Device Archive
2026
NOW
Band
WHOOP Life
2026 — Present
“Remarkably accurate automatic activity recognition and recovery tracking.”
Eyeglasses
DITA Lindstrum DTX-125
2026 — Present
“Thoughtful sizing and a design friendly to high myopia — the first pair might be the only one.”
Desktop Server
NEC 8th-Gen Server
2026 — Present
“A low-power CPU and a ~ price tag make it a superb home-server platform for workloads you don't want on a public cloud.”
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In use since 2026.
Intel Core i3-8100T.
8 GB of DDR4-2666 memory.
Used as a desktop host or compact server.
2025
NOW
Smart Glasses
Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarer (Gen 2)
2025 — Present
“Outstanding audio and video, a top-tier mic array — the first real hit in AI glasses.”
Phone
iPhone 15 Plus
2025 — Present
“Great battery life and screen size, and the first iPhone with USB-C.”
Phone
OPPO Reno8 Pro+ 5G
2025 — Present
“An Android backup and dev-test device; the last model to receive OPPO AI OS, and the quiet end of the MariSilicon chip ambition.”
Laptop
MacBook Pro
2025 — Present
“In the agent era, memory is king — every local agent process eats RAM, while most people never come close to maxing out the CPU, so the M1 is plenty. Spend where it counts.”
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In daily use since 2025.
Apple M1, 32 GB of memory, and a 512 GB solid-state drive.
AI Open-Ear
Ola Friend
2025 — 2025
“A decent AI earbud with flexible AI invocation — mostly satisfying, but battery management is a real problem.”
Open-Ear
Soundcore AeroFit Plus
2025 — Present
“The best sound and battery life in open-ear listening, multi-device switching, and AI features — possibly the best open-ear choice.”
Membrane Keyboard
Keychron B1 Pro
2025 — 2025
“The best budget alternative to the Logitech MX Keys Mini, though build quality is a notch below.”
Mechanical Keyboard
MX Mechanical Mini for Mac
2025 — 2025
“A lovely low-profile mechanical keyboard, but too loud for shared spaces — sold it after much deliberation.”
Wireless Keyboard
Logitech MX Keys Mini
2025 — Present
“A compact keyboard with no wasted keys, solid build, and whisper-quiet scissor switches.”
GPU Workstation
Dual NVIDIA V100 Workstation
2025 — Present
“A self-built value server — both compute cards cost around in total.”
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In use since 2025.
X99TF motherboard, Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4, and four 32 GB Samsung DDR3 ECC modules for 128 GB total memory.
Two NVIDIA V100 cards with a carrier board and chassis.
Western Digital SATA storage with an angled-to-straight adapter, Xuanwu 500K power supply, Chenyu six-heatpipe top-down cooler, AMD Radeon R5 340 display adapter, and Intel 7260AC Wi-Fi.
Motherboard ¥249; CPU ¥105; memory ¥340; adapter ¥8; power supply ¥145; cooler ¥65; display adapter ¥50; Wi-Fi ¥23; dual V100 cards, carrier board, and chassis ¥2,650.
2024
Laptop
MacBook Air
2024 — 2025
“Light and easy, but 8 GB of RAM is nowhere near enough — I wouldn't recommend anything below 24 GB.”
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Used from 2024 to 2025.
Apple M1, 8 GB of memory, and a 512 GB solid-state drive.
Open-Ear
Soundcore AeroFit
2024 — 2025
“Great overall — too bad I lost one earbud.”
Open-Ear
Soundcore AeroFit 2
2024 — 2025
“The generation before the Plus, and excellent in both build and sound.”
Wireless Keyboard
MX Keys Mini for Mac
2024 — 2025
“A true Mac layout, but the bottom-left FN key is useless and kept getting in the way of Ctrl — eventually swapped for the universal version.”
Mechanical Keyboard
VGN N75
2024 — 2025
“A great mechanical keyboard, just too noisy.”
Wireless Mouse
Logitech MX Master 3S
2024 — Present
“GOAT. The side wheel and back/forward buttons are the most-used parts of my workflow, killing the tab-switching dance — maybe the only office mouse you need.”
