One of the first places I stop when I visit someone's website is, if they have it, a /uses page. It's one of those things that satisfies my curiosity and maybe, just maybe, I will get an idea or two!
As the result of a few things, like the spike in hardware prices, hardware compatibility, and colour management, in Spring 2026, I decided to retire my Linux desktop and return to the Mac.
I am using an M4 Mac mini, which I customized a little, to come with 32GB of memory and 512GB of internal storage. It replaced a late-2019 Dell Precision 3630 Tower with an Intel Core i5-8500 and 32GB of DDR4 running Debian 13.
I use one monitor: a 32" 4K Samsung.
I recently retired my long-serving IBM Model M from 1993 and replaced it with a WOBKEY Crush 80 Reboot Pro (in purple, of course). What a heavy and wonderful-sounding dream of a keyboard to be typing on!
Since I have always been more-or-less pleased with Apple's bundled software (such as Safari, Mail, Messages, Photos, Calendar, Reminders, Notes, Music, etc.), I mostly rely on on them for my needs.
There are a few others, however!
As the result this year's surgery (and necessary downtime), in the Spring, I decided that it was time to take my mid-2014 13" MacBook Pro out of the drawer, have the battery replaced, and get it working again!
Since the last supported version of macOS for this laptop is Big Sur, after some time with Linux (never could get the Broadcom 4360 driver to behave properly), I decided that I'd rely on Open Core Legacy Patcher to install the latest known-stable macOS version for this laptop, Ventura.
Same with my desktop (above), I am mostly using the default apps, as well as uFocus and Reeder Classic.
As a sometimes anxious and indecisive lady, I spent nearly two years going back-and-forth as to whether I just wanted to go back to a flip phone for my mobile needs. In the end, I decided that it would be better to stick with a smart phone due to the features that I use.
As of November 2025, I use an iPhone 16. In Ultramarine, of course.
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Last Update: July 19, 2026