// site
this site is built wtih the Hugo framework. it is based on no existing template, rather one i built entirely myself. you can view the source here, though i highly recommend against it. it is an utter fucking mess. eventually i might clean it up and make it a public template tho.
i made and rendered the background myself in Blender, then crunched it down to 16 colours (shades of grey). i considered transcoding to more efficient codecs (lossless webp, jpeg-xl) but the size improvement was so miniscule i dropped them.
/ software
i’d best turn this into its own page tbh. and fuck man i don’t wanna make all of these into clickable links (but i really should).
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image editing / graphic design — Affinity Designer, Figma, GIMP on pc, Pixelmator Pro on mac, occasionally Aseprite
visuals — TouchDesigner, sometimes Blender, DaVinci Resolve
making this site — Notepad++ (windows), TextMate (mac), Kate (linux). Hugo, Windows Terminal, iTerm2 (mac), GitHub Desktop
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browsers — Zen, sometimes Vivaldi or Helium, Orion on mac
audio player — foobar2000 (windows), DeaDBeeF (macos, linux)
notes, organization — Notion, TickTick
media utilities — MPC-BE (windows), IINA (mac), MPV (linux). OBS Studio, HandBrake
file sharing — Tixati (windows, linux), Transmission (mac), Nicotine+, WinSCP (windows), Transmit (mac), FileZilla (linux)
archive manager — i’m sorry, WinRAR is just so much better a UX than the alternatives on windows. keka on mac
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stuff for windows - Voidtools Everything (absolutely ESSENTIAL YOU NEED TO HAVE THIS), PowerToys, Twinkle Tray, EarTrumpet
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there’s probably more i’m forgetting. i’ll update this later.
if i list all my music/audio stuff, it’d have to be its own page due to sheer volume. i’ll update this page to link to it if i do.
/ hardware
ryzen 3 3100, 1660 super, 32gb ddr4 3600, 1tb nvme (and many random odd sata drives i keep disconnected until i need them). housed in a case i’m missing all the screws and standoffs to, on a partially busted mobo.
constantly bouncing back and forth between windows 10 and 11, and sometimes fedora kde
keychron k4, mx master 2s
random junk 1080p monitor (looking to get a u3011, u3014, or up3017 because because 16:10 is PEAK)
presonus audiobox usb 96 (i HIGHLY recommend AGAINST buying presonus)
audio technica ath-m50x - one of the hinges broke so i had to glue it back together. now it works again but it doesn’t fold :(
blue snowball ice (i used to have an mxl 991 but i broke it by accident. i’m looking to get an sm57 the next chance i get though)
random $30 32-key midi keyboard (any’ll do)
hercules inpulse 300 mk2 (was gifted to me. if i had a choice it would’ve been a pioneer)
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MacBook Pro 15" Mid-2015 - i7-4870HQ, R9 M370X 2gb, 16gb ddr3, 512gb ssd
dual booting macos 10.14 Mojave and macos 13 Ventura via OpenCore Legacy Patcher
the battery life is abysmal and i’m not entirely sure why. i think the refurbisher who sold me it might’ve fucked something up when they swapped the mobo.
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samsung galaxy note9, lavendar purple, 512gb. last uncompromised flagship phone, 3.5mm jack, micro sd card reader, fingerprint reader on back. also while i dont mind hole-punches i prefer the large bezel of the note9. every day i contemplate whether i should just move on already. oh and i doodle with it sometimes.