Sleep Debt

Sadly, the trip to LIH today was rather quick! Love doing these quick jumps to the neighbor islands to do some site surveys and talk with my coworkers! 🤙🏻

Aloha OGG!

The amount of vog at KOA was pretty intense. I was only there for 3 hours and the visibility was poor + you had that slight burn when breathing the air!

3D-printer Mini-duck! Wife approved!

…and it is almost the end of month! Here is an update to my current setup (some have respective links to Amazon that help defray the hosting costs and get me more funding to purchase cool, new gear) for February. If you all have any questions about the items below, please feel free to reach out as I am always glad to share my thoughts.

The changes plus the detailed hardware list are below:

Added:

• Speaker - 3x HomePod mini
• Trackball - Ploopy Adept

Removed:

• None

macOS Applications

• Task Manager - Reminders
• Text Editor - BBEdit
• Terminal App - Terminal.app
• Automation App - Hazel
• Online Backup Service - Backblaze
• Backup Application - Carbon Copy Cloner

iOS/iPadOS Applications

• Podcast App - Castro
• Camera App - Halide
• Video Recording App - Kino
• Object Scanning App - Scan Thing
• Document Scanning App - Simple Scan

iOS/iPadOS/macOS Applications

• Password Manager - Bitwarden + Apple Passwords
• Package Tracking App - Parcel
• Calendar App - Calendar.app
• Recipe Manager - Mela
• RSS Reader - The New Reeder
• Read Later Application - Goodlinks
• Email Application - Mail.app
• Note-Taking App - Tot, Apple Notes, Drafts
• Mastodon Application - Ivory
• Social Media - Threads
• Social Media - Bluesky
• Mind-Mapping Software - Mind Node
• Remote Control Application - Screens 5

Hardware

• Keyboard - HHKB Studio
• Dock - OWC Thunderbolt Pro Dock
• Laptop - 14" MacBook Pro
• iPad - iPad Mini
• 3D Printer - Creality K1C - A Prusa Core One is on order and won’t arrive till mid-March.
• Watch - Apple Watch Series 10 Black Aluminum 46mm with Cellular
• Phone - iPhone 16 Pro Max
• Inkjet Printer - Epson 4850
• Charger - Anker MagGo 3-in-1 Charging Stand
• Charger - Anker MagSafe Compatible MagGo UFO 3-in-1 Charger
• Automation - Elgato Stream Deck Neo
• Lighting - Elgato Key Light Neo
• Game Capture - Elgato Game Capture Neo
• Webcam with Smarts - Obsbot Tiny 2
• Camera - Fujifilm X-M5
• Trackball - Ploopy Adept - Ploopy makes some great hardware that can be easily repaired and doesn’t get in the way of your day to day activities.

Audio Hardware

• Microphone - Rode Podcaster White
• Speaker - Beats Pill
• Speaker - 3x HomePod mini
• Microphone - Rode NT-USB Mini - Microphone for recording on the go!

Gaming

• Emulator - Retroid Pocket 4 Pro
• Emulator - Retroid Pocket Mini
• Gaming with Friends - Helldivers 2
• Universal Controller - 8BitDo Ultimate Bluetooth Controller

Storage/Bags/Cases

• Daily Carry Backpack - Alpaka Elements Backpack Pro X-Pac VX42
• Travel Backpack - Peak Design Travel Backpack
• Tech Pouch - Peak Design Tech Pouch

Stationary

• Pen - Tactile Turn Pens
• Pen - Leuchtturm1917 Drehgriffel

Kitchen/Cooking

• Indoor Grill - Ninja Foodi Indoor Grill
• Pressure Cooker - Ninja Foodi Pressure Cooker
• Convection Oven - Ninja Foodi Convection Oven
• Coffee Maker - Fellow Aiden
• Coffee Grinder - Baratza Fortè AP Coffee Grinder

MISC

• Car Error Code Scan Tool - BlueDrive OBDII Scan Tool
• Hosting Service - Hetzner
• Universal Remote - Sofabaton Remote
• Cell Service - US Mobile and T-Mobile

One more print has been completed! The baby crystal dragon from Cinderwings3D! I need to dig out some more colorful filaments, though!

I completed the printing of an articulated Pterodactyl keychain and am looking forward to sharing some of the other prints in the near future. I also still need to complete testing of the Moose 3D Scanner…

This little fly is one of the odder things I have printed…it goes with a Venus fly trap plant that can be used as bag clips.

My Studio Neat Keen has arrived! The cutter looks amazing in person and, in my humble opinion, the photos are not a good representation of how good it looks. I am looking forward to putting this tool through its paces and will then be able to provide a bit more feedback.

Mahalo, Studio Neat, for another great product and Kickstarter.

Another day, another trip (work related this time)! I am heading out to PHX and can’t wait to arrive as it has been a while since I have seen my friends and colleagues there.