now we are enjoying the easy setup and free nature of google groups.
  • Nextcloud delivered through Storage Share by Hetzner , wrote about this here .