Robb. Knight.

Previous Desks

• 2024
• 2023

"A chaotic tribute to the art of procrastination" - JD

MacBook Pro

Hardware

• 15" Macbook Air/32GB/1TB Midnight
  • TomToc 360 Sleeve
  • MOFT stand
• PiSight web cam
• MX Master 3S mouse
• 8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard
• Apple Magic Keyboard in black (non-touchID version) [podcasting]
• Razer Seiren Mini microphone [podcasting]
• Creative GigaWorks T40 Series II
• Audio Technica ATH-M50x [home/podcasting]
• AirPods Max Gen 1 [office/gaming]
• Twelve South StayGo USB-C hub

+ [2025-04-23] 15" MacBook Air
+ [2025-02-09] Creative GigaWorks T40 Series II
- [2025-02-09] Logitech Z200 Speakers
+ [2024-09-19] AirPods Max Gen 1
- [2024-09-19] Anker Soundcore Life Q30
+ [2024-05-04] MX Master 3S
- [2024-05-04] MX Master
+ [2024-03-26] 8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard
+ [2022-01-05] Razer Seiren Mini
+ [2021-09-06] Twelve South StayGo USB-C hub
+ [2021-06-25] Logitech Z200 Speakers

Software

• 1Password
• iTerm2
• Visual Studio Code
• Raycast
• TablePlus for database management
• Obsidian
• Fantastical for calendars.
• Batteries for Mac
• Godspeed
• SoundSource
• Gitify for GitHub notifications in the menu bar
• CleanShot X for screenshots, screen recording, and annotation
• Sleeve for now playing
• Rectangle for window snapping
• Mic Drop for muting my microphone
• NetNewsWire for RSS
• Color Slurp
• Boop for formatting HTML, JSON, XML, and loads of other stuff
• Discord Presence

+ [2025-10-14] Discord Presence
+ [2024-05-01] Raycast
- [2024-05-01] Alfred
- [2023-08-01] Dato

iPhone

Hardware

• Orange iPhone 17 Pro
• Apple Watch Series 10
• Headphones
  • Beats Studio Buds
  • AirPods Pro 1st Generation (backup)

+ [2025-10-12] iPhone 17 Pro
- [2025-10-12] iPhone 14 Pro
+ [2024-06-14] Apple Watch Series 10
- [2024-06-14] Apple Watch Series 4 44mm
+ [2022-09-16] iPhone 14 Pro
- [2022-09-16] iPhone 12

Software

• NetNewsWire for RSS
• Ivory for Mastodon
• Overcast for podcasts
• Fantastical for calendars
• Marvis Pro for music
• status.log for updating status.lol
• ntfy.sh for site build notifications

Mac Mini

• 2014 i5/16GB/1TB
• 2TB external hard drive
• 3TB external hard drive
• Plex

Home

• Deco M5 mesh Wi-Fi
• LG LED UQ75 65" TV
• Too many consoles

I have a single "smart" home item which is a smart plug for turning an electric blanket on in the winter. I'm convinced a lot of smart home stuff is more trouble than it's worth. I don't remember who said this on a podcast, but I think about this a lot in relation to smart homes and smart equipment:

If you say to me "it works with Homebridge" you might as well just tell me it doesn't work

Other things I like

Fonts

• Bayshore Font
• Cartridge
• Atkinson Hyperlegible for body text (thanks Zoe)
• Source Code Pro for code

Icons

• Softies Icons by Robbie Pearce
• Feather

I keep a list of icon sets I find on The Intersect

Kitchen

• Global Ukon Knives
• Victorinox 8 cm Pointed Tip/Serrated Edge Knife - these are sharp as hell, be careful
• Masha Electric Potato Masher
• These bin bags - Don't waste your time with anything else
• Metal Lint Remover - this is amazing at removing pet hairs from carpets
• OXO good grips is always a good choice for kitchen items.

+ [2024-09-24] Masha Electric Potato Masher
- [2024-09-24] Tower T12015 2-in-1 Electric Potato Masher and Stick Blender (Discontinued)

DIY

• Get these wipes for when you're doing DIY. They will get paint off of anything.
• This screwdriver set is compact and covers 90% of my screwdriving needs Wera Kraftform Kompakt 40 Bitholding Screwdriver
• Black and Decker Roto-Bit Storage Screwdriver
• Wera allen key set

Analogue

Pens

• Mark One Enigma Edition
• Uni Jetstream
• Zebra Mildliners and Z-Grip Smooth (post)
• Pentel Eneregel, Pokemon Limited Edition - Pikachu Pink (post)

Pencils

• Tombow Mechanical Pencil Mono Graph Lite Smokey Blue 0.5mm
• SUN-STAR Metacil Retractable Click Pencil
• Uni Kurutoga - Pokemon edition 0.3mm (post)
• Pentel P200 set (post) P203/P205/P207/P209

Other Paper Products

• Ottergami Dotgrid Bullet Journal A5
• Mabor pen holders
• Lihit Lab compact pen case (post)

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