2023
Phone
iPhone 13
2023 — 2025
“A legend of a phone, held back by Lightning — one more cable to carry.”
Tablet
iPad Pro 12.9″ (2021)
2023 — 2024
“Incredibly powerful, but the iPad is a false promise for me — notes are slower than paper, papers are better read on a laptop, so it sold without hesitation.”
Over-Ear
Edifier W820NB Double Gold
2023 — 2024
“Noise cancellation is excellent, but my ears got hot and itchy — eventually moved to open-ear.”
TWS
Apple AirPods Pro 2
2023 — 2024
“Superb ANC, but long sessions put real strain on my ear canals — switched to open-ear after much thought.”
Bone Conduction
Haylou PurFree BC01
2023 — 2025
“A solid bone-conduction pair with excellent water resistance.”
2022
Smartwatch
Apple Watch Series 7
2022 — Present
“Used less than expected day to day — many features just gather dust.”
2021
TWS
Huawei FreeBuds 4i
2021 — 2022
“Respectable acoustic performance.”
2020
Smartwatch
OPPO Watch 46mm
2020 — 2022
“My first true smartwatch — but battery health deteriorated badly after two years.”
Tablet
iPad Air 3
2020 — 2023
“Plenty capable — just right for undergrad coursework.”
Phone
Honor 30 Pro+
2020 — 2023
“My first curved-screen phone, but the last release before the Huawei{2013}Honor split — HarmonyOS updates were so rough I had to sell it.”
Gaming Laptop
HP Pavilion Gaming 15
2020 — 2025
“My first laptop, genuinely fast, even with a GTX 1650 — carried me through undergrad assignments.”
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Used from 2020 to 2025.
Intel Core i5-9300H, 8 GB of memory, a 512 GB solid-state drive, and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 graphics with 4 GB of video memory.
2016
Phone
Gionee F103 Pro
2016 — 2019
“The phone I kept longest — watched it age from fast, to fine, to obsolete.”
2015
Custom Desktop
Core i3-4160 Desktop
2015 — 2019
“My first self-built desktop — unforgettable.”
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Used from 2015 to 2019.
Intel Core i3-4160 on the LGA 1150 platform.
ASUS B85M-E or Gigabyte B85M-D3H, with DDR3 support and a PCIe 3.0 ×16 slot.
4 GB Kingston DDR3-1600, PC3-12800 at 1.5 V.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti with 2 GB of video memory and a 60 W TDP.
2014
Phone
Lenovo A889
2014 — 2017
“A huge screen for its time — mostly used for flashing ROMs and Temple Run.”
2013
Phone
HTC Butterfly
2013 — 2015
“Great battery life; I read novels on it late into the night — probably why I'm nearsighted.”
2012
Phone
Samsung Galaxy Fit S5670
2012 — 2015
“Where I truly learned Android — writing scripts to flash and root, my gateway into the platform.”
2010
Phone
Motorola A1600
2010 — 2012
“Handed down from my father — the 2G era, when 5 MB of data cost ¥30.”
2008
THE BEGINNING
Custom Desktop
Core 2 Duo E6300 Desktop
2008 — 2015
“The internet arrived early in my home, and this machine was my real gateway to it. Modest specs meant I learned to hunt for tutorials, tweak games, and even crack single-player titles.”
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Used from 2008 to 2015.
Boxed Intel Core 2 Duo E6300, recorded at ¥950 in 2007.
ASUS P5G31-M or MSI G31M-F, based on the Intel G31 platform and recorded at ¥550.
Two 512 MB Kingston DDR2-667 modules for 1 GB total, recorded at ¥780.
2024
Wireless Charger
TORRAS Cloud Wireless Charger
2024 — Present
“A wireless charger with serious heat management — charges earbuds, watch, and phone at once with decent speed. Great value.”
GaN Charger
CUKTECH 140W GaN Charger
2024 — Present
“Auto power distribution across ports, high wattage, broad protocol support — the value king.”