Best Purchases ============== Olivetti Lettera 32 typewriter It does not require electricity. Writing feels like carving something out of stone. The only downside is that it's loud and not portable. turntable & stereo Probably the thing I need most in life is music. Having a great stereo and speaker system makes life a bit more bareable. Traverler's Notebook [1] Essentially a rectangel of leather with an elastic band down the spine to fasten notebooks inside, and another band that wraps around to keep everything secure. It replaces any digital calendar or notes app or todo app. It requires no charging, no username/password, and it syncs to wherever you take it. Traveler's Company make a bunch of different inserts, so it can be arranged and rearraged however you like. Currently I have a week + memo diary in the front, a grid notebook in the back, and a pocket in the middle. 5 metre 3.5mm-to-RCA cable It cost next to nothing and it allows me to play music from my computer or phone from anywhere in the room. While tech companies want to convince you pay $$ for the latest wireless connectivity gadget, I get pristine audio that never drops out. Nokia 515 Technically I didn't purchase this, Daniel[2] gifted it to me, but I did cost $60 shipping it over from NZ. I felt the relief from having an iPhone almost immediately. It feels great to have tactile response again. I think in the last decade we've reprogrammed ourselves to wait for technology to be ready for us, like when we wait for an iPhone's animations to complete before we can give the next command. No waiting with Nokia, commands are just queued until the GUI catches up. Pomera DM30 [3] I've only had this two days and I've spent more time writing than I have in ages. It makes me want to write. While watching a movie I thought about how nice it would be once the movie finished to do some writing. -- [1] https://www.travelers-company.com/products/trnote/about [2] https://dcr.neocities.org [3] https://www.kingjim.co.jp/pomera/dm30