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created  2021/07/28
modified 2023/05/31
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some of my favorite things in select categories

color

i can't decide between purple and green, they both have a lot of good shades and even work well together!

number

my favorite number is 9 because it is the biggest. a close second is 3 as 9 wouldn't exist without it.

animal

primates, testudines, and serpentes are cool, in that order. my favorite bird would have to be the cedar waxwing.
cedar waxwing (wikipedia)

quotes

🥠 fortunes
💬 lyrics + quotes

watch

⌚ casio F91-W

thinking sand

this section lists my favorite software/hardware and configurations thereof!

open source license

i use MIT for sake of consistency, though ISC is my overall favorite.

operating system

plan 9 is neat but i can't daily drive it unfortunately. i use fedora linux on my laptop and windows 11 on my desktop.

controller layout

the xbox controller layout is way more ergonomic then the dualshock/playstation controller layout and i will die on this hill.

laptop

the framework. currently i own a thinkpad, which are also cool laptops -- but they weren't designed to be cool, unlike the framework, which is cool from factory rather then years of hobbyist support.
https://frame.work/

phone

in terms of android i'd love the samsung galaxy s5, but it's too slow nowadays so i am using a samsung galaxy s10e. the pinephone would be a close contender if it was more polished.
📱 galaxy s5
📱 galaxy s10e
pinephone (wikipedia)

keyboard

it's just gotta be the cyberboard. i prefer cherry profile keycaps and i really like this commodore keycap set. i'm currently using gateron yellows that i poured so much effort into lubing + filming, but i think gateron ink browns would be my preference.

cyberboard
c64 keycaps

mouse

currently on my second razer basilisk x hyperspeed, my first broke with some sort of firmware/antenna issue. it is a cheap wireless mouse with acceptable build quality, a good sensor, and... that's about it. razer is a mid company with overpriced products, but this mouse is alright.

music

my favorite arists/albums/songs are not exhaustive, i like a lot of music. what i consider bangers are songs on my #country and #country-2 soundcloud playlists featuring authentic deep-cut underground country music. links here will show the platform in square brackets

#country (2020-21) [soundcloud]
#country-2 (2022-23) [soundcloud]

music player

on windows i use musicbee, i haven't been able to find one that suits my needs on any other os but i haven't really looked. on my phone i use the default vendor music app since all mobile music apps are pretty much the same garbage.

streaming service

i try to buy from bandcamp as much as possible, but for discovering new music/general listening i tend to use soundcloud. i also use spotify but only on web with an adblocker, or on mobile with a modified version through the xManager spotify patch manager
xManager

genre

i listen to pretty much every genre, but my overall favorite would have to be hyperpop, aka. #country. #country is an inside joke between me and my friend, where i linked them a soundcloud hyperpop song that i though was good and they pointed out how it was tagged under "#Country"

artist

zukonius, the artist formerly known as prince zuko [soundcloud]
jc foster [youtube], who also made music as;
the executive tire swing club [soundcloud]
finn [soundcloud]
look mum no computer [youtube]
guardin [youtube]
softheart [soundcloud]
-> ryan caraveo
-> cam meekins
-> oliver tree
-> t.danny

albums

formatted as `artist - album (favorite song)`

zukonius - zuko's world (happy potions) [soundcloud]
tree - splitting branches (sacred elements) [youtube]
finn - beyond return (still winter) [bandcamp]
alexei shishkin - the dog tape (courts) [bandcamp]
softheart - well kept and easily broken (holy my weight) [bandcamp]

songs

softheart - phosphorus [soundcloud]
guardin - alright [soundcloud]
ryan caraveo - outro [youtube]
zukonius - CL34N 5L473 [soundcloud]
artur - sweet memory [youtube]
herp albert - ladyfingers [youtube]
jc foster - KYLE [soundcloud]