Uses
Hardware
- PC: Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 13 inch. Currently running Windows 11.
- PC: Dell XPS 15 (from late 2016!) Now running Bazzite.
- PC: Surface Go. Running Zorin OS 18.
- Keyboard & mouse: a basic wireless “logi” combo. For me though, it’s perfect for typing, and I don’t play many games on my PC.
- Monitor: BenQ 27 inch that I’m still borrowing from work.
- Webcam: Creative Live! Cam V2
- eReader: Kindle Paperwhite 11th Gen Signature Edition.
- Tablet: Kindle Fire HD 8 (used purely for streaming video)
- Phone: Pixel 8.
Audio
- DAC: ifi Zen Dac V2
- Bluetooth Audio Adaptor: Creative BT-W6 Wireless Bluetooth 5.4
- Wired headphones: Sennheiser HD560S
- Wireless headphones: Sennheiser Momentum 4 (Soundcore Space One for work).
- Wireless earbuds: Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 4 (see the trend here), EarFun Air Pro 4 (these have no right being as good as they are), Earfun Clip 2 (clip earbuds are great around the house)⭐, Pixel Buds Pro, and Soundcore A20 (for sleeping).
- Roberts Ortus 4 Alarm Clock Radio: Ditched the smart clock (I moved it to another room) and now have a dedicated clock by my bed. Time is set automatically thanks to radio connection. Bluetooth function also works really well. ⭐
Gaming
Current
- PlayStation 5 Pro*
- Xbox Series X*
- Nintendo Switch 2*
- Steam Deck OLED
- Playdate
*Connected to LG C1 48 inch
Legacy
- Nintendo Switch
- PS4
- Xbox One S
- Wii U
- PS3
- Vita
- Nintendo 3DS (New 2DS XL)
- Wii
- Xbox 360
- Nintendo DS
- GameCube
- Game Boy Advance
- N64
Software, apps, services
⭐ 2025 saw a lot of changes. I’ve stayed with pretty much all of them.
📨 Mail Client: Fastmail (Personal) / Outlook (Work)
📮 Mail Server: Fastmail / Outlook (Work)
📝 Notes: Simplenote
✅ To-do: Todoist (Personal) / Microsoft To Do (Work)
📷 Photo Shooting: Pixel Photos / Fujifilm X100VI
🟦 Photo Management: Google Photos, Adobe Lightroom (looking to change to FOSS alternative)
📆 Calendar: Fastmail (Personal) / Outlook (Work)
📁 Cloud File Storage: OneDrive (Personal) / OneDrive [Microsoft 365] (Work)
📖 RSS: Inoreader
🔎 Search: Duckduckgo (I use others as well but been finding DDG as a good default)
🌐 Browser: Firefox (Personal) / Microsoft Edge (Work)
💬 Chat: WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord
🔖 Bookmarks: Raindrop.io
📑 Read It Later: Inoreader, Raindrop.io
📜 Word Processing: Microsoft Word (Personal) / Microsoft Word (Work). LibreOffice on Linux devices. Also using Obsidian for my research.
📈 Spreadsheets: Microsoft Excel (Work)
📊 Presentations: Microsoft PowerPoint (Work)
🛒 Shopping Lists: Simplenote
💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: Banking Apps
📰 News: BBC News
🎵 Music: YouTube Music, Tidal
🎤 Podcasts: Pocketcasts
🔐 Password Management: 1Password
🐘 Mastodon: Mastodon.social
🦋 Bluesky: Bluesky Social
🚀 Launcher: Pixel
🎞️ Media Tracking: Google TV, JustWatch,
💻 Screenshot Tool: Windows + Shift + S, Firefox Screenshot
✍🏻 Blogging: Pika, Pagecord
🔗 Websites: (blog.)jsweeting.me, relativenostalgia.com,
⛅ Weather: Pixel/Google Weather, Tomorrow.io, AccuWeather, Met Office (I’m British, of course I use multiple weather apps)
🔐 VPN: Surfshark
🌐 DNS: Cloudflare DNS
🪟 AI: Claude AI (minimally used)
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