Uses.
The gear I work, play and tinker with, at my desk, in the sim rig and around the house.
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desk & workstation
My workstation also powers the sim rig.
- OS
- CachyOS · KDE Plasma
On the workstation and the laptop. - displays
- BenQ Zowie XL2566X+ · LG C4, 42″
- keyboard
- MCHOSE Ace68-II
- mouse
- Kysona Uranus Pro
- headsets
- HyperX Cloud II Wireless · Cloud Alpha Wireless
software
- terminal
- Alacritty
With zsh or bash, depending on the machine. I avoid fish. - browser
- Chrome
- editor
- VS Code
At work. - AI agents
- OpenCode · OpenChamber
Both on v2, running on a headless server at home.
sim rig
From my February 2023 video.
- motion
- eRacingLab RS Mega+
- wheelbase
- Simucube 2 Pro
- wheel
- Cube Controls F-PRO
- pedals
- Heusinkveld Ultimate V2
- tracking
- VIVE Tracker
Mounted to the rig for motion compensation in OpenXR / SteamVR. - shakers
- Earthquake MQB-1 MiniQuake
- amplifiers
- the t.amp E-400 · Fame QUAD
- sims
- iRacing · Live for Speed
I own pretty much every sim. These are the two I keep coming back to. - motion software
- FlyPT Mover · SimTools
- VR tools
- OpenXR Toolkit
Until it reached end of life. I still miss it. - video
- My rig on YouTube
An earlier three-actuator setup.
gaming TV & sound
- gaming PC
- CachyOS · AMD Radeon RX 9070
Boots straight into a Gamescope session. - controller
- Steam Controller V2
- receiver
- Sony AN1000
- speakers
- KEF HTS 3001SE
I love these. A timeless classic.
handhelds & VR
- AYN
- Odin 2 Portal · Odin 3
- Retroid
- Pocket Mini V2 · Pocket 5 · Pocket 6
- VR headsets
- Varjo Aero · Meta Quest 3 · PICO 4
game streaming
I stream games around the house as well as playing on the PCs themselves.
live TV
Satellite TV for the whole house, watched through my own app instead of the TV makers’ apps.
- tuner
- Digital Devices OctopusNET Pro · Max S8
Eight DVB-S2 tuners, streamed over the network via SAT>IP. - signal
- Astra 19.2°E
Over a single Unicable (SCR) line. - server
- Tvheadend 4.3
A custom build in a container, with small sidecars for EPG and picons. - player
- Tvheadend Player
My own app, on the Google TV sets.
homelab
A few small machines for self-hosting, storage and a DIY router.
- compute
- Minisforum UM760 Slim
Ryzen 5 7640HS, 64 GB RAM. - storage host
- Minisforum N5 Air
Ryzen 7 255, 64 GB RAM. - router
- Intel N150 mini PC · OpenWrt
- hypervisor
- Proxmox VE
- home automation
- Home Assistant
workshop
I stripped an Anycubic Predator to its frame and rebuilt it. There’s barely anything stock left.
From my February 2023 video.
- 3D printer
- Anycubic Predator
- firmware
- Klipper
- electronics
- Duet WiFi · Raspberry Pi 3
- effector
- Duet3D Smart Effector
- extruder
- Orbiter v2
- nozzle
- Tungsten hybrid high-flow nozzle
- bed
- Magnetic bed
- motors
- MOONS’ stepper motors
- video
- My Predator on YouTube
An earlier build with a Smart Effector and modified arm spacing for an Orbiter v2.