Andrew PlotkinInterview
Hacker, IF Wizard
Adapted from Andrew Plotkin's interview on Uses This, published 22 January 2011. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗
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Right now I'm using a PowerMac G4 circa 2002 -- it's got nearly one whole gigahertz!
Behind me (my computer desks are oddly arranged, but the miracle of rotating office chairs makes up for all) is a 2006 MacBook Pro sitting up on a stand.
They've also got Matias TactilePro keyboards.
By my left hand is an iPad (64-gig 3G model).
By my right hand is an iPod Touch (8-gig Retina-display model).
In my pocket is an iPhone (16-gig original model).
Communication
When I read email, I swear, I'm ssh'd into a shell account and running Pine.
I'm thinking of switching to Alpine but I haven't made the leap yet.
Browser
A couple more generally have Lynx.
(To be a really consistent codger, I'd install ClickToFlash.
I use iCab Mobile there too.
Coding & Development
I always have Emacs up, in one Terminal.
I also have iSSH on the iPad (and iPhone, etc).
Design
Media
This even goes for webcomics; I have Lynx set up to download selected images and display them in Preview.
Other
I put it together in 2003-ish (or rather, a Windows-aware friend built it for me) to play Myst Online -- ironic in retrospect.