Personal Tech (WIP)
Computers:
Thinkpad X230T
This is my daily driver. I use this more than my desktop to be honest because most of the time, I'm on my computer before I fall asleep. I'm looking up current prices on Ebay and wow...it's not cheap anymore. I didn't pay more than $100 for mine because I bought mine mostly barebones with no battery, ram, or hard drive. It didn't come with the stylus either so I got that later down the line. I'm quite happy with this laptop, even if it's old. Repasting the CPU is kind of a pain but I'm not scared to take this laptop apart and work on it.
Apart from what's obvious in my fastfetch screenshot, I run Librewolf as my browser. It just works but they added some stupid AI sumarize feature. I use pcmanfm as my file manager, mpv for videos, cmus for music, and I haven't done anything for running games at the moment.
One thing I had to do with my I3 config file was startup with picom because without it, you'll get screen tearing and I've got motion sickness from scrolling without it. In the past, I used compton but picom is newer and you can do transition effects if that matters. I'm also using Nitrogen in my config file to setup my wallpaper. EZ ui, EZ setup.
I'm still learning how to use Kakoune which is a VIM-like editor but it's backwards. When I'm feeling lazy, I use geany which is probably what I'm going to use update this website whenever the new year comes around because I was retarded for making this website so clunky. Someday, I'll get good at a text-editor. I don't know why I ended up with Kakoune instead of VIM or Emacs. But I appreciate the recommendation by some player I ran into on Yume 2kki online who told me to try it because I like it.
Thinkpad X240
tba because I haven't used it other than to test out obscure distros like Haiku OS. Read that blog if you're curious.
HP Elitedesk 800 G3 SFF
My desktop. It's pathetic but I can play games that I like on it. Currently running Linux Mint on it. I'll post more about it real soon.
Cell Phones: Currently a LG Velvet 5G as my daily driver. I still have a Samsung Galaxy S7 but it has been retired from service. To be honest, I really don't like smart phones but having one is kind of necessary in the modern world. The Camera on the Velvet 5G sucks and fucks. LG also doesn't make phones anymore. Don't recommend any LG phones anymore. I'd go far as to not recommend any smart phone. Still, gotta have something to call mum when you get stranded in the middle of the street with your shitty broken down car.
Ereaders: I use an Amazon Kindle:Paperwhite. Not the most libre ereader option out there but it's fairly easy to import your own books outside of the amazon book store and the battery life is rather good too. It's decent for reading manga although you probably want something a little bigger in size if your eyesight is poor.
Other devices: I have an emergency weather radio that has various methods to charge and power. Really hand for disasters and power outages. I also have a Walkman Sport (Sold it for money along with my collection years ago because I needed money...fuck) which I use to listen to tapes on. Most of my favorite digital ablums have a cassette copy that I either buy or record myself. It can also come in handy during power outages since it runs off batteries. I also own a Raspberry Pi Model 3B+ (Died on me RIP) that I have used for emulation but I might make a server host out of it or something.
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