Lamy Safari Fountain Pen - Extra Fine

My wife got this for me for my birthday a few years ago, and it has by far and away become my favorite backpack! Its overall structure, the way the compartments are laid out, works amazingly well for me. I use a MacBook Pro 16-inch, have a handful of cords, and often times a canvas drawing tablet with me, along with a water bottle, my journal, and so on. This just works out amazingly well.

Setapp is a single subscription that grants you access to over 200 MacOS and iOS apps. I love it for two reasons. First it’s, full of genuinely useful apps that I use everyday. Secondly, they are frequently adding more apps to their répertoire, which provides a nice dose of novelty and exploration. It scratches a bit of my curiosity itch.

I have a deviated septum, so I use these to open up my nasal airway to get the benefits of nasal breathing- blood vessel dilation, nitrous oxide intake from the sinuses, carbon dioxide optimization. It’s a big deal. I especially use these for sports and sleep.

I use my AirPods in all sorts of different settings. In my office, when I go on a walk by the river, at the coffee shop. I don’t like to stuff them in my pocket or in a bag, as the earbuds are just thick enough to fit a little funky. I really like this case because I can clip it to my backpack or car keys. I can easily add it to whatever else I’ve got with me for the day. I also have my gym’s check-in barcode attached to the keyring so it’s easy to punch-in since it’s clipped to my bag. It also doesn’t need taken out of the case to charge on my charging pad.

I use this coffee grinder everyday to make our drip coffee. It’s a little quieter than any other grinder we’ve had up to this point. The burr apparatus also comes apart easily which is great for cleaning.

For meetings that I want to have a transcript for, I always use granola. It enriches my own personal notes, and gives me a chatbot to review the meeting with. It’s like being able to discuss the meeting with a colleague with perfect memory. The link will give you your first month free!

My favorite daily-wear T-shirt! Natural fibers are far superior to synthetic fabrics, and I like merino more than cotton. It dries faster and feels more breathe-able.

Although it took a fair amount of time to make a new habit, I now use Wispr Flow for almost everything. Prompting while I write code, sending communicational-ly kind text messages, and even drafting this newsletter right now. Wispr Flow lets you use voice dictation and it nicely formats and synthesizes your messaging. It’s like having a scribe that gets your context and communicates it… rather than just writing down your verbatim ramblings.