Recently retired print production professional. Current occupation: Chief Optimization Officer (COO) of Meum, Inc.

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PHYSICAL

• My electric Singer sewing machine: for making bespoke things (a button-down shirt with loop closures, the right-sized EDC bag) for myself and my friends and for mending or re-making things I already have.
• All-weather, seasonless, ankle-supporting, no-lace, slip-on, everyday Blundstone boots.
• Small, strong magnets for managing the weekly flotsam and jetsam of scribbled notes, coupons, bills, cards, receipts, tickets, postcards, photos, takeout menus, psa flyers and other ephemera.

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DIGITAL

• FOSS, free open source software, for ad-free, mostly free or pay-what-you-can or -want, creative, quirky-fun utilities (aneko, f-droid.org) and games (kumquats, f-droid.org); and an ebook reader that can reflow text/pictures in OCR’d PDFs.
• The pinetime $27, water-resistant, dustproof smartwatch: the basic features have all that I need – a step counter, heart rate monitor (a bit wonky), 5-day weather (just added); a work-in-progress with a charge that lasts for 2 days or more depending on settings configuration. Other apps included that I don’t use daily: doodle app, flashlight; games; alarm, music controller; notifications

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INVISIBLE

Living in a walkable city, where everything you need is a few minutes’ walk away.

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07/30/25